Lucas Punkari Rainy River Community College forward Taylor Dixon, a former Muskie, worked her way through a sea of Western Predators yesterday afternoon at Bronco Arena in International Falls during a 6-1 loss for the home squad in the final game of the Can-Am Invitational Tournament. The Voyageurs finished the […]
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Duane Hicks Tanis Lesiuk, left, seven-year-old Andros Bruyere, and his dad, Alex Bruyere, gathered with the other walking dead outside St. John’s Anglican Church yesterday afternoon for the first-ever Fort Frances “Zombie Walk.” The fun event, organized by Allan Yerxa Sr. and Alex Bruyere, was a success, drawing not only […]
Heather Latter Local Legion member Roy Legarie pinned a poppy to the jacket of Mayor Roy Avis this morning, while Norris Piccinato collected his donation, as the Royal Canadian Legion kicked off its annual poppy campaign. Donations from poppy sales go towards caring for disabled veterans, maintaining graves and memorials, […]
Heather Latter Mammography technologist Karen Egan showed the difference between an image taken from the hospital’s old film mammography unit to that of one taken from the new digital unit during yesterday’s official opening of the latest piece of equipment at La Verendrye Hospital. The digital unit, purchased thanks to […]
Duane Hicks Joelle Paull sprinkled the parmesan on a plateful of pasta yesterday evening during a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Fort Frances High School cafeteria. The event, hosted by students in the Social Worker program at Confederation College here in support of the “Community Chest,” was deemed a success.
Duane Hicks Grand Council Treaty #3 Grand Chief Warren White spoke after signing agreements with Aboriginal Affairs minister Kathleen Wynne, left, and Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci yesterday at the Couchiching multi-use facility during the Grand Council Treaty #3 National and Chiefs’ Assembly. The agreements reaffirm the partnership […]
Heather Latter Alex Kabel, six, helped himself to a goodie at Briana Rousseau’s “Do You Bake?” booth during a fall craft and vendor fair Saturday at the Fort Frances Legion. The event featured more than 20 home-based businesses and artisans, offering everything from jewellery, books, and handbags to home decor, […]
Heather Latter Hayden Allam dressed up as a ladybug as she participated in Walmart’s eighth-annual “Hallowe’en Scavenger Hunt” yesterday evening. Some 240 costume-clad youngsters ventured around the store collecting treats and safety tips in each department.
Heather Latter Four-year-old Nate Anderson, an Early Learning student at Robert Moore School, got into the Hallowe’en spirit with his classmates yesterday as they took turns cleaning out pumpkins in preparation for carving. The youngsters also had a chance to taste the pumpkin seeds that later were toasted.
Heather Latter Two-year-old Harper Woolsey enjoyed a taste of chili with her grandmother, Helen Brow, during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Great Canadian Chili Cook-off” yesterday afternoon at the local Legion.
Duane Hicks Emerson Archie, seven, of Couchiching First Nation was the winner of a new bike raffled off during Fire Prevention Week earlier this month. Fire prevention captain Wayne Riches, with the Fort Frances Fire Department, and local Canadian Tire associate dealer Rick Smith, were on hand last Friday to […]
Heather Latter Terry Ogden, head of the naming committee, and Robert Moore School vice-principal Cam Keast yesterday unveiled the new signage at the gymnasium there, dedicating it to the memory of Jim Oster, as Director of Education Heather Campbell, Mayor Roy Avis, and Oster’s grandchildren, Kade and Taryn, looked on. […]
