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 […]
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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. […]
Lucas Punkari Recently-acquired defenceman Cody Wickstrom used his stick to try to knock the puck off the stick of Dryden Ice Dogs’ forward Paul Thompson during the Fort Frances Lakers 6-3 win here Monday night.
Heather Latter Canadian boxers Kent Brown, left, and Mary Spencer, who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, posed with Darcy Whitecrow on Saturday as the pair stopped by Seine River First Nation as part of the Aboriginal Role Model Program, sponsored by the band and Motivate Canada, an […]
Duane Hicks Kaden Mayfield, front, led a group consisting of his mom, Kristal, back left, cousin, Keira Strom, aunt, Stacy Strom, and older brother, Malachi, along the La Verendrye Parkway on Saturday afternoon during the “Walk for Memories” here. Known collectively as “Team Grandma,” the family was the top fundraising […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Owen Stauber watched as his backhander worked through a number of Dryden Ice Dogs and into the back of the net during his team’s 6-3 win at the Ice For Kids Arena last night.
Duane Hicks Betty Mueller, foreground, and Gladys Payne yesterday arranged coats generously donated by the community for The Associates of Ste. Marguerite d’Youville’s annual winter coat drive at the East End Hall. The group will be giving away clean, used winter coats in good condition for men, women, and children, […]
