Duane Hicks As part of RBC’s commitment to stand up against bullying, local RBC branch manager Heather Johnson, left, on Friday presented Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre CEO Margaret Sedgwick with two copies of the book, “It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living,” […]
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Submitted On Saturday (June 16), rare beautiful blue and purple Northern Lights appeared in the skies and were visible across Canada and the northern U.S. The combination of two solar flares striking the Earth were powerful enough to produce a geomagnetic storm and the resulting Aurora Borealis. This photo was […]
Heather Latter Families walked together around the track at Fort Frances High School following opening ceremonies of the 2012 “Relay for Life” on Friday evening. They event started out strong with hundreds of people attending, then continued throughout the night with many activities and mini-fundraisers. By morning, a record $81,213 […]
Heather Latter Rochelle Bird received her Bachelor of Education from Peter Chin, of Queen’s University, last Thursday during the Seven Generations Education Institute’s 21st-annual graduation ceremony at the Memorial Sports Centre. More than 100 grads were presented with secondary and post-secondary diplomas, certificates, degrees, bursaries, and awards.
Submitted The ribbon-cutting in the school’s foyer was shared by board chair Mike Lewis, far left, school council co-chair Michelle Allan, Mine Centre School principal Leslie Barr-Kellar, school council co-chair Genevieve Bliss, Mine Centre School student Prudence Kabatay, Director of Education Heather Campbell, and RRDSB trustee Earl Klyne.
Sarah Pruys Erika Moffitt and Gavin Moorhouse were honoured last Tuesday night as the female and male ‘Athlete of the Year’ during the annual Muskie athletic awards banquet at Fort High. The two graduating students both had excelled in basketball, volleyball, and soccer throughout their high school careers.
Duane Hicks Northern Lights Credit Union branch manager Marla Thomson put up another paper “bra” on the wall this morning. The credit union is selling them for $2 each, with the proceeds going to the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Together We Can” campaign to purchase a digital mammography unit […]
Sarah Pruys People read the luminaries as they walked the first lap around the track at Fort High together on Friday evening to kick off the annual “Relay for Life” here. The event raised $81,213—a record for Fort Frances. Some 22 teams participated in the event, walking all night to […]
Heather Latter Local author Jack Hedman was busy selling and signing copies of his recently-published book, “The Gift of Gab: A Collection of Recollections,” on Saturday at Northwoods Gallery & Gifts here. The book features three tall tales as told by the late bus driver, Sid Asselin, who passed away […]
Sarah Pruys Rilee Armstrong, an early learning student at Robert Moore School, had a great time Friday at the “play day” for two reasons. First, she got to play parachute games, and two, it was her birthday. Groups of children rotated through different stations playing soccer, tug-of-war, and having three-legged […]
Heather Latter Players in Division IV (under age 13) of Fort Frances Youth Soccer battled it out at the St. Francis Field on Saturday during the final game of the season. The year-end wind-ups continue tonight at 5:30 p.m. for Division I (under age seven) while the Squirts (under age […]
Heather Latter Erika Danylchuk showed off her diploma yesterday during the Fort Frances Nursery School’s graduation ceremony at Knox United Church here. The wind-up event featured a bouncy castle, a penny table, and delicious food. The pre-school program, for children aged two-five, will start up again in September, with registration […]
