Duane Hicks Rod Davis and Maxine Hayes, with the local genealogy group, worked on displays tracing their respective family lineages in Rainy River District yesterday at the Fort Frances Museum—all part of the new exhibit, “Our Founding Families,” which opens there next week. The museum also is hosting an exhibit […]
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Lucas Punkari Keighan Gerrie (Thunder Bay Norwest Stars) avoided pressure from a Baudette Bears’ forward as he moved the puck during the final of the local Atom ‘AA’ tournament Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Gerrie netted a hat trick as the Stars captured the title with a […]
Lucas Punkari Local bowler Jeff Watts warmed up yesterday afternoon prior to the final five-game block of the Sunset Country ‘A’ Open hosted by Plaza Lanes. Watts totalled 5,394 pins over the two-day, 20-game tournament to take first place among the men. The top nine men and top nine women […]
Lucas Punkari Lakers’ forward Colton Spicer (#24) and Jordan Fontaine of the Duluth Clydesdales looked on as Ben Michaud and Brett McMahon battled for the puck during the red-and-white’s 4-2 win here Friday night.
Duane Hicks Jessica Ballan filled out a job application at a reception hosted by Transfield Services yesterday at the Adventure Inn here. Transfield Services recently was awarded the area maintenance contract for Northwestern Ontario by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, and as of June 1 will be responsible for […]
Duane Hicks In celebration of Family Literacy Day (Jan. 27), Matthew Rousseau, left, and Mark Hyatt read some books with resources teacher Carly Rich this morning at the Fort Frances Day Care. Ontario marks Family Literacy Day each year to encourage parents and children to make reading a part of […]
Heather Latter About 20 women got their dancing shoes on this morning during a Zumba class at Energy Fitness for ladies aged 55 and up. Funded by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sports and Physical Activity (CAAWS), there is no charge for the class and a […]
Heather Latter Jared Smith, right, of Canadian Tire stopped by the local CIBC branch this morning and had a bit of fun during Customer Appreciation Day there, while branch manager Todd Thompson looked on. Decked out in a “snow days” theme, the new owner of Canadian Tire, Rick Smith, provided […]
Heather Latter Kathy Hare, of Motivate Canada, led Serene Whitecrow on “Giishibatoon” along the snowy riding trail at Running Horse Ranch in Miscampbell on Saturday afternoon. More than 35 youths from Seine River First Nation participated in the activity, which was made possible by Motivate Canada. See story, more photos […]
Duane Hicks Thea Denby slid down a small mountain of fresh snow near La Verendrye Hospital on Sunday morning after a weekend storm dumped more than 10 cm (four inches) of the white stuff here. The forecast calls for a chance of more snow tonight and tomorrow morning, as well […]
Dave Ogilvie Members of Fort Dance Studio entertained nearly 90 people at the Emo and District Lions Club’s second-annual “Rabbie Burns Supper” on Saturday night at the Emo Legion. The girls performed a couple of traditional Scottish dances, including the “Sword Dance” and the “Highland Fling.”
Lucas Punkari Dayna Doucet of the VP Bearcats knocked the puck away from Blake Jones of the M.E.C. Bulldogs during the ‘A’ final of the local Atom ‘A’ tournament Sunday afternoon. Doucet later scored a second-period goal to help lift the visitors to a 3-0 victory and the tourney title.
