Lucas Punkari Muskies Cassandra Moffitt (#15) and Hannah McLeod stopped a shooting attempt by Emily Whetzel of the Rainy River Owls in a 31-8 victory for the visitors at a junior girls’ basketball tournament here Friday evening. Fort High finished the tournament with a 1-2 record, with their lone win […]
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Lucas Punkari The charred remains of a car was part of the severe damage caused by a garage fire on the 800 block of Victoria Street on Friday. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation.
Heather Latter More than 30 young women from across the district—and as far away as Dryden—learned about skilled trades and technologies during the “Skills Work! For Women” networking dinner last night at La Place Rendez-Vous here. Several local female mentors, including Kim Jo Bliss and Linda Plumridge, talked to the […]
Peggy Revell Locak Kiwanian Shanda DeGagne-Begin spoke about the organization during yesterday evening’s information session held at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre in hopes of recruiting new members. While the club has been active in the district for decades, raising funds to help young children, its membership has fallen to […]
Peggy Revell Decked out in their Hallowe’en costumes, Kaylen Levesque and Erica Lemkin zoomed around the Ice For Kids Arena yesterday evening as the Border Skating Club got into the spirit of the spooky season with a party for its lessons.
Duane Hicks A total of seven windows have been painted for the Fort Frances Public Library’s Hallowe’en window-painting contest in the children’s department, with the public now being urged to stop by and vote for your favourite this weekend. One ballot per person can be picked up at the main […]
Peggy Revell With a big “Yay!” local Husky employee Jean Dakin showed off the station’s new gas pumps following months of construction that cut off fuel sales there. The new pumps have been upgraded with “pay-at-the-pump” and have “select-a-grade” features.
Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Henry Gutierrez carved a pumpkin with SK students at St. Michael’s School yesterday in preparation for Hallowe’en. —Heather Latter photo
Peggy Revell Tracy Boutet, left, and Sara DeGagne, of the TD Canada Trust team, served up some “Rob Your Taste Buds Chili” yesterday at The Great Canadian “Spook-tacular” Chili Cook-Off and Cake Roulette at the local Legion. Their team got the second-most People’s Choice votes, losing out to CIBC’s “G(h)astly […]
Heather Latter In preparation for Hallowe’en, children taking part in Storytime at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre yesterday morning were dressed up in their costumes as they listened to stories and sang songs.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Lakers’ defenceman Jon Stephansson, left, and forwards Dane Morin and Ben Michaud helped to build a maze in Tess and Robert Coish’s back yard at 1030 Scott St. yesterday. Tess’ Kitchen once again will be the site of a spooky Hallowe’en destination this coming Monday (Oct. […]
Heather Latter Three-year-old Shayna Shute showed off the bag full of treats she collected yesterday during the annual Hallowe’en scavenger hunt at Walmart here. Goodies and safety tips were available in each department while “Sparky the Fire Dog” also dropped by for a visit.
