Heather Latter Shayna Gagnon, left, along with Bryce Gagnon and Alex Thornton rested atop the jungle gym at the Lions Park yesterday morning. The youngsters, hailing from Sault Ste. Marie and Surrey, BC, were visiting relatives in Fort Frances.
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Zoey Duncan Canada Safeway pharmacy manager David Schwartz said while Champix and Zyban are important parts of a stop-smoking plan for many people, they need to be accompanied by counselling to be most effective. The drugs will be added to the Ontario Drug Benefits Plan Aug. 4.
Dave Ogilvie Kim Jo Bliss, research technician at the Emo Agricultural Research Station, with help from John Rowsell, the head of the Northern Stations, led a group of more than 50 interested individuals, last Wednesday, on a walking tour of the various experimental crops. Following the tour, attendees enjoyed some […]
Lucas Punkari Kimbi Copenace of Beef’s Warriors tried to make a double-play for his team to get out of an inning during the RRDFL all-star game in Barwick on Thursday evening. Copenace’s side would capture the game by score of 7-0, in what was the final game for players before […]
Lucas Punkari Jake Froemke made his way through turn one during a novice class heat race at the Emo go-kart track on Friday evening. Froemke captured the first heat race of the night on Friday while AJ Kellar captured the other heat and feature wins. The advanced class saw Wyatt […]
Submitted This tractor trailer suffered extensive damage in a crash Sunday on Highway 11, about 20 km west of Atikokan.
Zoey Duncan Richard Boileau of McTaggarts, right, drew the winning ticket for the August “Trip of Month,” with help from Evan Wright as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on at International Travel Services here. Allan Mott of Winnipeg won a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico valued at $4,200. Next month’s is […]
Lucas Punkari Gavin Paull (#16) and Dwayne Pelepetz battled it out for position during the heat race for the WISSOTA Modified class at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. Paull would capture the checkered flag in the heat race and would go on to capture his eighth straight feature victory, […]
Zoey Duncan The fountain at the Lions Millennium Park on Second Street East was overflowing with soap suds this morning thanks to unidentified vandals. The fountain will have to be shut down for the long weekend since the town does not have a crew available to dedicate to the full […]
Lucas Punkari Travis Tom of the Big Grassy Braves prepared to take a swing during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game yesterday evening in Barwick. Tom was the winning pitcher for Team 1, which cruised to a 7-0 shutout over Team 2 in a game that featured […]
Heather Latter Local author Fran Shelfantook signed a copy of her recently-published novel, “Sophia’s Journey,” for her great-granddaughter, Vanna Abbott, yesterday afternoon during the official launch of the book at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The novel tells the tale of her own great-grandmother’s journey from Sweden to […]
Staff Randy Carmody, of Mike Carmody Contracting, dug away just west of the intersection of Portage Avenue and Third Street East yesterday. Crews have moved on to tearing up the west end of the block today, with work proceeding east in the weeks to come. Wagner Construction Canada ULC, which […]
