Heather Latter Carla Harris’ Grade 1 class at St. Michael’s School here was the winner of the “Winter Book Challenge” held there through January and February. The goal was for the students to read 2,011 books collectively, but they exceed that amount by reading a total of 2,991. Harris’ class […]
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Heather Latter Rod Davis worked on cleaning an old family marriage certificate Thursday night during the “Preserving Your Family Heirlooms” workshop at the Fort Frances Museum while his wife, Veronica, looked on. Eight people took part in the hands-on workshop, learning to preserve their own family treasures they had brought, […]
Heather Latter Wab Kinew entertained a full house Saturday night during the “Hometown Heroes” concert at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Organized by the United Native Friendship Centre’s Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth program as a trip fundraiser, the concert also featured performances by comedian Ryan McMahon, as well as singers […]
Lucas Punkari Barbara Ward (Port Arthur Curling Club) yelled out commands to her sweepers during the fifth end of Sunday night’s final at the 2011 Northern Ontario senior women’s provincial playdowns at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Ward’s rink defeated Barb McEwen (Port Arthur) 7-1 in seven ends to advance […]
Heather Latter Ashley Johnson of Betty’s showed the location of the new front counter there this morning, which has been moved to the centre of the store as part of its recent renovations. Changes, including lower shelving, new carpeting, and painting, will be ongoing throughout the month while the basement […]
Heather Latter Kiwanis Club member Joan Foley drew the winning ticket for the Trip of the Month draw for March this morning at International Travel Services while fellow club member Robin Wright looked on. Robert Bourré of Dryden will be heading to Jamacia, a prize valued at $4,600. April’s prize […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie senior spiker Chelsea Hill tried to get the ball past two members of the St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) during Game 2 of the best-of-three NWOSSAA playoffs here Saturday morning. After taking the opener Friday afternoon in four sets, the Falcons won Game 2 by that same […]
Heather Latter Angus Jourdain of Lac La Croix entertained a full house Saturday night during the “Hometown Heroes” concert at the Couchiching multi-use facility. Organized by the United Native Friendship Centre’s Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth program as a trip fundraiser, the concert also featured performances by comedian Ryan McMahon […]
Heather Latter Part of the intersection of Scott Street and Central Avenue was closed Saturday morning after a logging truck lost half of its load.
Heather Latter Pam Cain, former curator of the Fort Frances Museum and current executive director of the Community Art and Heritage Education Project, worked on creating a support in order to display and preserve an old family Bible belonging to Lyle and Betty Martin during the “Preserving Your Family Heirlooms” […]
Lucas Punkari Third Mary Beth Tkachuk, right, pointed out to skip Judy LaBelle where to shoot at on a shot in the fourth end of her game against fellow Fort Frances Curling Club rink Roz Broman during yesterday evening’s draw here. LaBelle eked out a 9-8 victory to improve to […]
Duane Hicks Chris Faragher of the Fort Frances Power Corp. was up high trimming trees with a chainsaw yesterday on the 700 block of Third Street West. As part of its regular winter maintenance, the FFPC most recently has been cutting branches away from power lines in the west end […]
