Haley Anderson Summer Mainville, seven, took the stage during a Grade 2 spelling bee at St. Michael’s School earlier today. The correct spelling of “because” won her first prize, with Calleigh Calder and Bennett MacDonald finishing second and third, respectively.
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Haley Anderson Boston Pizza hosted a Mother’s Day fashion show yesterday that featured clothing from local businesses. Jessica Taggart and Derek Kaemingh were among the 20-plus volunteers who made their way through the restaurant’s aisles while onlookers enjoyed a three-course meal.
Haley Anderson Aubrey Eldridge, seven, was one of the 150 students from Robert Moore School who participated in the annual “Jump Rope for Heart” fundraiser yesterday. The students raised $3,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation by promoting healthy lifestyles and collecting pledges from the community.
Staff A sneak preview of new Discovery Canada series’ “Fool’s Gold” will held tonight at 8 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. There will be free “Fool’s Gold” T-shirts to the first 100 people who attend. The new TV program, which was shot in and around the Straw Lake Beach Gold […]
Staff More than a month into the 2014 fire season, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Northwest Forest Fire Management Centre has seen only two fires to date. These included a 0.3-hectare fire in Kenora, which was reported Sunday, and a fire in Thunder Bay last week that was the result […]
Press Release This year’s Catholic Education Week mass, set for tomorrow (May 7), will be celebrated in solidarity with our entire school board and with many other Catholic schools in the province. The Ontario Student Trustees Association (OSTA-AECO) has organized this mass as their main project for the year. This […]
Heather Latter Jaxon Strachan performed the poem “Face Off” during the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts’ annual “Highlights” concert yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre here. Numerous awards were handed out to the talented performers, including the Joan Miller Award for Best Stage Presence, Poetry or Prose […]
Luella Katona, 96, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, May 3, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. Friends may visit prior to the service. A complete obituary […]
Alan Wallace Lowe, 95, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday May 2, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A memorial service will be held Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Knox United Church in Fort Frances. The family gratefully requests that in memoriams be […]
Donald James MacEachern passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 1, 2014 while comforted by his beloved wife and family. Don was born May 30, 1934 and grew up in Glace Bay (Cape Breton), N.S. He attended St. Francis Xavier University and initially got a taste for mining during the summers […]
Staff Provincial glory for Taylor Whitehead will have to wait another year. The lone Muskie representative at the OFSAA badminton championships in Markham had his stay in the boys’ singles division end Friday with a 2-1 loss (21-18, 14-21, and 21-12) to Duncan Phillips in third-round action in the ‘B’ […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Barry Silander announces his passing on Sunday, May 4, 2014 at his residence. Arrangements are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
