Kiera Kowalski Ava Brunetta gave her favourite teddy bear a giant hug during the Teddy Bear Picnic held Friday at the Fort Frances Library and Technology Centre. Children enjoyed a magic act, train rides, and bouncy castles at the annual event.
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Duane Hicks Kodi-Jo Galbraith, left, and her cousin, Jackson James Cassidy, “paddled” their impressive canoe float down Front Street in Saturday’s Canada Day parade. The float was sponsored by Galbraith Electric, Connect Electric and Infinity Interiors.
Duane Hicks The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club got out its mascot, “Guoji,” to celebrate Canada Day while promoting the sixth-annual dragon boat festival set this Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina.
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Wow, what a whirlwind of fun events in district communities in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. I spent my Saturday morning in Barwick, where the annual fastball tournament was played on the weekend. You could feel the excitement as batters hit those balls at a speed faster […]
Dear editor: I want to give major kudos to Cynthia Donald and her dedicated team for bringing back a wonderful day of fun and activities on July 1. In spite of intermittent rain and a cool wind, everyone seemed to be wandering around, checking everything out at the Point. The […]
Staff Canada celebrated its 150th anniversary on Saturday and despite the somewhat dreary weather, the activities held here throughout the day were deemed a success. “I think everything went rather well considering the weather,” said Fun in the Sun committee member Cynthia Donald. She noted that wakeboarding, courtesy of Sunset […]
Duane Hicks Dave Thompson impressed the public and float judges alike with his pirate ship float in Saturday’s Canada Day parade here. He even rounded up a crew of rowdy buccaneers to add to the atmosphere of the already lively parade.
Kiera Kowalski Sam Goodmundson got some help from his dad, Doug, and Mark Howarth while “log rolling” at Point Park on Saturday afternoon during Canada Day festivities there. Doug is an award-winning log-roller from Bloomington, Mn. who trained with Howarth when he was young. His family decided to visit here […]
Devin Eldridge Photography/Kiera Kowalski This year’s spectacular Canada Day fireworks display launched from Seven Oaks was captured perfectly by local resident Devin Eldridge, while above Henry Spry enjoyed swinging at Point Park on Saturday after getting his face painted earlier during the Canada Day parade in Fort Frances.
Kiera Kowalski Brooklyn Beckett was beaming after being crowned the 2017 Mini-Queen at Point Park on Saturday. Last year’s queen, Tegan Thoms, helped Beckett put on her official sash.
Nicholas Donaldson The gym at Donald Young School (above) currently is being used as storage for items waiting to be placed in the new wing. The gym will be one of the few parts of the old school remaining, with two classrooms and the former library also being kept for […]
Nicholas Donaldson Students at Fort Frances High School are making their voices heard concerning the lack of a school-run cafeteria and the need for better lunchtime options. A petition, started two weeks ago by Grade 10 student Janissa Judson, is asking the Rainy River District School Board reopen the school […]
