Staff Local artist Cher Pruys loves Canada. If you don’t believe it, just ask the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA). Two of Pruys’ paintings, “After The Rain” and “Ski Chalet,” have been juried into the SCA 2017 Elected Members Exhibition, “Oh Canada–Our Home and Native Land,” which will be held […]
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Nicholas Donaldson The Northwest Catholic District School Board reviewed the responses from its budget input survey at its monthly meeting last Tuesday (April 18). The feedback was not quite what board wanted, however, with the biggest problem being the lack of respondents. Only 47 surveys were completed this year, down […]
Kiera Kowalski “Princesses” Sophie Thomson, Isabella Cain, and Alexis Latter enjoyed fancy sandwiches, tea, and dainties at the “Cinderella Tea” held Saturday afternoon at St. John’s Anglican Church here. Those on hand also enjoyed a bake sale and gift basket draw while special guests Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty […]
Kim Jo BlissSubmitted by The first cattle sale of the season for the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association was very successful on Saturday. We sold 1,338 head (and one horse) for $1,616,042.45 at the sales barn in Stratton. This included cull cows (cows that no longer are producing), cull bulls, yearlings […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Choraliers performed their Easter cantata, “Champion of Love,” before a full house on Sunday afternoon at the New Beginnings Fellowship here. The concert was dedicated to the late Everett Freeman, who sang in the choir for years. The Choraliers will perform the uplifting songs again […]
Duane Hicks Riverside Foundation for Health Care director Samantha Manty, left, took a quick break from selling “Canada Day Cash” lottery tickets to goof around with La Place Rendez-Vous event manager Jolene Stahn at the Canada Day photo booth Friday at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business and […]
Mr. Editor: I was disappointed to see that the OPP press release, headlined “Two teens charged in goat killing,” had been relegated to page A3 of the April 12 edition of the Fort Frances Times and did not include the names of those involved; even though both the Thunder Bay […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Power Corp. is at the head of the class when it comes to electrical conservation. It was presented with the 2011-14 Conservation Target Achievement Award on Friday during the 2017 Business & Community Expo at the Fort Frances Curling Club. “Each Local Distribution Company [LDC] […]
With the tender bids all coming in well over budget, town council faces a decision on the new Rainy Lake Square: kick in more money or make cuts to the project’s design to bring the price tag down. Let’s hope council doesn’t opt for the latter choice. Everyone knows the […]
Melina Jansen from Dryden, above, a new addition to the Business and Community expo vendors, explained the different types of blinds offered at her business, Blinds by Melina. She also was at the expo as a representative for Am Sunrooms. Meanwhile, below, local photographer Katy Trimble had a booth to […]
Charleen Gustafson showed off her AlpacaPlus Imports for sale at the “Crafts Galore” event that ran Friday and Saturday at the Emo Legion in conjunction with “Spring Fever Days.” Gustafson touted the benefits of the alpaca fleece, which is famous for not feeling itchy like wool while also being softer […]
