This residential school monument was made to honour 154 Rainy River First Nations band members who attended Indian residential school. It is a tribute to the perseverance and courage of residential school survivors. -Sam Odrowski photo
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Girls attending the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It)” self-esteem retreat at Sunny Cove Camp last week got the chance to sit in this songwriting circle led by Reilly Scott on Friday. The retreat featured an assortment of different arts-based workshops like the songwriting circle aimed at providing the […]
Ken Kellar Conestoga College representative Jason Humphrey, left, spoke with SCAP Grade 12 student Katrina Klug, right, and her mother, Carmela, during the College Information Program held yesterday at Fort Frances High School. Representatives from more than a dozen colleges attended the event to provide prospective students the chance to […]
Susan Taylor Firefighters tackled a blaze in a cube van shortly after midnight yesterday. According to the OPP, officers were dispatched to the location of the fire on the 300 block of Second Street East. There were no fatalities related to the fire, but as a result of their investigation […]
On the back side of the residential school monument are the 154 names of Rainy River First Nations band members who attended Indian residential school, while the names that are faded out have since passed away. -Sam Odrowski photo
Ag intern Alyssa Pilon cut hay behind the wheel of a 120 hp tractor during her internship this summer. –Photos courtesy of Rainy River Elk Company
Ken Kellar Mary O’Connor, client services co-ordinator for the local Alzheimer Society, was at Safeway on Friday to provide information and distribute blue ribbons for “World Alzheimer Day.” She then went to the Shaw room at the Fort Frances Public Library to talk about the Alzheimer Society programs and services […]
Sixties Scoop survivor Marcel Medicine Horton stood beside the welcome sign to the Indian Residential School Monument off of Hwy. 11 where the Orange Shirt Day Awareness Walk will start on Oct. 1. -Sam Odrowski photos
Sam Odrowski
Three local individuals were scammed out of $120,000 in the past three months no thanks to telephone and online fraud. Coun. John McTaggart, who’s a member of the local Police Services Board, is urging the public to be on high alert. “This isn’t something that’s happening far away it’s happening […]
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Coun. Douglas Judson publicly responded to Rainy River First Nations’ (RRFN) concerns over the town’s position about access to wood fibre during Monday evening’s council meeting here. “They suggest this could pose a threat to jobs at some of the existing businesses in the region or the viability of those […]
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The 2019 Rail Safety Week (Sept. 23-29) kicked off on Monday with CN Rail launching its safety awareness campaign across Canada and the United States. Mayor Caul said during Monday night’s council meeting it’s a very special year because it marks CN’s 100th anniversary. Because railway safety is a shared […]
Sam Odrowski
On a stone residential school monument at Rainy River First Nations (RRFN) there are 154 names of band members who are survivors or have since deceased. “We are all tied to the residential school era whether you want to admit or not,” said Marcel Medicine Horton, a RRFN Sixties Scoop […]
