Marc Stuempfle Waylon Smith, right, showed off his musical talent under the big tent during “Quest for the Best.” Playing alongside Steve Denby, left, from The Faculty, Smith performed “Guitar Town” by Steve Earle as part of the first of two sets.
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Robin McCormick Makinnley McCormick, left, and Miranda Wilson showed off their final accomplishments made during the “Make and Bake” camp last week at Confederation College. McCormick chose to decorate her cake following a horseshoe theme (showing her love of horses), while Wilson chose to decorate with hearts.
Marc Stuempfle Pobp Murrell, left, Mudmee Murrell, and Ethan Barker made sculptures out of clay during Community Living Fort Frances and District’s open air art studio yesterday afternoon at Lions Park. The trio was creating an assortment of animals, including a caterpillar, snail, and dog. Open air art studio is […]
Ken Kellar Members of the Florida-based “Dasi Group” performed a Bharatanatyam-style dance at the Festival of India held last night at the Rainy Lake Square. The event drew out a sizeable crowd to watch several performances of different dance and musical styles from across the various cultures of India, even […]
Ken Kellar Amara Cyr, left, Nevaya Kingbird, Samara Tucker, Kira Thomson and Shylow Kingbird of the UNFC’s Lil’ Eagles program, showed off the bags of garbage they collected during their mock community cleanup behind the Fort Frances Times’ office yesterday. The group of four- to six-year-olds is learning about the […]
The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge TORONTO–A Toronto woman is calling on the Ontario government to levee fines against people who call emergency dispatchers to complain about broadcasts of Amber Alerts. Dalia Monacelli says she’s been appalled to read about repeated calls to 911 in the wake of the federally mandated emergency […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The rate and severity of crime both ticked up in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, according to Statistics Canada. The national statistics agency said yesterday the overall crime rate was up two percent over last year, with over two million incidents reported by police […]
The Canadian Press RICHMOND HILL, Ont.–A woman has been charged after police say she left her one-year-old child alone in a hot car at a Richmond Hill, Ont., parking lot. Police say they were called to a pharmacy parking lot Sunday evening and found the baby screaming and sweating in […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario is asking school boards across the province to submit funding requests for their most pressing repair projects as it restarts a key school infrastructure program that has been frozen for more than a year. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said yesterday the province will begin accepting […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY–A new NHL arena in Calgary is closer to becoming a reality. The city, the Calgary Flames and the Calgary Stampede have agreed on terms for an event centre that would become the new home for the Flames and replace the 36-year-old Saddledome. City council has yet […]
The Associated PressJesse J. Holland America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Arkansas, in medium-size places such as Annapolis, Maryland, and Syracuse, New York, […]
Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of 14 C (57 F). Tomorrow will be sunny. Expect a high of 29 (84) and a low of 15 (59). Thursday will be partly sunny with a high of 28 (82) and a low of 16 (61). In the […]
