Press Release Scores of local young people team up with two professional actors this weekend to present Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre’s original musical version of the classic tale, “Pinocchio.” The show is slated for Saturday, June 23 at 7 p.m. in the Backus Auditorium in International Falls. “Pinocchio,” with script […]
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Sam Odrowski The first of the two Iraqi refugee families who found a new home here in Fort Frances late last year has decided to move to Toronto to reconnect with relatives and pursue new opportunities. Bashar Al-Zeebaree, the family’s father, recently was offered a job relating to satellite TV […]
Summer reporterStephanie Hagenaars The “pow-wow trail” has been a very popular summer event for many people–and for a very long time. Almost every weekend, from the beginning of June until the end of August, a pow-wow can be found within the district, with colourful and intricate regalia, drummers that instantly […]
Press Release The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Frances is celebrating its 100-year anniversary on Sunday, June 24 starting at 10:30 a.m. with a service and barbecue lunch to follow. There also will be a video and picture display, games for children to play, a tree planting, and friendships […]
D.J. White, from Walpole Island First Nation, took part in a Fancy Feather dance during the Rainy River First Nations’ annual pow-wow. The dance is a modern addition to the pow-wow, with dancers performing this style attempting to execute tricky footwork and acrobatic movements to a faster beat. A dancer’s […]
By Garance Burke And Martha Mendoza The Associated Press Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three “tender age” shelters in South Texas, The Associated Press has learned. Lawyers and medical providers who have […]
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING — South Korea urged North Korea on Wednesday to present a plan with concrete steps toward denuclearization, raising the pressure on its leader Kim Jong Un as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a visit designed to convey the countries’ growing […]
Staff The Fort Frances Braves are showing no signs of slowing down in Rainy River District Fastball League action. Cole Tymkin homered and was solid on the rubber as he led the Braves to their sixth-straight win with a 12-2 rout of the Stratton Eagles on Thursday night. Marissa Kerry […]
Jamie Mountain Charles Friday of the Couchiching Raiders turned on the jets as he rounded third base and headed home during his squad’s 5-1 win against the Sabaskong Lakers in Rainy River District Fastball League action Thursday evening at Couchiching.
Stephanie Hagenaars A group launched into a 5K walk along La Verendrye Parkway to Point Park on Saturday as part of the annual “Walk for Alzheimer’s” held by the Kenora-Rainy River Distrcits Alzheimer Society. At the same time, another group set out in the other direction to take on a […]
Jamie Mountain Sekina Scheibler and Ellie Petsnick named the male and female athletes of the year at the annual Muskie awards banquet held last Wednesday night at the Townshend Theatre.
