Duane Hicks Lorine Ring admired the bountiful selection of poinsettias available at The Christmas Store, which opened for its 27th season on Saturday. Located at Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Garden on Highway 602 just west of Fort Frances, the store is open every day until Christmas, and will feature new […]
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Here’s just one of the beautiful illustrations of the titular canine, “Jack,” and the writer-artist Shannon Carlson in the new book, “Jack the Husky Gets Rescued.” –Shannon Carlson illustration
Nicholas Donaldson All eyes were on Caitlin Anderson (far right) as she spoke about holding onto her country roots before she belted out the Gretchen Wilson hit “Redneck Woman” during Fort High’s annual musical revue last week. “Country meets City” ran for three nights at the Townshend Theatre, using popular […]
Staff Allegra Brockie enjoyed a dainty while sitting on the lap of her grandmother, Ruth Brockie, during Knox United Church’s Christmas bazaar and luncheon Saturday. McMillan Hall was packed with people of all ages, ready to eat, socialize, and do a little Christmas shopping.
Nicholas Donaldson Riverside Community Counselling Services community family violence counsellor Jacquee Loerzel, Curvy Chick owner Jennifer Horton, and Women’s Shelter of Hope outreach worker Heather Johnson posed with a few purple cupcakes last Wednesday at Curvy Chick on Scott Street. The treats were part of a fundraising effort in conjunction […]
Submitted Mackenzie McClain, left, and Sophia Black helped Russ Ling hang another “angel” tag on the tree that was put up at Taggs Source for Sports. The trees, which have tags bearing the names of children in need and what they’d like for Christmas, also are up at Walmart and […]
Staff Former Kenora MP Greg Rickford is making the jump to provincial politics. Rickford was acclaimed as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Kenora-Rainy River in the upcoming provincial election scheduled for this coming June at the local riding association’s meeting Saturday in Dryden. District resident Douglas Judson had been seeking […]
Press Release Today (Nov. 22) marks Canada’s 17th-annual National Housing Day. This day originally was meant to honour a state of emergency declared in 1998 due to high levels of homelessness in urban centres. It is widely recognized today that homelessness is not just an urban issue, and that a […]
Press Release The Borderland Community Orchestra will spread holiday cheer through music on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Backus Community Center in International Falls. Under the direction of Katherine Williams of Emo, the orchestra includes musicians from both sides of the border. Falls area musicians include John […]
Duane Hicks A district resident’s personal story of adopting a rescue dog recently was published as a book, making for an ideal gift for the animal-lover this holiday season. “Jack the Husky Gets Rescued,” written and illustrated by Emo resident Shannon Carlson, is about an adopted Husky named “Jack” and […]
Duane Hicks After fleeing from the deadly threat of jihadist militant group ISIS and living as refugees for nearly three years, an Iraqi family has found a new start here in Fort Frances. The Al-Zeebaree family, consisting of father, Bashar, mother, Julia, 19-year-old daughter, Sarah, and sons Fadi, 18, Michael, […]
