Joey Payeur Former Manitoba female fastpitch player of the year Sarah Shotton, left, was the star of the two-day CANPitch clinic for youth and adults held at the Manitou Rapids ballpark on Rainy River First Nations this past weekend.
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Nicholas Donaldson Students, staff and community members celebrated Indigenous Education Week with a pow-wow in the Fort Frances High School large gym last Friday. The ceremony ended with the inter-tribal circle dance seen here, an open invitation for everyone to dance as one.
Nicholas Donaldson Former Attorney General Howard Hampton spoke about the history of the Supervised Access Program in Ontario and its roots in the Fort Frances area yesterday at the local Child and Family Services office .
Nicholas Donaldson Teresa Neufelder and Molly Franz spoke about Rainy River Community College to interested Fort High students from their info booth in the school atrium. Many local businesses and organizations were set up for the career symposium for students last Wednesday in conjunction with Indigenous Education Week.
Nicholas Donaldson TakingITGlobal executive director Jennifer Corriero spoke about the collaboration with Cisco Systems at an announcement event for the “Connected North” program that has expanded to two more schools in the district. The event took place at FFHS as the Grade 7/8 Ojibwe class connected with a class at […]
Joey Payeur Times co-owner Don Cumming, centre, was joined by Ducks Unlimited northern Ontario official Rob Watson, left, and event co-organizer Charles Fisher to celebrate Cumming’s 25 years of affiliation with the Fort Frances DU branch at the association’s banquet and dinner at the Fort Frances Curling Club this past […]
Andrea Schram, left, Shawn Brady and Ana Stopa were part of the legion of persuasive raffle ticket sellers circulating among the crowd during the DU banquet here Friday evening.
Nicholas Donaldson Scott Jolicoeur (Instrumental), left, Katelyn Bruyere (Vocal), and Mika Kooistra (Piano) stood proudly as the 2017 Rose Bowl winners of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The awards were handed out at the annual Highlights Concert last Tuesday (May 9) at the Townshend Theatre.
Joey Payeur Sarah Shotton brought a world of experience from her world travels to local fastball players this past weekend. The 25-year-old from Winnipeg was on hand to instruct the two-day CANPitch clinic for youth and adults at the Rainy River First Nations’ diamond at Manitou Rapids. Shotton has been […]
Joey Payeur Planning for the first major fishing tournament of the season in the Rainy River District is almost complete, but the field of participants certainly is not. The Emo Walleye Classic kicks off next Thursday (May 25) with two new events, as explained by EWC director of marketing and […]
Do you know someone under the age of 50 who is making a difference through their volunteer efforts to the community? The Town of Fort Frances is seeking to recognize those individuals this year with special “Canada 150” pins intended as a small “thank you” to recognize those in our […]
Staff It started out as a promising night for the Manitou T-Birdies offensively. One pitching change changed all that. Manitou scored six runs in the first inning and only one more in the next six as the Couchiching Lady Raiders powered their way to a 23-7 victory over the T-Birdies […]
