Sarah Pruys Tess Coish, from Tess’s Kitchen, helped Kiwanian Robin Wright make the club’s trip-of-the-month draw for May yesterday morning at International Travel Services here. Nicole Cheetham of Devlin won a trip to St. Marten, valued at $4,200. Next month’s draw is a Vancouver Island Tour, worth $4,300.
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Sarah Pruys Toni Cupp, the new owner and tattooist at Tonic Tattoos on Scott Street, prepared the inks before starting a tattoo yesterday afternoon during her store’s grand-opening, which continues through 6 p.m. today. Cupp, whose slogan is “Stabbing victims since ’02,” has dainties, coffee, and a selection of select […]
Staff he Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is working on several projects this year, including a business directory it aims to launch in 2014. The Chamber also will be involved in the July 1-4 celebrations as well as “Quest for the Best,” which will coincide with the Fort Frances Canadian […]
Heather Latter The disguised evil queen, played by Mackenzie Wright, offered “Snow White” (Callahan Wiedenhoeft) a poisoned apple during a rehearsal of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” yesterday. Presented by the St. Francis School Drama Club, the play will be staged tomorrow in the school gym for staff and […]
Staff Resolute Forest Products’ future is based on innovation and sustainability, company president and CEO Richard Garneau told delegates at the annual meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association in Thunder Bay last Thursday. “The forest products industry has been instrumental to the history and economy of Northwestern Ontario, and […]
Lucas Punkari After a hiatus of more than three decades, plans are in the works to have a women’s fastball league return to Rainy River District. A meeting to gauge overall interest is slated for tomorrow (May 2) at 6 p.m. at the Couchiching multi-use facility. “I used to play […]
Lucas Punkari After finishing his final exams in the geological engineering program at the University of Waterloo last Tuesday, Fort Frances native Steve Boileau has had a chance to reflect on his last six years at the school and what he’s been involved with while he there. While his studies […]
Heather Latter The Robert Moore School Council will host an “Art Extravaganza” there next Tuesday (May 7) from 6-8 p.m.—and all members of the community are encouraged to drop by. Made possible by a Parent Involvement Grant from the Ministry of Education, the event will feature a gallery of artwork […]
Duane Hicks Coinciding with National Victims of Crime Awareness Week (April 21-27), Peggy Loyie of the Rainy River District Victim Services Program was honoured with the Attorney General’s Victim Services Awards of Distinction for 2013. Loyie, among 10 other individuals and six organizations receiving the award last week in Toronto, […]
Heather Latter Tyson Grinsell has a passion for helping kids and has volunteered in many capacities over the past five years, including tutoring students in math and coaching youth soccer. And last week, the 22-year-old Fort Frances resident was recognized provincially for his efforts, receiving the Ontario Medal for Young […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business & Community Expo 2013 is being hailed as a success by organizers. Chamber manager Annely Armstrong said 1,249 paid adults went through the doors at the Memorial Sports Centre on Friday and Saturday, with many more children under 12 and volunteers […]
Staff In the spirit of Earth Day, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre last week launched a new program to get adult patrons to “branch out” in their recreational reading. As a participant in the Ontario Library Association’s annual “Evergreen Award” recreational reading program, the library is encouraging adults […]
