Staff Best-selling author Matt Jackson will be at the Fort Frances Public Library this coming Monday (April 12) at 7 p.m. to share an evening of slides, music, and story-telling. Jackson quit his job back in April, 1997 with plans to spend several months hitchhiking across Canada, taking in the […]
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Staff While fire activity has calmed down in Rainy River District, conditions are dry and the public still is being urged not to light any open air fires. “Overall, things are still fairly dry,” noted Ministry of Natural Resources fire information officer Heather Pridham. “We’re expecting some warm temperatures this […]
Jane Duerksen holds a Baccalaureate degree from the University of Manitoba, as well as her Associateships both in Piano Performance and Teaching from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. She has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Manitoba Arts Council, Canadian Daughters’ League, University of Manitoba, Mrs. James A. Richardson, […]
Staff The Northwest Ontario All-Stars completed their round-robin schedule at the All-Ontario PeeWee championship with a 5-0 loss to the Nickel City Sons (Sudbury) yesterday afternoon. The loss meant the All-Stars finished the tournament, held in St. Marys, with an 0-6 record. Local players on the team included Tyler VanUden, […]
Staff Raymond Roy didn’t let an early hole bury him in the opener of the Dominion men’s curling club provincials in Thunder Bay last night. Roy and his rink of third Dave Broman, second Butch Wensley, and lead Patrick Briere upended Mike Rubineck of the host Port Arthur Curling Club […]
Peggy Revell Mackenzie Archie, a first-year student in the Seven Generation Education Institute’s Indigenous Wellness Addictions Prevention program showed off the children’s book “Izzy and the Apple Tree” she wrote for an assignment. The book, alongside many other student projects, were on display yesterday at Seven Generations as part of […]
Peggy Revell J.W. Walker students Sam McKinnon, left, Lauren Vold, Marissa Loveday, and Kassidy LeDrew rehearsed a scene from the play, “Mirror, Mirror,” yesterday. The school will stage the play, which is a humorous mix of popular fairy tales, on May 6-7.
Duane Hicks “Audrey” (Christina Empey) shared a moment with “Seymour” (David Loney) as the man-eating plant, “Audrey 2” (voiced by Adam Esselink), loomed in the background during Fort Frances Muskie Theatre’s opening-night performance of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Townshend Theatre. The rock musical continues tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday. […]
Peggy Revell Riley Pollard, Keely-Shaye Douglas, and Cassidy Lampert showed off the bags J.W. Walker students have crafted by reusing juice pouches, which they have been selling to raise money towards the school’s upcoming Environmental Film Festival. Slated for later this month, schools from across the district will be attending […]
