Peggy Revell Ainsley Mann and Gunnar Krawchuk didn’t seem to mind scooping out pumpkin innards during Hallowe’een-themed activities this morning at the Fort Frances Nursery School. It will be a busy week for youngsters across the district, filled with spooky parties and activities leading up to Hallowe’en on Sunday.
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Duane Hicks Gladys Payne put another donated coat on the rack yesterday at the East End Hall. The Associates of St. Marguerite d’Youville also collected coats, mittens, hats, and scarves there today from 1-4 p.m. in anticipation of giving them away to those in need tomorrow (Oct. 27) from 1-3 […]
Duane Hicks Vampires and witches, like these ones seen at a Second Street East home, are only two types of scary characters popping up around town as more and more residents get ready for Hallowe’en this Sunday.
Duane Hicks With today being election day across Ontario, Cara Yellowega put a ballot in the box this morning at the Civic Centre. Voters have until 8 p.m. tonight to fill out their mail-in voting kit and bring it to council chambers. They also can put them in the outside […]
Duane Hicks The new sun shelter was completed at McIrvine Park over the weekend. Having been working in Fort Frances the past two years doing the natural gas line replacement project, Link-Line and Union Gas, supported by a handful of other businesses, donated labour and materials to build the structure […]
Peggy Revell Heidi Putzer showed off some of the costumes that were brought in for the first ever Hallowe’en costume exchange held Friday and Saturday at the J.W. Walker School gym. Costumes from across the district were collected and found new homes as the spooky holiday season rolls around for […]
Peggy Revell Marie Saunders, Michelle Grynol, Dr. Jason Shack, and Nina Sokoliuk all were decked out in pink today—along with the entire emergency room and many other departments at La Verendrye Hospital—to celebrate “Pink Out Day” across the district. Organized by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, residents and […]
Duane Hicks Shirley Kelly, program supervisor at Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong Training and Employment Centre, welcomed attendees to the First Nation Partnership and Information Forum yesterday at La Place Rendez-Vous. The forum, a partnership between Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong and the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, featured about 15 presenters and 20 […]
Duane Hicks Penny Shumaker served up some of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre’s “Rescue Me Chile” to John Pohanka yesterday at the “Great Canadian Chili Cook-Off and Cake Roulette.” The library staff’s chili won the “Best Chili Award.”
Duane Hicks Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty dropped off diapers Friday at the Girl Guides display at the Fort Frances Museum. Girl Guides of Canada, in partnership with Huggies’ “Every Little Bottom” program, is collecting diapers to donate to their local food banks. Here, the public can drop off […]
Staff Demolition of the old Fort Frances High School continues at an increasing pace—with more and more of the structure being torn down and hauled away each day. Part of a wall was being pushed over this morning and at this rate, this section could be down by the end […]
Peggy Revell Teresa Hazel, left, the outgoing director for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary president Noreen Robertson proudly showed off the letter of intent the auxiliary originally wrote 10 years ago pledging to donate $500,000 for the “Care Close to Home” campaign.
