Dan Falloon Ian Martin performed a headlining set at the Fort Frances Folk Festival’s first coffeehouse fundraiser yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Museum. Jess and Larissa Desrochers also played a set. About 30 people attended the fundraiser, with the second-annual folk festival slated for Sunday, Aug. 22 at the […]
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Bryce Forbes Conductor John Dutton and members of the Borderland Community Orchestra took a bow last night after an amazing concert entitled “From Russia With Love.” Performed before about 250 people at the Townshend Theatre, the orchestra staged the show to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Its next show is slated […]
Peggy Revell Sara Campbell, a dietetic intern in the Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship program at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, compared the nutritional information of different types of peanut butter with Beatrice Lambert and Vicky Wishart during a “Grocery Store Tour” at Safeway yesterday afternoon. Campbell, who is doing […]
Peggy Revell Local trucker Scott Stafford stopped to speak with Holly Cogger, who was among the first to work at the Couchiching toll booth once it was set up late Friday afternoon on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway. Some motorists, like Stafford, have been refusing to pay […]
Peggy Revell Two OPP officers handed out notices to participants Friday evening, warning them of possible criminal charges that could come if the toll booth continued.
File Sherri Eisenzopf, with “Oakley,” was the top fundraiser for the “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” last year.
Dan Falloon Seth Bird enjoyed the summer-like weather at the skate park here last Thursday evening. Bird and other skateboarders were fortunate to get in their outdoor kicks before the long weekend, which brought a wide gamut of weather, including thunderstorms that caused power outages on holiday Monday morning and […]
Peggy Revell A crowd of Couchiching residents looked on Friday afternoon as the band’s controversial toll booth went up on Highway 11 near the west end of the Noden Causeway and the first tolls were collected. While some motorists opted to pay the $1, others have been driving through.
Bryce Forbes Fort High students Zack Lampert, right, Damien Stang, Jason Strom, and Nathan Bujold checked out an engine at the Canadian Tire “Car Crew” event Friday afternoon in the Canadian Tire parking lot. The event was staged to show people all the tests they should run on their car […]
Duane Hicks A finishing touch on Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project, a series of interpretive panels were installed along the waterfront late last week. The panels are placed so pedestrians can stop at each one and learn about forestry, the fur trade, and the origin of the town’s […]
Peggy Revell The controversial toll booth, which Couchiching First Nation planned to erect on Highway #11 near the Noden Causeway starting at noon today, still was being finished up this morning. The band has said it will charge $1 each way for passenger vehicles and $10 for commercial ones, with […]
Peggy Revell Grade 2 students Michael Tucker and McKayla Tibbs planted one of the tiny saplings along the fence line at St. Michael’s School here yesterday afternoon. The trees were donated to the school through the Emo Agricultural Research Station thanks to the South Kenora Rainy River Stewardship Council.
