The third annual Walk With Our Sisters event took place on Monday, May 5, 2025, beginning at the Fort Frances Senior Centre and proceeding to the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC). The multi-organization event seeks to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, to acknowledge the […]
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– Ken Kellar photo
Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas, centre, along with dozens of supporters, staff and clients of Community Living Fort Frances and District (CLFFD) took part in a flag raising ceremony at the Fort Frances Civic Centre on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, to mark the official proclamation of May as Community Living […]
– Ken Kellar photo
The annual Walk For Our Sisters awareness event, organized by several community organizations including the Northwestern Ontario Métis Child and Family Services, United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) and Giishkaandago-Ikwe Health Services, among others, proceeded down Victoria Avenue yesterday morning as the walk left from the Senior Centre on its way […]
– Allan Bradbury photos
There was plenty to see and do last weekend as Emo celebrated its annual Spring Fever Days celebrations, which ran from Thursday, April 24 to Saturday, April 26, 2025. Businesses throughout town had plenty going on, from special sales to exciting events, including a chance to cuddle with some adorable […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
Members of M. Brady’s grade 4/5 class teamed up to recite the poem “Les Moustaches” by Raymond Plante. Students, in no particular order, are Ciaran Allen, Sawyer Lance, Theo Faragher, Rosina Woodgate, Pearce Spooner, and Henry Spry. The festival wrapped up with its annual highlights showcase on Tuesday night at […]
–Allan Bradbury photo
There was lots of hand clappin’ and toe tappin’ as Rum Ragged brought some salty sea air to the Townshend Theatre on Thursday night. The show was the last of Tour de Fort’s ‘24-’25 season and next season’s lineup was announced before the show. For more on that, see tomorrow’s […]
– Ken Kellar photo
Adelaide Jones channelled her inner good witch as she sang “Popular” from the hit musical Wicked during yesterday’s vocal music sessions of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts, held at Knox United Church in Fort Frances. Yesterday’s sessions marked the final day of the Festival, but for […]
– Allan Bradbury photo
Hallett Brewing owner Tanya Mueller, left, was in fine fuzzy form on Saturday, April 19, 2025, as she greeted the hundreds of children and their adults who made the trip out to Scott Street for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s Easter Egg-Stravaganza. Participating families trekked along the street to visit […]
–Allan Bradbury photos
Construction signs and pylons have gone out this week at the intersection of Central Avenue and Second Street. Highway 11 will be rehabilitated from Central Avenue over to about York Avenue where the previous roadwork project ended. This roadwork is sure to put a snarl in traffic for a while […]
From the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts
The competitions of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts are now underway. In the first week of April we held Drama and Speech Arts competitions in both French and English. There were 16 French performances and 39 English performances. Our adjudicators were Ms. Anne Carradice and Ms. […]
FFGWHA U7 Little Leafs: Most Improved – Cleo Sigurdson Most Dedicated – Cora Olson Most Team Spirit – Everly Stromness M.V.P. – Blake Loveday FFGWHA U9 Wolves: Most Improved – Brooklyn Larson Most Dedicated – Aella Grynol Most Team Spirit – Lex Norman M.V.P. – Collins Armstrong Rookie of the […]
