Heather Latter Aubrey Eldridge, who is almost three, glided through the water yesterday morning with help from her mom, Barb, during the Duck/Sea Turtle swimming class at the Memorial Sports Centre. The pre-school pool sessions are meant to introduce youngsters to the joys of water activity through games, songs, and […]
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Heather Latter Rex Tolton, two, participated in the Duck/Sea Turtle swimming class this morning at the Memorial Sports Centre with help from his mom, Jennifer Miedema. The pre-school pool sessions are meant to introduce youngsters to the joys of water activity through games, songs, and active water play.
Peggy Revell Courtney Sinclair worked on her masterpiece Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum during a youth art workshop held as part of the Community Arts Heritage Education Project. A improv workshop that morning also gave children the chance to expand their acting skills.
Duane Hicks Local MP John Rafferty stressed the HST is not a “done deal” to about 75 delegates here Saturday at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting, vowing he will continue to fight against what he calls “the wrong tax at the wrong time.”
Dan Falloon Things got physical between the Fort Frances Snipers’ Brett Hahkala and Cole Tymkin and their Thunder Bay Elks in the final of the Snipers’ home tourney yesterday. The locals fell 3-2 in a hard-fought game to settle for the silver medal while the Elks went home with the […]
Heather Latter Pat Herr picked the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for February this morning at International Travel Services here as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on. Shaun and Teresa Bagacki of Fort Frances will be heading on a Honolulu—a trip valued at […]
Duane Hicks Police still were on the scene this morning of a head-on collision between two snowmobiles last night that killed a Fort Frances man and sent two others to hospital.
Peggy Revell Steve Loshaw, president of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc., addressed the huge crowd that turned out for the site’s opening ceremony yesterday. About 200 people took tours of $2-million, 3,600 sq. ft. facility, which is located on Byng St. in Emo. The abattoir will not be […]
Heather Latter Students at St. Michael’s School had an “out of this world” experience thanks to a space-themed book fair that ran all week there. Pictured are visiting astronauts, Nikki Armstrong (far left) and Laura Chabot (far right), along with Christian Wiedenhoeft and Ethan Rose. The annual January book fair […]
Duane Hicks Adam Brazier and Marisa McIntyre thrilled the crowd with more than 50 songs from Broadway musicals during a performance of the cabaret-style comedy, “He Sang She Sang,” last night at the Townshend Theatre. The show was the fifth in the 2009-10 “tour de Fort” concert series.
Duane Hicks Alzheimer Society volunteer Bernice Kress, left, served up some appetizers—crackers and dip—to Debbie Hallikas during the “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” here Sunday.
Duane Hicks Greg Allan shovelled the snow from in front of Celeste’s Hair Design on the 200 block of Scott Street on Monday morning. Plenty of folks were slinging the heavy, wet white stuff after getting hit with a one-two punch of freezing rain and then snow over the weekend.
