The Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) Mobile Learn More Centre was parked at the Memorial Sports Centre Arena this weekend to help educate the public about nuclear energy in the country, as well as the ongoing process to select a nuclear waste repository site in the province. The centre features […]
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You’re never too young to start a business. These young entrepreneurs knew how to beat the summer heat – start a drink stand. They said business had been pretty good. – Megan Walchuk photo
Hundreds of people donned their orange shirts and participated in the Walk in Honour of the Children and Survivors of residential schools on July 1. The walk, organized by Allan Yerxa, took participants from the Sorting Gap Marina down the highway to the Ste. Marguerite’s Indian Residential School Memorial on […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
No talking at the dinner table was one rule among many at the Jones house. As a longtime health inspector in the Rainy River District, Harry Jones, 90, knew exactly how many septic fields had been put in the district, where they all were and what was in them. His […]
A half-dozen local gardens were on full display this Saturday as part of the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s second annual Garden Tour. The self-guided garden tour was a fundraiser to help support programming at the museum. Participants were given a map to the different gardens and toured through […]
Sun, food and family fun were in abundance at the Rainy River Canada Day celebrations on July 1. Left, the paint station was a popular spot for local kids, as they encouraged each other with their creations. Below, Natasha Seguin and Jett wait for their order at the canteen. Bottom […]
Ben Jerome held up the newest friend he made up at the cabin over the weekend. Jerome caught the tiny amphibian all by himself, his first frog catch, but was disheartened to learn he wasn’t allowed to keep his new buddy. –submitted photo
The Harbourage’s Edie Bodnar pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club Trip of the Month draw for July on Friday morning. Marilyn Allan was the winner of an Okanagan Wineries trip valued at $4,500. August’s draw is for a Rocky Mountains Coach Tour ($4,400). –Ken Kellar photo
Volunteers from the Kiwanis club and Seniors Centre served supper to area seniors, for the wrap-up event of Seniors Month in Fort Frances, on June 29. The month of June saw a number of events, including a scavenger hunt, waterfront walk, and two games days to celebrate seniors in the […]
Students, teachers, parents, and families made the most of a less-than-ideal situation with high school graduation ceremonies across the District. While COVID restrictions preventing more traditional ceremonies were still in place, Fort Frances High School (top, bottom right) adapted by breaking the graduating class into four sections and allowing families […]
Legacy Morrish held a newly hatched chick from her grandparents, Tom and Shirley Morrish’s incubator, earlier this spring. – Submitted photo
Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
The Fort Frances Hospital Auxiliary is celebrating the services provided by Marg Kircher, 89, and Eloise Camirand, 90, who have volunteered at the auxiliary for 50 years. Kircher and Camirand have volunteered for 50 years at the Hospital Auxiliary, out of a desire of meet new people and serve their […]
