Peggy Revell Rachel McEvoy took some time to show off her reading skills to her dad, Steve, during last night’s open house at F.H. Huffman School here.

Jessica George A little young to have drivers’ licences just yet, Shawn and Liam Wyder were greeted by “Leo” the Lion this morning as they walked through the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “drive-thru” breakfast in the Tim Hortons parking lot. For $10, the brothers received coupons, water, juice, a breakfast […]

Peggy Revell Maria Gilbert (foreground) and Kelsey Langtry, students in Jodi Easton’s Grade 3 class at J.W. Walker School, got their hands a little dirty with detective work yesterday. The class learned about fingerprinting, shoeprints, and other investigative skills thanks to a visit from Science North.

Mitch Calvert Jim Fowler watched his putt roll towards the hole as playing partner Al Holt prepared to pull out the flag during the club championship Sunday at Kitchen Creek. Fowler shot a 105 (80 with handicap) while Holt shot an 87 (71) in the seniors’ division.

Jessica George Aimee McEvoy, left, Tessa Debruyne, Sheree Hinz, and Cheryl Luptak started a massage train at the Beautiful Unique Girls “beach party” held at St. Mary’s Church here Saturday night. The girls spent the evening talking and enjoying music while also being treated to a concert, smoothies, pizza, and […]

Submitted Hunter Ottoson showed the cigarette butts he picked up last Wednesday during J.W. Walker School’s “Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up.” About 40 students from Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Easton’s Grade 2 and 3 classes, along with 10 adults, cleaned the upper Rainy River shoreline from La Verendrye Hospital to La […]

Paige Desmond Crews from Pioneer Construction began paving Central Avenue yesterday, and were expected to have the first lift of asphalt down by the end of today. The second, or top, lift of asphalt is expected to be done sometime next week. As well, the first phase of paving done […]

Duane Hicks Maria Sanders, left, tested her skill at the bottle cap toss while Tammy Kellar tried out the ring toss yesterday evening during a meeting of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee in preparation for its “Oktoberfest” party coming up Oct. 4 at the Memorial Sports […]

Paige Desmond Eating Jell-O proved to be much more than a jiggly undertaking yesterday as Grade 10 students from Fort Frances High School participated in the Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program at La Verendrye Hospital. Challenged to eat lunch with limited physical abilities, the goal was […]

Duane Hicks As work continues on the Noden Causeway, the overlay on the westbound lane is scheduled to be placed tomorrow and Wednesday (Sept. 23-24). During the placement of the overlay, traffic will be reduced to 10 km/h over the structure, controlled by flaggers and a pilot vehicle, to prevent […]

Mitch Calvert Alton Pollard admired his putt on the ninth green of the club championship yesterday at Kitchen Creek. Pollard carded an 82 in the seniors’ division but Terry Martinson claimed the low score in the 50+ class with a 76. Krista Ballard (ladies’), Gerry Hercun (men’s), Alex McDonald (junior), […]

Jessica George Local residents Fred Whitehead, left, Larry Wood, and Jean Richards helped NDP candidate John Rafferty cut the ribbon Saturday to officially open his campaign headquarters here. Located at 517 Mowat Ave. (across from Green’s), the office is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. […]