Chief Jim Leonard, left, and others silently read the monument to the First Nations war veterans which formally was unveiled at Manitou Rapids on Friday afternoon. Youth of the community read the names which are carved in the momunment aloud as others stood by in reverence.
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Customer Raylene Hebert, with daughter, Madeline, left, joined with Jim, Blair, Donna, and Chris Lowey, along with “Bandit,” for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday to celebrate the grand-opening of Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Gardens, which was rebuilt after a fire there last winter. Though the wind was quite chilly outside, the […]
Inside the water tower, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown showed one of the reasons why the rehabilitation project is a must—highlighting the rust on the piping system from the water boiler.
Elder Willie Wilson, Veteran of the Honour Guard Tim Sinclair, Treaty #3 Grand Council Chief Arnold Gardner, and Deborah Richardson, with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, stood at attention during a ceremonial Veterans Drum, which was played during the War Veteran and Armed Forces Monument unveiling ceremony Friday afternoon at […]
It was a colourful scene at Fort Frances High School this morning as a traditional pow-wow was held to culminate Aboriginal Week activities there.
Dorothy Medicine of Manitou Rapids and Gary Medicine, the native education counsellor at the Fort Frances High School, cooked up a batch of bannock to serve to students yesterday in conjunction with Native Awareness Week. Many other activities have run throughout the week, and it all will culminate with a […]
This wayward beaver was spotted at the corner of Church Street and Veteran Avenue around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday. After drawing its share of onlookers, the aquatic mammal eventually was caught and relocated back to the river by helpful citizens. A second beaver caused a commotion that same day at […]
Workers yesterday surveyed the extent of the damage caused by an effluent leak discovered Monday on AbitibiBowater property near Fourth Street West and Central Avenue. A person was brought in who was able to repair the damage from inside the roughly 36-inch diameter pipe. Mill manager John Harrison said the […]
Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Christine Denby got a good look at the new Town of Fort Frances tapestries the Chamber officially launched Saturday at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here. The tapestries, which are similar to the ones the Chamber sold in 2003 to commemorate the town’s centennial, […]
Jo-Ann Waytowich, playing “Ivanka,” got some help from two male audience members at the Women’s Health Symposium on Saturday as she tried to fit into a pair of “one size fits all” panty hose.
Trevor Barker, centre, captured the Rose Bowls in both the Piano and Vocal divisions of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts during the annual highlights concert Saturday night at the Townshend Theatre. Barker’s younger brother, Scott, took home the Instrumental Rose Bowl while Melissa Friesen earned the […]
Players practised proper form while stepping up to their pretend line of scrimmage when the Muskie spring football camp opened in the rain Monday afternoon. Despite the wet weather, there was a good turnout of players already in high school, as well as Muskie hopefuls for the upcoming season this […]
