QPO1 George Kemper-Lukasevics, left, of the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Fort Frances, instructed a group on different ways to build on fire on Saturday during their annual survival training. Spending the day outdoors in the woods, the corps learned such skills as reading compasses, building shelters, and snowshoeing.
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Matthew Gerstner, left, and his sister, Eva, had their photo taken with Santa Claus on Saturday morning at The Christmas Store here, courtesy of Tom Foley of Jadmart Video/Photography.
Joe Basaraba made his way through centre ice during the Muskies’ exhibition game Saturday afternoon against the visiting Kittson Central Wolfpack. Basaraba, who leads the team in scoring, couldn’t find his way onto the scoresheet during Fort High’s 10-1 rout of Kittson, but contributed an assist the night before in […]
Under the direction of Diane Maxey, the Fort Frances Choraliers performed the cantata, “The Love of God at Christmas,” yesterday afternoon at St. Mary’s Church. The Borderland Choral Bells also presented several songs at the beginning of the annual concert.
“Joseph” (Michael Drouin), left, and “Mary” (Emma Noga) smiled at their newborn baby Jesus as they took shelter in the manger during the dress rehearsal of St. Michael’s Christmas concert yesterday afternoon. The actual concert, featuring students in Grades 1-3, was held yesterday evening. A concert for the JK/SK students […]
Julianna Rousseau received a present from Santa Claus during a Christmas party at the Fort Frances Day Care yesterday afternoon. With Christmas drawing nearer, ol’ St. Nick has made a series of early visits to Rainy River District in recent weeks.
The Borderland Community Orchestra presented “’Tis the Season,” a celebration of seasonal music, on Tuesday night at the Townshend Theatre. Under the direction of Katherine Williams, the musicians offered up melodies such as “Angels from the Realms of Glory,” “Brahms Chorale,” and “Silent Night.” Proceeds will benefit the “Building for […]
Ashton Barnes mailed his letter to Santa yesterday at the Times office just before the deadline to get it o the North Pole. While the Times will be sure to forward district children’s letters to jolly St. Nick as promised, the letters also will be reprinted for everyone to enjoy […]
Morgan Anderson laid out to defend the ball from the Kenora Broncos during the final of the La Place Rendez-Vous senior boy’s basketball tournament here Saturday. While Anderson showed flashes of strong defence, his offensive prowess and outside shooting, which led to a team-leading 43 points, were his calling cards […]
Pam Hawley, curator of the Fort Frances Museum offered up a cultural awareness presentation to participants of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies Youth Communication Advocacy Network (YouthCAN) conference here Monday. The youths also learned about healthy living and physical activity, as well as making new friends from across […]
Assistant driller Benoit Fournel got a first look at the fruit of his labours–fresh core samples. These will be carefully studied for their mineral content.
Michael Brady, right, playing Maxwell Smart, and Justine Christie (Agent 99) got into a sticky situation at the Fortune Cookie Club as they were guarded by Jessica Liggins (Mary Wong) in a scene from “Get Smart” on Friday night. Muskie Theatre offered up the production last Thursday through Saturday at […]
