Nora Klyne, left, Sunset Country Métis president Clint Calder, Shirley Morrish, Min Crowe, Wanda Botsford (representing local MP Ken Boshcoff), Darryl Allan, Mayor Roy Avis, Crystal George, Mona-Rose Morrisseau, and Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) senator Gord Calder gathered for the raising of the MNO flag in honour of “Louis […]
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Whitehall Construction of Thunder Bay finished up its restoration work on the front of the CIBC building on Scott Street this week. Extensive scaffolding, erected around the bank when a crew began working at the start of October, was taken down Tuesday. The contractor will be back in the spring […]
The erection of the steel structure continues at the AbitibiBowater biomass boiler project site. The work will carry on as construction schedules are met, but is expected to slow down considerably during the winter months, before again kicking into high gear next spring. The project is scheduled to be operational […]
Women from across the district gathered at the Rainy River Future Development Corp. yesterday to participate in the Northern Ontario Women’s Leadership Forum. Although the conference was set in Thunder Bay, other communities in the region, including Fort Frances, joined in by video conference set up by TBayTel. The women […]
Josh Phillips, agri-food marketing intern with the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market, displayed an array of local food products during The Christmas Store’s 17th-annual open house here Saturday. The local Foods Shoppe, added as part of the store this year, allows patrons to find everything they need for Christmas entertaining. The […]
Darryl Allan told the story of the Allan family, as well as offered up some local Métis history to those gathered at the Métis Hall on Friday night.
Bill McEvoy, left, Jim Avis, and John Faith contributed to the merry-making on Friday night by providing a selection of Métis music during the dinner celebrating the Métis culture.
Bob Gillon, left, and Doug Anderson affixed plastic light-up reindeer on top of Betty’s on Scott Street yesterday afternoon to get ready for the Christmas shopping season.
The Official Blues Brothers Revival—the third “tour de Fort” concert of the 2007-08 season—got the crowd singing along at the Townshend Theatre last Thursday night with their homage to blues, gospel, and traditional soul music. “Elwood Blues,” left, and his brother, “Jake,” also got some audience members on stage to […]
Second World War veteran Tommy Medicine read words of wisdom in front of the newly-unveiled Phase One of the Rainy River First Nations’ War Veteran and Armed Forces Monument on Sunday in conjunction with Remembrance Day. The memorial is located along Highway 11/71 at Manitou Rapids.
Retired RCMP Sgt. Ron Scofield saluted the cenotaph after laying a wreath Sunday morning during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Fort Frances cenotaph. The well-attended service was followed by a lunch at the local Legion.
Diane Maxey bid on an item during the 13th-annual “Spirit of Christmas” fundraiser Sunday afternoon and evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The event brought in more than $13,000 for the local branch of the Canadian Cancer Society and the Fort Frances “Community Chest.”
