Jesse Loveday of the Barwick Merchants applied the tag cleanly to Davis Ross of the Wal-Mart team on Thursday over in International Falls. Ross had hit a double to left field but was tagged out trying to stretch his effort into a triple. The Merchants won the “Battle of Canada” […]
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Hundreds of people gathered under a big tent on the grounds of the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre on Friday afternoon for the 36th-annual Manitou fish fry. They enjoyed plenty of food, including walleye and sturgeon. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Students at Fort Frances High School watched from the bleachers as fellow students and their elders danced to the beats of the drum during a sacred pow-wow on the football field Friday afternoon. Several activities took place over the week, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the raising of the First […]
Jessica Steele, left, along with Sarah Trimble and Elizabeth Steele, were among the 20 people walking to raise money for the Fort Frances Sea Cadets #144 yesterday in Emo. The walk-a-thon brought in $850 for the corps. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Georges Blanc and his grandson, Garrett Paull, two, turned earth at St. Mary’s Church on Sunday morning for the groundbreaking celebration to signal the start of the parish’s expansion project. Bishop Fred Colli was on hand for the ceremony, which was followed by a barbecue. —Amanda Roy photo
Chuck Lambert in the 60X car stayed ahead of Kendal Gamsby (#33) during hot laps before the first heat of the Borderland Racing Associatoin’s season-opener Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. Gamsby took third in the Midwest Modified feature race while Lambert caught a few bad breaks and was out […]
Treaty #3 Grand Chief Arnold Gardner and Janice Henderson, chief of Stanjikoming First Nation, cut the ribbon for the raising of the First Nation banners in the atrium at the Fort Frances High School this morning. Also on hand at the ceremonies were Education Director Jack McMaster, left, Earl Klyne, […]
Shannon Darby demonstrated her violin virtuosity last night at the Townshend Theatre during the Borderland Community Orchestra’s spring concert, “Stars of the Future.” The concert featured young musicians such as Darby, Tyler Mixa, Kenneth Kellar, Lauren Gurski, and Allison Barron, performing alongside the BCO. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Charlotte Bombay was one of about 160 Robert Moore students who participated in the “Jump Rope for Heart” fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada yesterday. While some collected pledges, others just did it for fun. —Duane Hicks photo
Bev Thomson, second from left, and Kim Roy of the Cabin Country Quilt Guild, donated a quilt to Ruth Caldwell, left, of the Fort Frances Friends of the Library and Mark Kowalchuk, chair of the “Building for the Future” campaign. The Friends of the Library will be raffling off the […]
Two-time Olympic gold-medalist Cheryl Pounder, a member of the Canadian women’s hockey team, addressed students at St. Michael’s and St. Francis schools here Friday afternoon. Pounder, in town for the Women’s Health Symposium the following day, dropped by the schools to let the students get a firsthand look at her […]
Shackled in chains, Brittany Hayes acted out a scene from George Bernard Shaw’s play “Saint Joan” at Saturday’s highlights concert. Hayes was honoured with the Katy VanDrunen Memorial Award for Best Monologue by a High School Student. —Duane Hicks photo
