Dan Loney stocked the shelves at Cloverleaf Shop Easy with Ritz Crackers—just one of the many grocery items at the store marked with signs comparing Cloverleaf’s prices to those of Wal-Mart. But this advertising has gotten the Loneys into a legal battle with the mega-company. —Duane Hicks photo
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Students in Solange Busch’s Grade 4/5 French Immersion class showed off their handiwork in history class last Friday. The Grade 4 students, pictured here, made medieval castles while those in Grade 5 made Egyptian sanctuaries. —Melanie Béchard photo
A crew from George Armstrong Ltd unloaded pilings near Seven Oaks yesterday in anticipation of work the contractor expects to doing later this month. The pilings will be put in at all the town docks along the riverfront to help stabilize them. These will be installed using a crane floating […]
Katelyn Shortreed was one of the entertainers at the Fine Line Art Gallery’s “Music in the Gallery” event Friday night. The 13-year-old sang two songs from the musical “Wicked.” The event was to close the gallery’s spring exhibit, “Abracadabra.” Other entertainers included Ruth Caldwell, John Rafferty, and Diane Maxey. —Melanie […]
Rebecca Cornell of Cornell Farms weighed a jar of maple syrup at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here Saturday morning—the first market day of the season. The maple syrup was brought in bulk and people could have their own containers filled. A selection of carvings, baking, preserves, honey, and antiques […]
Dana-Rae Bergner, left, and Adam Scott cleared some old paint cans from the back of a truck Saturday morning during the seventh-annual Household Hazardous Waste Day here. The event, run by the Rainy River Watershed Program, saw about 260 district residents drop off their waste, which will be disposed in […]
Another full house was on hand Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous for the 24th-annual Ducks Unlimited banquet. As always, the live auction was the highlight of the evening, with a replica Don Cherry jacket fetching the highest bid at $975. A framed, autographed Darryl Sittler Toronto Maple Leafs jersey […]
Grade five students in Janice Haugo’s class at Robert Moore school practiced water safety yesterday at the Memorial Sports Centre for phys ed class. The boys and girls learned how to huddle together for warmth and shouted out safety tips from the pool, like to make sure conditions are safe […]
Some 57 Grade 7 and 8 students at St Francis School participated in the 24-hour Famine beginning Tuesday and ending yesterday at 4 pm. The students broke their fast with pizza, fresh veggies, and juice, followed by a school dance. The intermediate students raised more than $2,000 for Development and […]
A team of Squirts listened intently to their new coach during their first-ever practice yesterday evening. Fort Frances Youth Soccer took to the pitches at the St. Francis Sportsfields on Monday evening with a record registration eclipsing the 700 mark. —Justin Holmes photo
Local DU committe chairman Barney Maher got a closer look at the detailed paint job Laurie Bedard did on this goose egg that she’s donated for the 24th-annual Ducks Unlimited banquet coming up this Friday at La Place Rendez-Vous. —Duane Hicks photo
Barbe Dennis, right, and Anna Demchuk, teachers at Mine Centre School, were showered with the spray from a wet sponge last Wednesday during the school’s annual “Toonies for Autism” fundraiser. With a population of just over 80 students, the school was able to raise more than $500—topping last year’s $300 […]
