Nearly 300 residents from across Rainy River District packed the Barwick Hall last night to support Paul and Susan Peters, owners of Sunrise Meat and Sausage there, and to hear an update about the condemned meat at their plant. Another hearing with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural […]
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Joan Taylor, left, Ed Haglund, and Betty Newman, of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Br. #29 Poppy Fund committee, along with Larry Cousineau, chair of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and Wendy Derendorf of the Poppy Fund committee, surrounded nurse manager Glenna Morand as she demonstrated the new CPM (Continuous […]
Darryl Allan, Information and Technology manager for the town, demonstrated to mayoral and councillor candidates how one of the two electronic voting tabulators to be used this coming Monday works during a meeting Thursday afternoon at the Civic Centre. At a processing rate of 500 votes an hour, the election […]
Jenna Nowak and Michael Brady danced and sang with the chorus in the opening number, “Barbie Girl,” of Fort Frances High School’s musical revue “When Boy Meets Girl” at the Townshend Theatre on Thursday night. The show ran for three nights, and featured a mix of group and solo numbers. […]
Gayle Arpin petted “Lady” on Wednesday afternoon—a four-year-old Rocky Mountain Horse who has resided at Arpin’s Alberton farm for about a year. She posesses the signature colour of the breed—chocolate brown, with a white mane and tail. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Renowned Canadian curler Guy Hemmings, right, helped his teammates bring a rock down the ice late yesterday afternoon during a demonstration game at the Fort Frances Curling Club where local curlers entered a draw to play with or against him. Hemmings also took time to offer tips to local junior […]
Fort Frances Children’s Complex staff, children and members of the Fort Frances Family Resource Centre Advisory Committee showed off one of the new picnic tables the advisory committee recently purchased. A total of four tables and two benches were purchased by the committee with $6,100 in funds raised entirely by […]
The local Legion ladies’ auxiliary annual Remembrance Day tea was well-attended yesterday, with many people coming out to enjoy the tea and dainties, as well as a crafts and bake sale downstairs. Local participants in the Lions Club’s peace poster contest also had their work on display at the tea. […]
Richard Schulzki found himself surrounded by grass-skirted hula dancers during a reggae rendition of “Kiss the Girl” during the opening night of Fort Frances High School’s musical revue “When Boy Meets Girl” at the Townshend Theatre last night. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for adults, and are available at […]
With a little guidance from “Merlin” (Jennifer Kawulia), “Batman” (a.k.a. Matthew Taves) pinned the nose on the witch during a Hallowe’en party for pre-school children Tuesday at the Fort Frances Day Care. The toy library also held a party that morning at the Fort Frances Children’s Complex. —Duane Hicks photo
Aquanaut Caitlin Sande took part in the club’s time trials last Thursday. Fourteen of the club’s competitive swimmers competed against the clock for the first time this season at the Memorial Sports Centre pool. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Taya Carlson checked out the spooky decor at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday afternoon. In addition to selling pumpkins for jack o’ lanterns, Lowey’s Greenhouses had set up a “haunted house” area at the market to provide some complimentary Hallowe’en chills. —Duane Hicks photo
