Anelynn Calder, left, Trinity Wanakamick, and Aurora Medows–wearing pajamas and cuddling with their teddy bears–enjoyed activties this morning during the Fort Frances Day Care’s pajama day. –Heather Ogilvie photo

Vi Plumridge touched up a painting of hollyhocks she’s planning on entering in the “Seeing Red” art show coming up April 10-May 6 at the Fine Line Art Gallery. The deadline for artists to enter their artwork, which must follow the “Seeing Red” theme, is April 5. On average, the […]

Anne Jean, left, and Kaitlyn Baldwin showed each other how they were decorating their postcards yesetrday afternoon during March Break activities at the Fort Frances Museum. Kids can drop by there from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. each day this week either to do crafts or check out a cool optics display. […]

Amy Penner, a student at Crossroads School in Devlin, shared her story with fellow student Anikka McTavish on Friday during the school’s “Literacy Luncheon.” Children showcased their work for parents and community members through reading, writing, drama, and media literacy. –Heather Ogilvie photo

Zachary Stroglover kept a close eye on the bubble he blew Monday morning during a beach party for pre-schoolers at the Fort Frances Day Care. With children out of school this week, a full slate of activities is planned there for all age groups. —Duane Hicks photo

Veronica Badiuk, left, took her three-month-old son, Daxxen, for a dip in the pool yesterday evening at the Memorial Sports Centre to get him ready for the “Starfish” swimming lessons which he will start next week. —Jenni Condon photo

Darius Brenna blew bubbles yesterday morning during a beach party for preschoolers at the Fort Frances Day Care. With children out of school this week, there is a full slate of activities planned there for both the preschoolers and school age kids. —Duane Hicks photo

It’s March Break, and kids looking for something to do can drop by the Fort Frances Museum and check out this an early version of 3-D glasses, also known as a stereoscope, that’s part of the optics display upstairs. The museum also will be doing crafts, following the theme “Postcards […]

Dave Ashworth checked over the plans for the new Domino’s franchise being built at 283 Scott St., the site of the old M&S Bootery. The new business hopefully will be serving up pizzas by mid-April. —Duane Hicks photo

Hoop dancer, Garnett Comegan demonstrated his skills to students from local schools who gathered in the Robert Moore gymnasium Wednesday for their 1st Annual Pow Wow. The First Nation and Metis Youth Council organized the event, which also featured the Golden Eagle Drummers from Couchiching First Nation and a lunch […]

Only a small portion of Alexander MacKenzie School still stood on King’s Highway here Monday afternoon as demolition of the building quickly wrapped up. The school was closed in 2004 and sold by the Rainy River District School Board to 501801 Ontario Ltd., o.p.a Crozier Warehouse, last June. No plans […]

Muskie curlers Brittany Czekaj, left, and Meaghan Moate were on the brooms during yesterday’s final round-robin game versus St. Patrick’s at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The Muskie rink went 3-2 overall and received a silver medal after beating the out the Port Arthur rink 7-0 in a tie-breaker. St. […]