Submitted photo The folks at Columbus Place didn’t let COVID dampen their enjoyment of their gardens. Bernice Kress is one of the seniors responsible for making such a beautiful sanctuary for the residents to enjoy. They spend their summer, buy planting and tending flower and vegetable beds. -Submitted photo
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Megan Walchuk photo We may have lost the Emo Fair, and the Rainy River Giant Pumpkin Festival, but we still want to see how everyone’s garden did this year! Jack Walchuk is having fun helping harvest his family’s pumpkin patch at the Fort Frances Community Garden. Show off your bounty, […]
Facebook photo Business has been booming south of the border, while northern counterparts struggle, in some sectors. The owners of Copper River Inn have seen two vastly different reactions to COVID-19 recovery across the multi-national company
Submitted photo Dexter the beagle is looking at a bear clinging to a tree. Dexter saved Jenifer, his owner, from an attack by the bear when she was doing a garbage run.
Ken Kellar photo The members of Lori Leduc’s running club at the United Native Friendship Centre ran drills at the Point Park last Thursday. Leduc is a national level runner who has formed running clubs in several communities she’s lived in, with the UNFC’s club working on their fitness levels […]
Merna EmaraLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Vendors from across the Rainy River District exhibit their artwork including paintings, carvings, woodworks and crafts. The festival took place on Saturday in the Sioux Narrows Provincial Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There were about 20 vendors across a 1.2 kilometre trail to […]
Merna EmaraLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Vendors from across the Rainy River District exhibit their artwork including paintings, carvings, woodworks and crafts. The festival took place on Saturday in the Sioux Narrows Provincial Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There were about 20 vendors across a 1.2 kilometre trail to […]
Merna EmaraLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Vendors from across the Rainy River District exhibit their artwork including paintings, carvings, woodworks and crafts. The festival took place on Saturday in the Sioux Narrows Provincial Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There were about 20 vendors across a 1.2 kilometre trail to […]
Merna EmaraLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Vendors from across the Rainy River District exhibit their artwork including paintings, carvings, woodworks and crafts. The festival took place on Saturday in the Sioux Narrows Provincial Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There were about 20 vendors across a 1.2 kilometre trail to […]
Merna Emara photos Vendors from across the Rainy River District exhibit their artwork including paintings, carvings, woodworks and crafts. The festival took place on Saturday in the Sioux Narrows Provincial Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There were about 20 vendors across a 1.2 kilometre trail to allow for […]
Marie Johnston/UoW-Madison photo Two different species of Asian jumping worms (Amynthas agrestis, left and Amnthas tokionesis) are on display in this photo from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Soil Science. The worms get their names from the distinctive thrashing, snake-like movements they make when disturbed. The worm on the […]
Ken Kellar photo Town of Fort Frances operations and facilities manager Travis Rob, left, manned one of the drop-off tables at the Public Works building on Saturday afternoon during the town’s Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste day. Town crews and employees from Miller Waste out of Manitoba handled and safely […]








