Josh Councillor serves up during one of his matches at the Sunset Country Squash club’s annual Boxing Day Tournament held at the Memorial Sports Centre. The tournament saw competitors from across the district take part in the fun, day-long event. -Ken Kellar photo
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Volunteers served up plates with all the fixin’s to people who turned out to the Christmas Dinner held at Knox United Church from noon until 2 p.m. on Christmas Day. The event also continued the tradition of sending out meals on wheels to those who were unable to attend the […]
Fort Frances has seen a lot of snow over the last day, making it the perfect time to break out the snowblower if you haven’t already. Meteorologists were calling for between 10 and 20 centimetres yesterday, and with another two to five centimetres expected today, it might be a good […]
Submitted Aux. Captain of The Salvation Army Arthur Heathcote, left, Dawn Gray, store manager of the local Bargain Shop, and “Red,” The Bargain Shop/Red Apple Stores’ mascot, showed off some of the many toys donated by generous Bargain Shop customers during “Fill A Sleigh Day” on Dec. 7. The local […]
of Riverside Health Care On behalf of the La Verendrye General Hospital (LVGH) Auxiliary, Judy Webster, right, presented the first “Palliative Comfort Care Bag” donation to Joelle Buist, Riverside’s patient experience and flo coordinator, on Monday. The bags are now available for hospital patients who are receiving comfort care support. […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Cooper Witherspoon did his best to win a faceoff against his Wisconsin Lumberjacks’ opponent during the first period of his squad’s 4-3 overtime loss in SIJHL action on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena.
The $7.3 million Sturgeon Creek Bridge was recently replaced by the Ministry of Transportation and when weather permits in the spring, a final paving of its deck will take place. To allow traffic to reopen this year the contractor placed a temporary cold-mix asphalt due to wet and cool conditions […]
Construction at the Baudette/Rainy River International Bridge came to a halt late last month as the snow and cold weather have set in. Works to the bridge will resume in April or once the spring thaw occurs. The project is set for completion in August of next year. -Sam Odrowski […]
Ken Kellar Members of “Wake the Youth” posed for a photo together following the debut of their music video “Love Like Eagles” at the United Native Friendship Centre’s Circle of Life building on Monday night. Over a period of months, the group, with the guidance and assistance of MJ Interactive’s […]
Dave Ogilvie The Grade 7/8 Christmas Lip Sync Battle was an imaginative performance during the Sturgeon Creek School Christmas concert last week. Various groups from the class put in a wide variety of acts during the concert. At the end of the performance, the emcee asked the audience to judge […]
Submitted Santa Claus, seen here chatting with Dorothy Brown, took time out of his very busy schedule last Thursday evening to stop by Riverside Health Care’s long term care home in Emo and visit with residents during their holiday party. Rainycrest Long Term Care had its party on Friday.
Students from St. Michael’s school presented a depiction of the Nativity scene at their Christmas concert rehearsal on Thursday afternoon. This year’s spate of Christmas concerts at the elementary school will be the last to be performed there, as students from the school will be starting at the new consolidated […]
