Ken Kellar Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee members Natalie DeGagne, left, Grace Cridland, McKenna Begin, Livia Lundon, Allison Cox, Lynne Savage and Jan Abbot displayed a few of the collected items that will be put up for silent auction at the foundation’s “Black & White Gala” this […]
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Sam Odrowski Fort Frances Public Library board chair Robin Dennis gave a speech to kick off Ontario Public Library Week at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre yesterday evening during a party to mark the annual event. Around 30 people attended and had the opportunity to meet the library’s […]
Donald Young School students were brought out to the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung grounds Friday for Rainy River First Nation’s reparation and reburial of sacred objects and ancestors. Students from Our Lady of the Way and a handful from Fort High also attended. Chief Robin McGinnis said it was very important for the […]
Ken Kellar Construction at the new St. Mary School in Fort Frances continues, though some rooms like this one in the part of the school that will be used for daycare space are closer to completion. The school won’t be at substantial completion until Oct. 31 at the earliest, and […]
Morgan Hildebrand, left, Gordon Woollard, and Neil Grant enjoyed hot beverages along with dainties and sandwiches at the fall tea, bazaar and bake sale on Friday. The popular event featured draws, baking, the “white elephant” table, and crafts. -Sam Odrowski photo
Rose Sharp, left, and Donna Jewett ran the penny table where a variety of donated items were raffled off to lucky attendees of the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary’s fall tea, bazaar and bake sale Friday afternoon at the Emo Legion. -Sam Odrowski photo
Two of the 1,706 head of cattle that were sold at the Stratton sales barn on Saturday enjoyed some hay outside before being put through the ring and auctioned off to buyers. Last weekend’s sale generated nearly $1.8-million. -Sam Odrowski photo
Kathy Bombay left, elder Dorothy Medicine, Verna Leonard, Reta Johnson, and Art Hunter gathered around a sacred fire where tobacco offerings were placed during Rainy River First Nation’s (RRFN) reparation and reburial of sacred objects and ancestors on Friday. Up to 100 ancestors and roughly 5,000 artifacts were brought back […]
Cecile Cole, left, Leone Anderson, and Gladys Jolicouer showed off some of the knitted blankets that were for sale at the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary’s fall tea, bazaar and bake sale. The annual event helped raise money in support of district health care. -Sam Odrowski photo
The gym at the new St. Mary School in Fort Frances isn’t quite ready for a basketball game, but the massive space is quickly approaching completion. The new school gym will feature a divider to split the space into two smaller gyms and a stage that retracts into one wall […]
Ken Kellar The multi-use library space at St. Mary School continues to take shape as crews work towards opening the building. Concerns about a lack of library space in the new building were raised to the Times, but Catholic school board Director of Education Brendan Hyatt stressed that students will […]
Sam Odrowski Shawn Brown, left, Taylor Radford, Brittany Beyak-Freano, Mayor June Caul, Kathy Bodnar, Jennifer Shaw, and Rob Mozzon of MNP gathered in front of the new building for a ribbon -cutting ceremony during its open house last Thursday. MNP is the new accounting, consulting and tax firm that bought […]
