Ken Kellar Luz and Christine McGoldrick, above left, stopped by the “Quilt for a Cure” raffle table to buy a ticket during the Luncheon of Hope on Saturday. The quilt, above right, was donated by the Friends of Barb Ross and the winner of the raffle was Maureen Hayward. In […]

Ken Kellar CBC Thunder Bay radio host Jeff Walters spoke with Fort Frances Community Chest’s Joelle Blanc Paull during the live broadcast from the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday morning. The on-location segment of Superior Morning also spoke with the new library CEO Joan MacLeod, as well as the owners […]

Ken Kellar CBC Thunder Bay’s Jeff Walters, left, spoke with Bayview Motel and Neighbours Modern Diner owners Jamie Pryde and Myles Wilcott yesterday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. Walters was interviewing the business owners as part of an on-location segment of CBC Thunder Bay’s Superior Morning Program. A […]

Ken Kellar Women attending the 2019 Luncheon of Hope listened to guest speaker Christa Heibel following the lunch on Saturday at the Copper River Inn. Elizabeth Leishman-Fortes, the emcee for the luncheon, had said the organization worried about whether the luncheon still had relevance in the community, but admitted to […]

A scan of a conceptual floor plan for a potential new seniors’ centre at the site of the now-closed Fort Frances Daycare. shows many separate rooms which could be utilized for numerous purposes, with ample space to play games like pool and cards as well as to hold meetings, prepare […]

Christa Heibel of Replenish Yoga Studio in International Falls was the guest speaker for the Luncheon of Hope this year. Heibel, a businesswoman and certified yoga instructor, spoke to the crowd about the practice of yoga being more than just a trendy way to get in some exercise. -Ken Kellar […]

Sam Odrowski All five candidates for the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding–including NDP candidate Yuk-Sem Won, foreground, Green candidate Amanda Moddejonge, People’s Party of Canada candidate Andrew Hartnell, Conservative candidate Linda Rydholm, and Liberal candidate Marcus Powlowski–participated in the candidates forum held at the Stratton Hall last Thursday. Over 60 people […]