Ken Kellar Local resident and gardener John Pohanka was surprised when what he thought was a cucumber plant began to grow these strange, spiky yellow veggies. Opinions on what Mr. Pohanka has on his hands are divided: a neighbour thought he’d managed to grow a tomato-cucumber hybrid, while horticulturalists on […]
Photo Gallery
Ken Kellar Canadian rock icon Carl Dixon thrilled the crowd at the Townshend Theatre for the first show of the 2019-2020 Tour De Fort season on Thursday evening. Dixon spoke at length about his career and near-fatal car accident in 2008, all the while playing hits from his time in […]
Jamie Mountain Members of the Muskie football team were hard at work during one of their annual training camp practices on Friday afternoon here, running tackling drills and working on other areas of their game. The Muskies are slated to open the WHSFL season on the road this Friday (Sept. […]
Jamie Mountain Nick Hahkala jostled for position with his Dryden GM Ice Dogs’ opponent in an attempt to win the face-off to start the second period of the Fort Frances Lakers’ 6-3 loss in the SIJHL pre-season opener on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Ice Dogs […]
Sam Odrowski Local MPP Greg Rickford, centre, visited Jon and Ashley Barker at Barker Logging in Devlin yesterday for a funding announcement. The announcement was for $170,341 to expand production capabilities at the business and construct a bush shack for its employees. The funds also helped offset the costs of […]
Ken Kellar Jill Savage brought her guitar and her voice to the stage, accompanied by Grace Kooistra on piano, at the Rainy Lake Square last week during Market Thursday. It was the first public performance for the pair of musicians.
Submitted William Fitzgerald was elated to attend his first day at the Fort Frances Nursery School here Tuesday. Children of all ages either returned to school this week or started on a new adventure attending pre-school or kindergarten.
Local artist Cher Pruys last week was named the finalist award winner in Camelback Gallery’s Online Juried Paint My Pet Competition for this photorealistic painting of Oliver, her fifth-generation Australian Labradoodle. –Image courtesy of Cher Pruys
Ken Kellar “Rewind,” featuring Don Halling, Al Andrusco, Rick Socholotuk, Dean Tibbs, Dean Tibbs, Donna Stapler, and Gene Andrusco, played to a packed crowd at the Rainy Lake Square last Thursday evening. The band performed a mix of audience-pleasing songs from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s in tribute to the […]
Ken Kellar Student doctor Alice Chen of Lidkea Optometry and Kiwanian Robin Wright displayed the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for September at International Travel Services on Tuesday. This month’s winners were Carla and David Lovisa, who won a trip to Charlottetown, […]
Mel Klein of St. Cloud, Mn, gave ploughing demonstrations with his horses to show how farmers ploughed their fields before the introduction of tractors and more modern technologies during the 2019 World Ploughing Contest in Baudette on Friday and Saturday. -Sam Odrowski photos
Sam Odrowski St. Cloud, Minnesota-based band MN13 performed classic hits and original songs during the World Ploughing Contest in Baudette on Friday afternoon. Other bands who played during the three-day contest included the Birkeland Boys, Clay Hess, Sarah Mae, and Blue Hazard.
