Sam Odrowski Christina Gerula showed off her steer with hopes of high prices during the 4-H cattle auction at the Emo Fair on Saturday. During the cattle sale 40 kids from beef clubs around the district showed a total of 31 steers and 15 heifers that they raised themselves through […]
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Vaughn Wilson, left and Darwin Lance wasted no time during the “chair carve” event during the 42nd loggers’ competition at the Emo Fair on Friday morning. The pair eagerly sawed into their tree trunks as they began carving their chairs for the event. Wilson came in second place for the […]
Sam Odrowski Luck Murrell and her daughter, Mudmee, worked together on a leaf-printing craft where they painted leafs and pressed them against a piece of white paper at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday morning. The craft was part of the “History Showcase” event hosted by the library and Fort […]
Sam Odrowski Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak, right, joined elected officials from Alberton and Fort Frances yesterday afternoon at Kehl bridge to announce over $330,000 in federal funding to replace the Kehl bridge deck with a twin culvert bridge. The funding will also assist in resurfacing two kilometres of […]
Marc Stuempfle In a highly contested battle, Cameron Lidkea of CJ Contracting, left, tried to recover on defence and regain possession as he chased down Lucas Koomans of Centra Pipelines. The tight defensive play paid off for CJ Contracting as the men went on to earn their second straight Borderland […]
Ken Kellar Matt Veldhuisen, left, and Eric Veldhuisen of Velhuisen Construction, RRDSSAB board chair Debbie Ewald, RRDSSAB CAO Dan McCormick, Buddy Loyie, Smokey Bruyere, UNFC executive director Sheila McMahon and UNFC president Mike Jones officially broke ground on the new indigenous-led child care centre being built across from the St. […]
Submitted Sisters Zaila and Phoenix Rose generously donated four backpacks last month, joining the many individuals and businesses on board with this year’s “Backpacks for Kids” campaign. Organizers are aiming to get at least 250 backpacks full of school supplies this year.
Sam Odrowski A group of women joined together at the Rainy Lake Square for a “latch mob” following their march from the Fort Frances Public Library on Thursday in an effort to advocate for public breastfeeding during “World Breastfeeding Week.” The group hopes to build confidence in mothers and help […]
Sam Odrowski Dairy Queen employee Nancy Armstrong showed off one of the many Blizzards that got sent out to local businesses last Thursday for Miracle Treat Day. DQ sold 838 Blizzards locally, raising a total of $4,950. All of the money from Blizzard sales that day will go to the […]
Ken Kellar Award-winning blues musician Suzie Vinnick wowed the crowd with her powerful vocals and deft guitar playing at Cornell Farms last Wednesday evening. Vinnick is a 10-time winner of the Maple Blues award, and has been nominated for a JUNO award three times. The next barn concert will feature […]
Sam Odrowski A group of mothers strolled their babies along Scott Street on Thursday during a co-ordinated march for “World Breastfeeding Week.” The event was meant to raise awareness around the importance of breastfeeding and that mothers shouldn’t feel ashamed to feed their baby publicly.
Ken Kellar The students of Seven Generations Education Institute’s hairstyling program watched as Tyrone Choken, right, demonstrated how to trim a fade on model Braeden Beazley at the hairstyling classroom on King’s Highway on Monday. Choken is a barber at SAINT in Winnipeg. He began cutting hair following a workplace […]
