Dawn Hayes Former Alberton reeve Michael Hammond, left, was presented with Alberton’s 2019 Senior of the Year Award by current reeve Mike Ford during the July 10 Alberton council meeting.
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FASD community partners Robyn Dennis, left, and Miranda Sigurdson handed out non-alcoholic beverages and “mocktails” at the Rainy Lake Square on Thursday during the Scott Street Summer Celebration. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the 200 block of Scott Street was blocked off and lined with vendors, artisans, activities for […]
Marc Stuempfle Tyler Gagne (lead guitar), Dave Byrnes (vocals, rhythm guitar), Todd Wrolstad (drums), and Ted DeBenetti (bass) from Kings of None played in front of a full crowd Thursday evening at the Rainy Lake Square. The band played a mix of classic songs such as “Sweet Home Alabama” by […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Angels’ pitcher Rylee Redford fielded a ground ball and made the throw to first to record the out during the first inning of her team’s 15-11 win over the Red Gut Babes in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action last night at the St. Francis […]
Ken Kellar The Rainy Lake Community Orchestra, conducted by Joe Belanger, played a wide variety of string music for the audience gathered yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library for their free summer concert there. The concert ran for an hour, with refreshments offered by the Friends of the […]
Jamie Mountain Eric Shute of the Village People was a little too adventurous on the basepaths and ran right into the tag of the Shade’s third baseman during his squad’s loss in the ‘B’ final of the annual Kingsley Downs/Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament on Sunday afternoon at the Devlin […]
Marc Stuempfle The crowd packed into Rainy Lake Square on Thursday evening to listen to the rock show from hometown boys, Kings of None. Lead guitarist Tyler Gagne was immersed with the rhythm of the music during the third concert in this summer’s Rainy Lake Concert Series. The band captivated […]
Submitted Rainycrest Activation staff members Elizabeth Logue, left, and Levi Morris were served up lunch at the annual staff appreciation BBQ at Rainycrest last month. Throughout the month of June, Riverside Health Care celebrated over 550 employees across the district with their annual staff appreciation BBQs. Riverside held BBQs at […]
Sam Odrowski Lysandra Hector, left, Jessica Smith, and Casey Marchant of Green’s BrandSource Home Furnishings stood outside the store this morning to tell passersby about their sales and hand out free balloons during the Scott Street Summer Celebration. The 200 block of Scott Street was closed to traffic from 9 […]
Ken Kellar Maggie LeMesurier, right, demonstrated her sushi-rolling technique for the group who attended the teen sushi making class offered at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday. LeMesurier walked through the process of making sushi rice, cutting up ingredients and rolling up custom sushi rolls. Teens also got to sample […]
Ken Kellar Kids got into the groove and danced to the Glee version of a Van Halen classic as they prepared for the “Gleek Week” end-of-week show this morning at the Townshend Theatre. Participants have spent the week learning singing, dancing and acting, with all of their work leading towards […]
Submitted Lisa Loney, left, and Brennin Chamberlin will be setting off for Tanzania and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as part of a fundraising effort for the Sandton SPCA out of Johannesburg, South Africa.






