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.

Sam Odrowski Tara Milson, left, Samantha Brown, and Pearce Spooner waved flags outside of La Verendrye Hospital at a Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Ontario Council of Hospital Unions’ (OCHU) rally last Wednesday to protest the Ford government’s changes to health care.

Registered nurse and bargaining unit president for the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) Local 81 Janine Webb spoke out against the Ford government’s “chaotic overhaul” of health care services at a rally hosted outside of La Verendrye Hospital last Wednesday. -Sam Odrowski photo

Submitted Renowned guitarist Sean Ashbhy will play tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Cornell barn.

Submitted Jeff Gustafson and Karl Engstrom held up part of their winning catch at Shoal Lake over the past weekend.

Ken Kellar Fort Frances Public Library CEO Caroline Goulding, left, and library board chair Robin Dennis enjoyed lunch together in the library’s Shaw conference room on Monday during a farewell luncheon held for Goulding. Friends, library staff, town officials and members of the public gathered in the conference room to […]

Jamie Mountain Daymond Morrisseau of Windey’s Warriors held off on putting a swing on a high inside pitch during his squad’s 10-0 loss to the Fort Frances Braves in Rainy River District Fastball League action on Thursday night at Couchiching. The two-time defending champion Braves were off to a perfect […]