Ken Kellar Diana McGhee, left, partnership specialist with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), speaks with Lane Sargeant about the Stewardship Youth Ranger–Ogimaa Binesiiyog Program at the career symposium held at Fort Frances High School on Thursday as part of Indigenous Education week. The program is a collaboration […]
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Ken Kellar Grade 11 student Samantha Stone posed with her co-op display “Between the Lines” at Fort Frances High School’s Co-op Display Day. Stone did her co-op with Mrs. Daley’s Grade 9 English class, and centered her display around poetry. Visitors to her booth learned about different forms of poetry […]
Patti McTavish looked through some of the 3,000 plants that were on display at the seventh and final “Marzie Days” fundraiser in Burris on Saturday. The plant sale each year has raised money for the Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation in Winnipeg where event organizer Barb Redford’s granddaughter, who is special needs, […]
Jamie Mountain Dan Pollard hoisted up a walleye that was part of he and his son Josh’s 8.91-pound Day 2 haul that made them the champs of the 18th-annual Emo Walleye Classic over the weekend. After back-to-back years of finishing as the runners-up to Les Morrison and Oliver Gibbins, the […]
Ken Kellar Michel Bénac of “Le Groupe Swing” played to a jam-packed house at the Townshend Theatre on Friday afternoon. The Juno nominated and Trille Or award-winning francophone trio was at the high school to play their energetic music, a blend of French-Canadian folk and American pop, for students from […]
Ken Kellar Fort Frances Power Corp. lineman Chris Faragher demonstrated his climbing gear to the students in Mme. Jean, Mme. Ableman and Mr. Cousineau’s Kindergarten classes at St. Michael’s School on Friday. Mme. Jean and Mme. Ableman’s class has been inviting parents to spend time in the classroom and talk […]
Ken Kellar Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (RRDSSAB) chair Deb Ewald, left, paramedics Steven Youden and Robert Altbauer, and RRDSSAB CAO Dan McCormick smiled for the camera during the RRDSSAB annual general meeting at the Copper River Inn last Thursday. Youden and Altbauer were recognized by the board […]
Ken Kellar Margaret King, right, filled a bag with milkweed seeds while chatting with Rainy River District Stewardship (RRDS) vice-chair Tony Elders outside the Fort Frances Public Library last Thursday. RRDS was holding its annual tree sale, where the public could pick up a bundle of 20 white spruce or […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Public Library CEO Caroline Goulding had her hands full yesterday with just a fraction of the books the public has generously donated for Friends of the Library’s annual book sale coming up this Saturday. The book sale will run from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the library. […]
Ken Kellar Hoop dancer Dallas Arcand danced to a traditional shake song yesterday at the Townshend Theatre as part of Indigenous Education Week at Fort Frances High School. Arcand is a three-time World Champion hoop dancer, a motivational speaker and musician and recently won the 2019 Indigenous Music Award for […]
Sam Odrowski Award-winning Elvis Presley tribute artist Daylin James sang classic Elvis hits to a packed Rainy Lake Square on Thursday evening. His performance kicked off the 2019 Rainy Lake Concert Series. The free-to-attend show was sponsored by Tbaytel. The next outdoor concert at the square will feature Rae Spoon […]
Ken Kellar Volunteers worked to serve up walleye and smoked sturgeon to a line of hungry people at the Rainy River First Nations’ annual Manitou fish fry on Friday afternoon. RRFN Chief Robin McGinnis said that around 1,000 people attended the event this year to celebrate the First Nations’ treaty […]
