Staff Linda Esselink, left, and Ynske Kaemingh took their chances while playing the pie roulette operated by Betty DeGagne “Mama’s Gone Country Chic” fundraiser on Saturday at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. About 125 women attended the event.

Staff Randi Roth, left, bought an arm’s-length of tickets for the watch and necklace draw from RBC volunteer Michelle Elias at the luncheon on Saturday afternoon. Elias was joined by fellow RBC volunteers Courtney Yatchuk and Dana-Lynn Begin. RBC donated $1,000 to the Foundation for the event through its “Day […]

Sam Odrowski Safeway pharmacist Kim Bruyere was charged with failing to shave her head during the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club’s seventh-annual “Bail or Jail” on Saturday at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business and Community Expo. She raised $350 when serving time in the slammer that will go […]

Sam Odrowski Mary O’Connor snipped branches off of a tree by the Sorting Gap Marina on Saturday afternoon during a community tree care workshop that was hosted by the Fort Frances Museum and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). Diana McGhee of the MNRF led the workshop and taught […]

Jamie Mountain Leah Seguin, who was representing Donald Young School, was just able to clear the bar during the girls’ high jump event at the Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet held last Tuesday at Falls High School. Seguin snagged bronze with a best jump of 4′,6.”

Sam Odrowski photo Blayne Orr carefully snipped off a couple tree branches by the Sorting Gap Marina during the community tree care workshop hosted by the Fort Frances Museum and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on Saturday afternoon. Attendees used a variety of tree care tools to trim and […]

Ken Kellar Ryleigh Tucker showed off the yarn creation she made at “Tween Club” at the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre yesterday. The club used yards of yarn, cardboard discs and glue to create pom-poms and other fibrous figures. The “Tween Club” meets at the library each Monday from 4-5 […]

Submitted Mayor June Caul did a stint behind bars on Saturday during the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions’ annual “Bail or Jail” fundraiser at the Fort Frances Curling Club, in conjunction with the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business and Community Expo. Mayor Caul was serving hard time after being charged […]

Sam Odrowski Blayne Orr carefully snipped off a couple tree branches by the Sorting Gap Marina during the community tree care workshop hosted by the Fort Frances Museum and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry on Saturday afternoon. Attendees used a variety of tree care tools to trim and remove […]

Ken Kellar Ryleigh Tucker showed off the yarn creation she made at “Tween Club” at the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre yesterday. The club used yards of yarn, cardboard discs and glue to create pom-poms and other fibrous figures. The “Tween Club” meets at the library each Monday from 4-5 […]

Sam Odrowski The Fort Frances Choraliers brought the sweet sounds of Easter-themed songs to a large group of residents at Rainycrest’s Hallett Hall on Saturday afternoon. The theme of this year’s Easter cantana was “Hope Alive in Me,” and following the Rainycrest performance, the choraliers sung at the Zion Lutheran […]

Sam Odrowski Mrs. Sieders’ and Mrs. Wood’s classes at St. Michaels School shared some smiles last Thursday on “Career Day” where students throughout the school wore outfits depicting the jobs they want to work when they grow up. Some students dressed up as professional hockey players while others put on […]