Duane Hicks Allison Cox, left, director for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and Jan Beazley, chair of the Riverside Health Care board of directors, looked over one of several scrapbooks of newspaper clippings marking the 20-plus years of the Foundation’s history during an open house yesterday to mark the […]
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Duane Hicks Jim Curtis taught youngsters the basics of playing ukulele last Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library. This was the first session of the new “Music Lessons in the Library” series there. The five-week ukulele program is for kids aged nine-12. Registration is now closed but if […]
Duane Hicks Sue Ball checked out the baked goodies for sale yesterday during the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary’s Valentine’s lobby sale and staff appreciation coffee break. Tasty treats and crafts were on sale for the fundraiser.
Submitted Tyrus Smith, left, Connor Sandelovich, and Kenton Yerxa, Grade 6 students at Robert Moore School, worked on building a birdhouse on Friday under the direction of Fort Frances resident Henry Miller.
Duane Hicks “Elusive Cat” by local artist John Walraad is just the kind of painting the Fine Line Art Gallery here would like to see entered into its spring art show. The theme this year is “Woodland,” with the deadline for entries being the end of April. The “Woodland” exhibit […]
The Rainy River District Stewardship has made a map showing where 12 different species of trees can be found within town. These trees have been tagged with small signs identifying their species. The RRDS also has developed an interactive map, both of which can be found at www.rrds.ca –Submitted image
Submitted Riverside Health Care hosted local MPP Greg Rickford at La Verendrye General Hospital for a public press conference on Thursday. Rickford announced the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care would be providing Riverside with $62,000 in one-time funding for the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF).
Staff Local poet Judith Johanson, left, signed a copy of her newly-released first collection, “Intersections,” for Rooksana Randeree yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library. Johanson performed readings from the book for about 20 audience members.
Duane Hicks Dale Ossachuk of Pinewood removed the castor sacs from a beaver Saturday morning during a fur-handling demonstration at the Métis Hall here. These are the scent glands beavers use to mark their territory. Later that day, Ossachuk did a demonstration on a fisher.
Jamie Mountain Shai VanWalleghem of the K-Town Mayhem turned away from the oncoming forecheck by Elizabeth Cousineau of the Fort Frances Devils during her squad’s 6-2 win in the Bantam division’s bronze-medal game Sunday morning at the Ice For Kids Arena in the Fort Frances Girls’/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee and […]
Duane Hicks Mike Bourre of Gameland skillfully skinned a bobcat Saturday morning. The bobcat definitely qualified for the largest animal to be the subject of a fur-handling demonstration that day.
Reece McQuaker was one of the four Muskie girls’ hockey team members honoured during the “Seniors’ Night” pre-game ceremony ahead of the black-and-gold’s 14-1 romp over the Sioux Lookout Warriors on Friday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. McQuaker, Emily Kaun, Alex Gartzke, and Makenna Henttonen all will be […]
