Sam Odrowski A confetti cannon blasted out red-and-white pieces of confetti into the sky during the Canada Day parade that went along Front Street on Sunday morning. The float responsible for the festive blasts promoted the nighttime fireworks display and the sponsors who make it possible.
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Sam Odrowski Amanda Dent brought her cotton candy-making machine to Point Park on Sunday afternoon for the Canada Day festivities there. Despite the rain, she was able to serve up some smiles to those hungry for the popular carnival-style treat.
Submitted Fishing on Lake St. Clair was kind of like being on the ocean but it is loaded with big smallmouth bass.
Jamie Mountain Hailey Beaudry of the Fort Frances Angels looked back to receive a throw from the outfield while a Couchiching player safely chugged into second base as the Lady Raiders erased a 4-0 first-inning deficit to improve to 7-5 on the season.
Local residents pulled with all their might in the “community pull” during the international tug-of-war staged by the Backus Community Center in International Falls on Saturday in conjunction with the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival. But the event, making its return after a five-year absence, was marred when […]
Jamie Mountain The New Gold Nuggets blasted their way across the 300-metre course en route to top spot at the seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. The squad’s combined heat time of 3:27 was one second better than that of the Canada […]
Jamie Mountain Cancer survivors and caregivers participated in the flower ceremony that once again was part of the annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival held Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. A moment of silence was held to remember all the loved ones who have passed from the disease […]
A group of kids decked out in red-and-white led this year’s Canada Day parade on their bikes from the Sorting Gap Marina along Front Street on Sunday morning. The parade’s theme for this year was “Summer Fun” and hundreds of residents lined the waterfront to watch various groups, organizations, and […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Last year’s Mini-King and Queen, Declan Scott and Brooklyn Beckett, at left, passed on their duties to five-year-old Hope McCormick and four-year-old Grayson Idrisson after the annual mini-royalty contest held during Canada Day festivities at Point Park. Each of the nine contestants answered a series of questions, including […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Gloria Bergner, left, Sue Drew, and Sheri De Gagne enjoyed an afternoon of assorted beverages and treats during a seniors’ apprecation tea held at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre in celebration of Seniors’ Month (June). A survey also was provided to the visitors asking questions about […]
Sam Odrowski Lori King, Cindy Baker, and Debbie Gaylord attended the “Birch Bark Making Workshop” held yesterday at the Nanicost building here. More than 50 people came through the workshop, during which elders taught them how to make baskets. The workshop has been put on every year around late June […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Tyra Hammond, left, and Ruth Anderson checked out a clothing rack outside of McTaggarts this morning as downtown merchants set up for the BIA’s annual “Mall Days.” The event is happening all day long, with sidewalks sales, an Early Iron Car Club Show, a kids’ corner, and other […]
