Stephanie Hagenaars Local Liberal candidate Karen Kejick was surrounded by family and friends at her campaign headquarters in downtown Kenora on election night last Thursday. Darlene Landon (left), Kejick’s campaign manager, Sasha Boutilier, and family members, Ronan and Catherine Cameron, spent the evening anxiously waiting for the polls to report. […]
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Edward Kabatay shook hands with Confederation College’s vice president academic Patti Pella as she presents him with the Academic Award of Excellence during the college’s convocation Monday afternoon. In addition to the award, Kabatay walked the stage twice to recieve certificates in both the Native Child and Family Services program […]
Duane Hicks Carrie Jolicoeur, left, chatted with Sandra Turner, campus manager of Confederation College here, on Thursday afternoon at Rainycrest about applying to the new Personal Support Worker (PSW) “Living Classroom” program to be offered here this fall by the college and Riverside Health Care. The new program includes funding […]
Submitted Family favourite Fred Penner will be performing at the new Rainy Lake Square here tomorrow (June 14) from 6-8 p.m. The concert will include both old-time favourites and new music from his Juno Award-winning album “Hear the Music,” which was released last year.
Stephanie Hagenaars After annoucing earlier this year that he will be retiring in the fall, college president Jim Madder was presented with a Hudson’s Bay Company blanket. Cristal Kinsman, projects officer at the local campus, presented the blanket, which was embroidered with the names of all eight regional campuses.
Duane Hicks Laurie Robinson, chair and executive director of the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council, gave the keynote address at Thursday’s graduation ceremony, noting that one day soon, SGEI will offer its own certificates, degrees, and diplomas.
Jamie Mountain Nick Hahkala of Manitou Forest Products looked to strip the ball from Matt Begin of CJ Contracting during his squad’s 1-0 win in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action Monday night at the St. Francis Sports Field. Manitou now sits atop the three-team division with a 3-0 record […]
Jamie Mountain Youngsters on the Lobsters and Eels teams had a bucket-load of fun as they squared off against each other in Fort Frances Youth Soccer Division II action Monday night at the St. Francis Sports Fields. FFYS runs games every Monday through Thursday beginning at 6:30 p.m. until June […]
Submitted The Muskie girls’ 4x100m relay team–comprised of Kamryn Sandelovich, Grace Petsnick, Jill Calder, and Jacy Gagne–were impressive as they ran a personal best time of 56.39 at the OFSAA track-and-field championships held Thursday through Saturday at York University in Toronto.
Submitted Jeff Gustafson prepared a walleye for a Lake of the Woods shore lunch.
Stephanie Hagenaars Nicole Hartlin walked across the stage at the Townshend Theatre yesterday afternoon to receive her certificate in Business Fundamentals during Confederation College’s 2018 convocation for the Rainy River campus. She was congratulated by college president Jim Madder as Board of Governors member Lori Maki of Fort Frances looked […]
Duane Hicks Mary O’Connor, client services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, planted “Seeds of Hope” in the courtyard garden of the Special Care Unit (SCU) at Rainycrest yesterday morning. The “Forget Me Nots” she and a group of SCU residents planted will bloom there perennially, not […]
