Duane Hicks A small but dedicated group of dog owners came out for the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club’s 13th-annual “Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides” along the La Verendrye Parkway yesterday. The fundraiser for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training school in Oakville, Ont. raised $703–although the […]
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Sam Odrowski Fort High student Jenna Bailey was awarded first place for her speech on gender equality during the Rainy River District School Board’s annual speech contest last night at Robert Moore School. Kayla Pater (S.C.A.P.) took second place for her speech on “Crazy Truths” while third place went to […]
Jamie Mountain The Muskie football team opened its annual spring camp Tuesday afternoon at Fort High. The sessions, which run from 4:30-6:30 p.m. every week night until June 1, focus on the fundamentals, such as blocking, tackling, and basic offensive and defensive formations.
Duane Hicks Caroline Goulding, CEO of the Fort Frances Public Library, was nearly up to her ears yesterday with donations that have come in for the Friends of the Library’s annual book sale, which takes place this Saturday (May 26) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the library. Fill a bag […]
Stephanie Hagenaars The Borderland Community Orchestra held its spring concert Tuesday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The concert, entitled “Fairy Tales and Magical Stories,” also featured performances from the Rainy River High School Band, Bel Canto, and new Borderland Choir. The concert ended with an encore of “Pirates of the […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Rev. Barb Miller of Knox United Church here spoke at yesterday’s opening of the “We Were Taught Differently: The Indian Residential School Experience” exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum which is on loan from the Lake of the Woods Museum in Kenora. About two dozen district residents, First […]
Stephanie Hagenaars Brian Smith from Pwi-di-goo-zing ne-yaa-zhing Advisory Services volunteered his time Friday for the 48th-annual fish fry at the Rainy River First Nations’ pow-wow grounds. The festivities may have started at 4 p.m. but many volunteers, like Smith, started around 10 a.m. setting up tents and frying fish.
Stephanie Hagenaars Natasha Gaudio, left, and Emma Dykstra are ready for the tourism season as they celebrated the opening day of the Fort Frances Tourism Information Centre on Friday. The centre celebrated by holding a rally to welcome American anglers and tourists to Canada.
Staff An opening reception has been planned this afternoon for two new exhibits at the Fort Frances Museum focusing on the truth about residential schools. Here’s a sneak peek of the exhibit upstairs on the former St. Marguerite’s Indian Residential School and the Fort Frances Indian Residential School here by […]
Duane Hicks Doug Cuthbertson, owner of Northwoods Gallery & Gifts and the new BIA president, noted seeing the old Rainy Lake Hotel property developed into a market square was a dream of his late wife and former BIA president, Connie.
Stephanie Hagenaars A handful of local residents with big, welcoming cheers met at the Fort Frances Tourism Information Centre on Friday to welcome U.S. tourists as they crossed the border before the Victoria Day long weekend. Friday marked the opening day of the tourism centre, the tourist sites here, as […]
Duane Hicks Piper Lidkea did the honours of singing “O Canada” during last Thursday’s grand opening.
