Jamie Mountain Students at St. Michael’s School had some fun this morning participating in a relay race, meant to simulate retrieving water from a well, as part of their “Change Challenge” initiative. Students are helping to raise funds for the Tom Newell Home For Children orphanage in Whowgbhay, Liberia by […]
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Jamie Mountain Muskie girls’ hockey team captain Annalise (C.C.) Hayes, along with her parents Darwin Hayes and Lisa George, posed for pictures during the squad’s annual “Senior Night” prior to their 14-0 rout of the Kenora Broncos in Game 1 of the NorWOSSA semi-final at the Ice For Kids Arena […]
of Rainy River District School Board Piper Lidkea, centre, in the role of “Frog,” and Sophia Black, in the role of “Toad,” rehearsed the song “Down the Hill” from the upcoming J.W. Walker production of “A Year with Frog and Toad.” A one-night only performance of the musical is slated […]
Duane Hicks Couchiching First Nation elder Irene Morrisseau offered a traditional welcome before a screening of the documentary, “Colonization Road,” yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The event, presented by the Rainy River District Right Relations Circle, drew a full house to the Shaw Community Hub […]
Jamie Mountain Members of the Paddlers Without Borders’ women’s team from Oak Ridge, Tenn. dug in hard during their first preliminary race Saturday at the inaugural FMG Ice Dragons Challenge hosted by the local International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club on the ice behind La Place Rendez-Vous. The squad went […]
Duane Hicks Members of Motus O Dance Theatre were perfectly in sync during a performance of “Prisoner of Tehran” last Tuesday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The latest instalment in the “Tour de Fort” entertainment series, the troupe fully engaged the audience with the story of Iranian teenager Marina Nemat, […]
Duane Hicks Skating instructor Erica Lemelin, a former Crossroads student, showed off a spinning jump last Thursday. She was on hand to give skating tips to the students.
Duane Hicks Lindsey Norris, left, admired the fine job her daughter, Jordyn Oster, did carving soapstone on Monday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The popular Family Day activity saw family members co-operate to carve beavers, foxes, bears, and other indigenous animals using soapstone carving kits.
Former Stratton resident and renowned curler Trevor Bonot gave some helpful tips to young Aksel Hansen during Family Day activities hosted by the Stratton “Best Start” Hub from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the rec centre there. There also was a free lunch. –Photo submitted by Meg Bourgeois
Submitted Chandler Pollard captured first place in the walleye division with a 6.75-pound lunker during the fourth-annual John Gibbins Memorial Family Day Fish Derby held Monday from the government dock in Morson. Vernon Cockle topped the northern division (5.80 pounds) while Karmel Gibbins was the kids’ division winner (4.20 pounds).
Duane Hicks Catherine Robinson, left, Calleigh Councillor, Lexi McAdams, and Kodi-Jo Galbraith were among the “Project Sunset” students out enjoying the La Vallee community rink last Thursday. “Project Sunset” students, with the help of community members, fixed up the facility late last year and then held a skating party to […]
Duane Hicks “Lumiere,” played by Alex Kabel, far right, relayed information to “Chip” (Alexis Latter), far left, “Belle” (Emma Bone), and “Mrs. Potts” (Olivia Eldridge) during a scene from “Beauty and the Beast” at Saturday afternoon’s rehearsal at Robert Moore School. The musical will be performed on Feb. 28-March 1.
