Submitted Dr. Barry Campbell will be the guest speaker at next Saturday’s “Forget Me Not” dinner.
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Duane Hicks This photograph by Eric Fagerdahl, showing two sashes woven together to form the Métis infinity symbol alongside other culturally-relevant items, is part of the new Métis Art Gallery Program exhibit upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum. The symbol has two meanings: “The joining of two cultures” and “The […]
Submitted The refurbishing of the “Owandem”–the little sister to the “Hallett”–is coming along. Mark Faragher has sandblasted and primed one side of the vessel at his BodyWorks shop in Devlin. The fundraising total for the “Owandem” now sits at more than $12,000, with $4,400 from the mail-out campaign, $3,300 from […]
Duane Hicks Elijah Gallagher, three, decorated his cupcake with sprinkles after icing it during a cupcake-decorating class with instructor Meghan Spooner on Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. The class marked the first in the museum’s winter workshop series. For a list of upcoming workshops, see last week’s Times […]
Duane Hicks Mary O’Connor, local Client Services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, chatted with Shelley Hyatt about how the “Finding Your Way” kit works Friday afternoon at the Fort Frances Senior Centre. In conjunction with “Alzheimer’s Awareness Month,” O’Connor has been promoting the kits, which make […]
of Cynthia Donald Fort Frances General Supply staffer Jay McFarland, left, showed Joe Gervais the wooden plaque that will be the Stephanie Hawkins Award–a new award sponsored by the Gervais family and debuting in this year’s Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts.
Duane Hicks Adrian Glynn (top left) of the Vancouver folk band, “The Fugitives,” sang a heartfelt song during the most recent “Tour de Fort” concert last Thursday night at the Townshend Theatre while Brendan McLeod (top right) got lost in the moment as he played guitar. Meanwhile, Carly Frey and […]
Duane Hicks Emma Stainke carefully chose the pieces of coloured glass to include in the suncatcher she designed during a workshop with instructor Cher Pruys on Monday evening at From the Grind Up here. Pruys later will take the glass and fire it in a kiln, making a fused glass […]
Duane Hicks Renovations to public bathroom and entranceway to the Fort Frances Museum are underway. Starting last week, Ed Halvorsen Construction is converting the two existing bathrooms located just inside the front entrance into one universal, barrier-free bathroom, among other accessibility-related renovations. The job will be done before the end […]
Submitted Norbert Bragg checked out his birthday cake during a come-and-go party Sunday afternoon at the Devlin Hall.
Jamie Mountain Evan Wright of the Causeway Cougars fired a shot on Fort Frances Rainy Lake Attack goalie Ashytn Thomson during his team’s 3-1 win in Sunday’s final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Atom ‘A’ tournament. Wright scored twice to lead the Cougars to the gold medal, […]
Submitted Abby Stezenko learned how to find her way out of a burning building by following the fire hose back. Students train while wearing a special blacked-out mask so they only can negotiate the course by feel.
