Fort High student Emma Cole, right, recited her portion of Lt. Col. John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields,” as fellow student Lillie MacKinnon listened intently, during Saturday’s Remembrance Day ceremony here.
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Duane Hicks Lt. Ryan MacDonald of the local Salvation Army, left, joined Rhonda F., Jill Pernsky, Donna Haney, Coun. John Albanese, and Denise Onichuk to kick off the annual Christmas kettle campaign yesterday morning at Walmart here. Kettles also are out at Safeway and Canadian Tire, and starting Dec. 1 […]
Nicholas Donaldson Byron Stewart and Siobhan MacKintosh gave a reading of “Au champ d’honneur” during the Fort Frances High School Remembrance Day assembly on Friday. During the morning service at the Townshend Theatre, students sang songs, read poems, and participated in a moment of silence in honour of Canada’s war […]
Duane Hicks Sophie Ballan carried a wreath to place at the foot of the cenotaph in memory of her late husband, Pete Ballan Sr., during the Remembrance Day ceremony here. He had joined the Royal Canadian Navy at the age of 18, serving during WWII on convoy duty in the […]
Duane Hicks Cde. Warren Anderson, left, first vice-president of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29, and Gary Lockhart gave a solemn salute after Anderson placed a wreath at the foot of the cenotaph during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Fort Frances Cemetery.
Duane Hicks Cde. Silvia Gunderson, representing the District 7 Ladies Auxiliary, approached the cenotaph along with Gary Lockhart during the laying of the wreaths at the Remembrance Day ceremony here late Saturday morning. Flight Sgt. Hunter Ottoson of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron (below left) was […]
Nicholas Donaldson Fort High students Maria Gilbert and Jaykob Ryll practised their duet during Monday night’s dress rehearsal for the musical revue, “Country meets City.” The show, which uses popular songs to tell the story of country youths navigating the big city, runs Nov. 16-18 at the Townshend Theatre. Tickets […]
Dave Ogilvie Ross Donaldson read the names of the fallen at the cenotaph in Devlin during Saturday morning’s Remembrance Day service there as Flight Sgt. Elizabeth DeGagne and the other air cadets stood guard. A large crowd was on hand to pay their respects to those who lost their lives […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie curlers already are hard at work preparing for the 2017-18 season, as seen in this photo taken during practice Friday afternoon at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
Brendon Loney and Chad Jack of the Borderland Snowmobile Club were out Monday just outside of Emo trying to pack some swamps and fill in a few creeks to get a base ready to groom for the season. Once they get the big swamp outside of Fort Frances packed with […]
of Steph Wrolstad Fort Frances Canadians PeeWee ‘AA’ player Dylan Tessier broke past Brock Stevenson of host Dryden while teammate Royce Allan (#8) looked on from just over the blueline during a tournament there earlier this month. Both the PeeWees and the Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians came home as the tourney […]
Lakers’ defenceman Connor Keith batted the puck away from in front of Brett Akins’ net to help keep the Iron Rangers’ attack at bay.
