Duane Hicks A crew from Pioneer Paving laid some hot asphalt at the corner of Scott Street and Mowat Avenue yesterday. They were paving the areas of Scott Street that were removed for the installation of curb works for the new Rainy Lake Square, as well as a portion of […]
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Duane Hicks Dressed in the spirit of Oktoberfest, Debbie Collett admired some of the vintage clothing on display during the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum’s “Novemberfest” fall fundraiser gala last night. The successful event, which also featured food, drink, live music, and a live auction, drew a full house […]
Staff Dr. Cody Caul of the Fort Frances Chiropractic Centre drew the lucky winner of this month’s “Trip of the Month” draw as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on yesterday at International Travel Services here. Jay and Kathryn Cuthbertson of Courtice, Ont. will be heading to Barcelona, Spain–a trip valued at […]
Nicholas Donaldson Paul Patterson, treasurer of the Fort Frances Lions Club, looked on as Safeway manager Kevin Langford drew the name of the second early-bird winner of the club’s annual food draw there Monday. Betty McLeod was the winner of the $100 food gift certificate from Safeway, with the next […]
Duane Hicks Like a pack of hungry velociraptors, trick-or-treaters converged on the United Native Friendship Centre Circle of Life Centre’s “Jurassic Park” display during the fourth-annual “Trunk or Treat” on Tuesday at the Fort Frances Public Library’s parking lot. The UNFC had an inter-organizational challenge going on with a total […]
Nicholas Donaldson Crossroads students Rex Tolten and Monica Empey enjoyed one of the bonfires at the “Project Sunset” fire-making activity held Oct. 19. The students were able to spend the entire afternoon on the trail behind Crossroads School learning about building a fire, cooking outdoors, camp safety, and life lessons […]
Submitted Here’s an image from Calder’s film, “Keewaydah,” which tells the Chanie Wenjack story from another point of view–that of a Métis woman who grew up in Fort Frances before moving to Toronto. Calder uses the time- and labour-intensive process of stop motion animation to bring her “actors” to life.
Duane Hicks The “Candy Man” (Tim Weaver) offered up sweet treats to “Sophie” (Alexis Latter) in a scene from Borealis Bards’ production of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” on Sunday afternoon at the Backus Community Center in International Falls. The musical, which was part of the Backus 2017-18 Performing Arts Series […]
Duane Hicks June Wood of Nexus Community Savings (above) handed out a treat to Amelia Tanguay during yesterday’s “Trunk or Treat” at the library parking lot while, at right, Isabel DeGagne pretended to be scared of Sunset Protection Systems’ crew Jesse Adair, far left, dad, Dan DeGagne, Tyler Nielson, and […]
Duane Hicks Outreach worker Heather Johnson, left, was happy to receive a $5,000 donation from Victor Gustafson of the Emo Food Bank & Thrift Store last Friday. The donation will help kickstart a fundraising campaign to open a new women’s resource centre here.
Duane Hicks Jolene Richert, left, along with her dynamic daughter duo of Mellodey and Cadance Sinclair, welcomed trick-or-treaters Harrison Stainke and Jastra Bell to her Epicure “Batcave” during “Trunk or Treat” yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre parking lot. Meanwhile, below, Sarah Mueller and Samantha Clifford of […]
Nicholas Donaldson Miles Kupila is celebrating 20 years since he first began his own business, Kupila’s Sound Centre, in a shop next to his house in Devlin. Kupila said he’s seen a lot in the past two decades, and enjoys watching how the people and the technology he works with […]
