Duane Hicks Kali Brady admired “Fighter,” one of the many portraits of breast cancer survivors on display during the “Luncheon of Hope” on Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. “The Butterfly Story,” an ongoing series of portraits of women each with body art designed to tell their individual life stories, was […]
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Nicholas Donaldson Work at the future site of the consolidated St. Francis and St. Michael’s School, located north of the current St. Francis building, has begun as George Armstrong Co. has been out since last week clearing, grubbing, and pre-loading the site before the winter freeze. The new building is […]
Duane Hicks Stuart Smith, left, and Walter Caribou shared a laugh over coffee and cinnamon buns Monday before lunch was served at the “Loaves and Fishes” soup kitchen at the New Beginnings Fellowship here. The soup kitchen, which is in need of more food donations, runs every Monday, Wednesday, and […]
Duane Hicks Izabela Pioro, left, Chantal Hughes, second from left, and Michelle Blackburn, far right, presented Shawn McCaig, co-chair of the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, with a copy of “The Butterfly Story” book during Saturday’s “Luncheon of Hope” here.
Staff Paul Patterson, treasurer of the Fort Frances Lions Club, Safeway second manager Tyler Wojtanowski, and club president Donna Lowey drew the name of the first early-bird winner in the Fort Frances Lions Club Food Draw last Wednesday at Safeway. Jane Calder won a $100 food gift certificate from Safeway. […]
Duane Hicks Real Taylor made a plaster cast of the face of his daughter, Khloe, during an open art studio Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. Khloe’s plan was to make a Harley Quinn mask–her favourite comic book character. This free activity was put on by Community Living Fort […]
Duane Hicks Twyla Howarth, left, and her daughter, Jill, were among the many multi-generational tables of patrons at Saturday’s “Luncheon of Hope.” The sold-out biennial event drew 180 women of all ages.
Nicholas Donaldson A couple of cow-calf pairs entered the ring to be auctioned off Saturday at the Stratton sales barn, where some 961 head sold for a total of $1,138,996.10. The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association also will be holding a special fourth sale this fall, which is set for Saturday, […]
Rick Vaive, best remembered as the first 50-goal scorer in Toronto Maple Leafs’ franchise history, got in a little warm-up prior to Thursday night’s charity fundraiser game against a team made up of local talent. Selected fifth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1979 entry draft, Vaive also played […]
Mike Behan Junior Muskie Caleb Allan was well-positioned to block this spike attempt by the Dryden Eagles during their NorWOSSA regular-season showdown here Thursday afternoon. The black-and-gold rallied from two sets down to take the victory and improve to 5-1 in league play.
Mike Behan Mike Krushelnyski, who won three Stanley Cups as a player with the Edmonton Oilers, helped escort Roz and Gord Calder to centre ice for the ceremonial face-off prior to Thursday night’s charity game between an NHL “Legends” squad and a team comprised of local talent that benefitted both […]
Mike Behan Senior Muskie Jyllian Westover (#12) opted to make a baseline drive to the basket around a pair of Dryden Eagles’ defenders as teammate Ellie Petsnick looked on in the first quarter of the black-and-gold’s 46-33 loss in NorWOSSA regular-season action here Thursday afternoon.
