Duane Hicks Kaleah Henderson made a pretty Hallowe’en mask during an open art studio Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. Some visitors also made masks using plaster cast. This free activity was put on by Community Living Fort Frances and District.
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Duane Hicks Stacey Rowe checked out “The Dragons of Hope”–a photo of the Thunder Bay dragon boat team comprised of cancer survivors–during the “Luncheon of Hope,” a biennial event presented by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network on Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. The event included the presentation of […]
Duane Hicks Midget ‘AA’ Fort Frances Canadians’ defencemen Matthew Mainville, left, and Colten Allen raked some leaves yesterday during a yard clean-up fundraiser by the team. The players went around town, raking and removing leaves in exchange for donations.
Duane Hicks “Glass Tiger” frontman Alan Frew charmed and entertained a packed house of cheering fans last night during the “Tour de Fort” series concert at the Townshend Theatre. Glass Tiger performed a thoroughly-enjoyable set comprised of many of their hits in an acoustic but no less engaging format. Their […]
Mike Behan Former Toronto Maple Leafs’ great Rick Vaive got fist bumps from the rest of the “Legends,” which included ex-NHL’ers Mike Krushelnyski, Trevor Kidd, Jocelyn Lemieux, and Dave McLlwain, as well as Canadian country music star Aaron Pritchett and some local players, after being introduced prior to last night’s […]
Mike Behan The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team played solid defence in the opening quarter of their NorWOSSA showdown yesterday afternoon against the visiting Dryden Eagles. But the black-and-gold couldn’t keep it up, eventually falling 46-33 to remain winless in league play (0-6) so far this season.
Nicholas Donaldson Work has begun at the future site of the consolidated St. Francis and St. Michael’s School north of the current St. Francis location. Despite the heavy winds kicking up large amounts of dust at the site on Wednesday, some surveying work was being done as crews prepare for […]
Duane Hicks At long last, the fences are down and the new Rainy Lake Square is open. The public is welcome to come on in, reports the town. A small number of deficiency items still need to be completed in the next few days but this work will not impede […]
Nicholas Donaldson The staff at Nexus Community Savings here are celebrating their annual Credit Union Day today. Nexus, a division of Alterna Savings, has decorated the branch in the new Alterna colours and is offering up cake, coffee, pop, water, and hotdogs all day long to mark the occasion.
Duane Hicks Nadine Mutz added a couple of more items into the “Food for Fines” collection yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. In celebration of Ontario Public Library Week (Oct. 15-21), patrons can pay their library fines all week by donating non-perishable food items to the […]
Duane Hicks Sporting its trademark spiky hair, this red-breasted merganser stood out amongst the gulls hanging out along the shoreline near Seven Oaks last week. While mild weather is forecast for this week, more and more birds no doubt will be heading south as winter draws near.
of Nicole Medwechuk Armstrong A group of Rainy River High School students took time out of their day on Friday to cheer on Team Canada (the Trevor Bonot rink) as it competed at the world mixed curling championships in Champéry, Switzerland.
