Duane Hicks Watten resident Carol Wurdeman and Joshua Colling, fire chief for the Chapple, Emo, La Vallee, and Alberton Fire & Emergency Services, chatted about fire safety as they checked out this mobile interactive display which Colling had set up for Friday’s fish fry at Sunny Cove Camp.
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Joey Payeur With the new Winnipeg High School Football League season fast approaching, the Muskie football team began preparing for its Currie Division (‘A’) schedule which kicks off Sept. 8 against the host Maples Marauders. Running back Sekina Scheibler, above, was polishing his cut-back skills as he looks to carry […]
Joey Payeur Tanis Tom of the Tigers whipped this throw from second base over to Candy Teeple at first to try and get Marissa Kerry in the first inning.
Joey Payeur It wasn’t the three yards and a cloud of dust of football lore but actually 60 feet that Ryder Woolsey of the Barwick Blue Knights covered in stealing second to kick up this dirt storm in beating the throw to Dawson Tigers’ shortstop Austin Jack in the second […]
Dawson Tigers’ catcher Meghan Bourgeois and the ball were waiting for the arrival of Fort Frances Her-icanes’ runner Caylee Woolsey, who was tagged out at home in the fourth inning of the championship final of the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League last Wednesday at VanJura here. But the ‘Canes […]
Nicholas Donaldson In a time-honoured, back-to-school tradition, Grade 3 students at Robert Moore School took turns this morning telling their teacher, Mrs. Enge, what they did during their two-month summer break. Today was the first day of the new school year for students across Rainy River District in both the […]
Duane Hicks Cadance Sinclair, left, and her sister, Mellodey, harvested some cucumbers they grew at the Fort Frances Community Garden yesterday evening during a meeting of the Kids’ Garden Club. Community garden growers of all ages are urged to drop by and check on their crops as many veggies–including peppers, […]
Duane Hicks Francis Logue got her face painted by Jain Parks during the Alberton rec committee’s Ontario/Canada 150 Party on Saturday afternoon at the Millennium Park there. The event also featured a petting zoo, a monkey bouncer, games, and a fundraiser BBQ for the annual “I Am Awesome” girls’ retreat, […]
Duane Hicks Ellayna Kabel and her brother, Alex, enjoyed some fresh walleye during the Watten Volunteer Fire Department’s annual all-you-can-eat fish fry at Sunny Cove Camp on Friday. The event saw a record-setting attendance of 492 people gobble up 170 pounds of fish and netted $5,500, allowing the department to […]
Nicholas Donaldson Hunter Ottoson and Anthony Gill-Roisin prepared to try out a new marijuana-impaired driving simulation being developed by Innocorp at the ’52 Canadians Arena yesteday. The simulation involves goggles that change the wearer’s perception of colour and causes them to second guess themselves when pedalling around a course, representing […]
Duane Hicks John and Arthur Cox made “withy lanterns” yesterday afternoon at the Lions Park during the final weekly “Open Air Art Studio” organized by Community Living Fort Frances and District. The lanterns were made with willow branches and other sticks, saran wrap, tissue paper, and paste, with an LED […]
Nicholas Donaldson Local MP Don Rusnak listened to concerns and ideas about local food during an open house on a food policy for Canada, one of many taking place across the country. The discussion, held yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library, covered topics like increasing access to affordable […]
