St. George’s congregation members Ann Wood, Marcia Zeleny, Fr. Bohdan Statkevych, Jackie Dobransky, and Mike Hughes received awards from the Metropolitan Yurji as a thank you for their hard work and dedication to the church over the years.

Nicholas Donaldson Manitoba country duo “Keith and Renee” put on a lively show for the nearly 100 guests at Cornell Farms in Devlin for the first barn concert of the season. Pat Clysdale-Cornell said she heard the two on CBC Radio about a year ago and instantly knew she needed […]

His Eminence, the Metropolitan Yurij, performed a special service here Sunday morning in honour of the 70th anniversary of St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Here he is spreading incense around the altar.

Hydro One worker Bill Mueller gave a thumb’s up after planting a fruit tree at the home of Lorie Wolynski and family on Off Lake back in the spring. It replaced a tree that Hydro One accidentally had knocked down during line-clearing work. -Photo courtesy of Lorie Wolynski

Kiera Kowalski Four-year-old Benjamin Parks was among the children of all ages who enjoyed painting rocks and creating mandalas last Thursday afternoon at Point Park as part of the weekly Open Air Art Studio presented by Community Living Fort Frances and District. The next Open Air Studio is scheduled for […]

Bill Tersky, from St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Church in Thunder Bay, gave a brief speech at the luncheon after presenting a cheque to local church president Marcia Zeleny. He noted the congregation’s hard work in making the 70th anniversary special.

Kiera Kowalski A student from St. Andrew’s College in Winnipeg escorted his eminence, the Metropolitan Yurij, into St. George’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church here Sunday morning, where he was greeted by the local parish with gifts of bread, salt, and flowers. He then led a special service commemorating the church’s 70th […]

Fr. Robert Hladiuk, one of the five priests who helped with Sunday’s service, venerated the cross beforehand. He previously served as a parish priest here from the late 1950s to the early ’60s.

Fr. Roman Bozyk and his wife, Genia, travelled from Winnipeg to attend Sunday’s anniversary service and luncheon. He was one of the five priests who helped conduct the service at St. George’s that morning.

Nicholas Donaldson Martin Drainage has come up from Arthur, Ont. to install tile drainage in a few fields in the district with their specialized, self-propelled drainage plow. Pictured is a crew member down in the starter hole getting the tile set up to start a new line. The large shank […]

of the RRDSB This rubble is all that’s left of the old classroom wing of Donald Young School in Emo after it was demolished last Thursday. The new section of the school, built directly in front of the now demolished building, will be ready for students to attend this fall. […]