Nicholas Donaldson The light rain Saturday afternoon wasn’t ideal for an outdoor event but it didn’t stop dancers at the annual Rainy River First Nations’ pow-wow. The gathering began with opening ceremonies and a royalty pageant on Friday and ran until Sunday, June 18 at the Manitou Rapids pow-wow grounds […]
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Joey Payeur Ian Tookenay was swinging for the fences in an effort to get the Sight & Sound Wolves back on even ground against the host Barwick Blue Knights in Rainy River District Fastball League action yesterday evening. But Tookenay’s hard one-hopper to pitcher JJ Landry was the final out […]
Joey Payeur Kali McCormick of the Crossroads Tornadoes wasn’t about to give a free shooting lane to her J.W. Walker Wildcats #3 opponent during the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s Grade 2/3 soccer showcase yesterday at the St. Francis Sports Field here. Teams from Robert Moore and St. Michael’s also […]
Duane Hicks Britainee Kellar, left, and her son, Connor, enjoyed strawberry shortcake and a nice chat with her grandmother–and Connor’s great-grandmother–Betty Batiuk, during the annual “Strawberry Social” yesterday afternoon at La Verendrye Hospital. Hosted by the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary, the popular fundraiser also included baking, books, plants, and a […]
Submitted Six members of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club joined with six employees of the Royal Bank of Canada on Saturday morning to clean discarded garbage from the riverbank around the lower river boat launch ramp. Several family members also helped so many bags of cans, bottles, and wrappers were […]
Kiera Kowalski Clean-up has started at Point Park, where numerous trees were uprooted by the strong winds that hit the area Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, some residents in the Morson area reportedly still were without power as of this morning in the aftermath of Tuesday’s stormy weather.
Submitted Jeff Gustafson with a bass he caught while pre-fishing on the Potomac River earlier this week.
Duane Hicks Merv Ahrens, left, showed Coun. Wendy Brunetta and Debbie Ballard, chair of the museum advisory committee, samples of images from his forthcoming book on pioneer photographer William Hampden Tener during last Thursday’s reception.
Submitted Martha Gerber was smiling on her last day of work at Safeway here at the end of April because it was the beginning of a new stage in her life. She will wed a Swiss man this summer before heading to live in Switzerland–the country where Gerber was born […]
Duane Hicks The revamped version of fortfrances.com includes exciting new features like a community calendar, to which anyone ca add their upcoming events.
The new interactive programming at the museum–accessible through stations with fixed 18.4-inch tablet computers like this one or through smaller, portable tablets–is both informative and easy-to-use.
Duane Hicks Blake Carlson answered Sarah Mueller’s questions about the digital TV service that will be provided here thanks to Tbaytel “Fibre” during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” event Thursday evening at Sight & Sound. The event showcased the recent renovations done at the Scott Street […]
