Duane Hicks Sudden strong winds gusted up to 80 km/h yesterday afternoon, knocking down trees at Point Park and elsewhere, including this one across from the Fort Frances Cemetery that temporarily blocked one lane of King’s Highway. Hydro One reported about 1,200 district residents–both east and west of Fort Frances–lost […]
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of the RRDSB After getting its music program up and running earlier this year, the Rainy River High School band, including student Robyn Johnson (seen here playing the trumpet), performed its first concert there last Tuesday, along with special guests the Borderland Community Orchestra. .
Nicholas Donaldson Gloria Bunn stopped to pose after receiving her Culinary Skills Chef Certificate at the Seven Generations Education Institute’s graduation ceremony Thursday afternoon at the Memorial Sports Centre.
Nicholas Donaldson Sydney Little-Ward was smiling as she received her Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate from Confederation College president Jim Madder at the convocation ceremony Monday in the Townshend Theatre. Some 35 graduates attended the ceremony that also celebrated the 50th anniversary since the college’s beginning in Thunder Bay.
Submitted Adriana Lesk, Jada Boshey, Serena Cousineau, and Monica Empey struck a silly pose for the “Fish Fry Finale” at Crossroads School in Devlin on Thursday. The event, which also celebrated the 20th anniversary of the school, featured a slideshow presentation of years past, as well as baseball, jigging, Bingo, […]
Joey Payeur Hailey Bombay of the Crossroads Tornadoes, left, and Gregory Peters from the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program Knights went stride for stride down the homestretch of the Grade 6 relay race that concluded the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s west-end track-and-field meet on Thursday at Riverview School in Rainy […]
Joey Payeur Malachi Langston of the Crossroads Tornadoes successfully sailed over the bar during the Grade 6 boys’ high jump event.
Among the Owls honoured during the school’s year-end awards banquet last Wednesday were, from left, Paige Anderson (junior female athlete of the year), Lemuel Carradice (senior male athlete of the year), Asher Chorney (Gold Jacket recipient), Bethany Sinninghe (senior female athlete of the year), and Jackson Arpin (junior male athlete […]
Joey Payeur The top Muskies of this past year were recognized for their achievements during Fort High’s annual athletic awards banquet held last Thursday evening at the local Legion. Among those saluted were, from left, Grace Petsnick (female rookie of the year), Aaron Bujold (male athlete of the year), Tory […]
Tansy Wood of the host Riverview Royals, second from right, blasted out of the starting gate to grab the early lead in the Grade 4 girls’ 100m event at the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s west end track-and-field meet on Thursday.
Nicholas Donaldson Confederation College students at the Rainy River District campus awaited their diplomas and certificates during last night’s convocation at the Townshend Theatre. Some 35 graduating students from nine different programs made their way across the stage during the ceremony, which also celebrated the 50th year since the college […]
Joey Payeur Will Derksen wasn’t against using the tools of the trade to pull off this shot during a snooker tournament being held at the Sister Kennedy Centre earlier today. Derksen took on Les Baker in one of the first games of the eight-man event.
