Submitted The local chapter of the Bear Clan Patrol walks the streets around town often, not just to look for used needles but to ensure residents are kept safe. Here they can be seen patrolling in the north end. They sport electric yellow vests and Bear Clan Patrol patches.
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Kiera Kowalski Students in the Grade 11 French Immersion class rehearsed Monday afternoon for their play, “La bataille qui est l’école secondaire,” which translates to “The struggle that is high school.” The play, co-written by the students, will debut tomorrow at 2 p.m., with another free show at 7 p.m. […]
Submitted The Bear Clan Patrol was contacted earlier this month to respond to a call from a resident who needed help cleaning a rental home. These are just some of the needles and other paraphernalia that were found inside. The Bear Clan carefully puts these needles into sharps containers, which […]
Nicholas Donaldson F/Sgt. DeGagne walked with the reviewing officer, local Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell, through the ranks of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadets at its annual ceremonial review last Wednesday night. Clysdale-Cornell inspected the cadets, then later gave a speech praising the program and the […]
Clora McEvoy, left, was honoured with a 65-year pin for service by Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary Br. #29 president Alfreda Easton during the honours and awards ceremony Saturday afternoon.
Duane Hicks Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary Br. #29 members May Matheson, left, Alfreda Easton, Joanne Gosselin, and Gwen Westover proudly showed off their 50-year pins during Saturday afternoon’s ceremony.
Nicholas Donaldson Austin Kreger of ‘Double E’ Sheep Shearing, a company based in Yorkton, Sask., sheared the final sheep at Willow-Mor Farms in Burriss. Kreger and his co-worker, Russell-John Eddy, sheared about 60 sheep for various farmers in the area during their visit here Monday, using a special transportable set-up […]
Chris Lowe, above, checked out the renovated kitchen in one of units at Green Manor which have been revamped to be more accessible during the open house there last Thursday. Meanwhile below, even the closets in the renovated units have been more accessible thanks to a lower closet rod and […]
Duane Hicks Summer student Alyssa Chiasson showed off just some of the “Canada 150” merchandise currently available at the Fort Frances Museum during “Market Thursday” last week. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. while the market takes place each Thursday on the 200 block of Scott Street. […]
Duane Hicks Piper Caldwell was one of the Grade 8 students from Jody Bonner-Vickers’ class at Fort High who spray-painted stencils beside 46 storm drains along the waterfront last Wednesday to remind people not to put pollutants into the sewer system. The project was a partnership of the Lake of […]
Kiera Kowalski Two lambs and a troupe of baby chicks gave the residents of Rainycrest a warm welcome last Tuesday afternoon courtesy of Gerber Farms. Here, Levi Morris held one of the barely month-old lambs while Dorie Dennis gave it a pet.
