Nicholas Donaldson A combination of nice weather, community spirit, and free food brought hundreds of people out for the Rainy River First Nations’ 47th-annual fish fry on Friday afternoon. Those on hand patiently waited in a lengthy line to load up their plates with delicious bannock, salads, and fried fish […]
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Duane Hicks Summer student McKenna Begin served up an ice cream cone Friday afternoon at the Sorting Gap Marina, which now is open Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and again from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.
Joey Payeur Paige McFayden (7) of the Fort Frances Muskies Grade 7 girls’ soccer team was headed in the right direction when it came to making an offensive foray into the St. Francis Sentinels’ end during the Rainy River District Athletic Association’s elementary soccer showcase Friday at St. Francis. Teams […]
Kiera Kowalski Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis and Couns. Ken Perry and John Albanese posed beside the big moose inside the tourism information centre here earlier this morning in celebration of its grand opening for the 2017 season. Other attractions opening in time for the Victoria Day long weekend include […]
Duane Hicks Summer student Cameron Cawston checked over one of the info panels for the new exhibit, “Closing the Distance: 150 Years of ‘Getting from A to B,’” at the Fort Frances Museum. The exhibit, based on research done by museum staff and community volunteers, will take shape more over […]
Joey Payeur Callum McCormick was dealing smoke from the mound for the host Sturgeon Creek Sturgeons against the Crossroads Tornadoes in Grade 5 division play as part of the Rainy River District west-end softball showcase yesterday at Sturgeon Creek School. Teams in Grades 4, 5 and 6 faced either other […]
The Borderland Community Orchestra, conducted by Katherine Williams, performed a free concert on Tuesday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The concert, which drew a full house, was entitled “Our Favourite Playlist.” Photo submitted by FFPLTC
Submitted Robert Moore School students celebrated the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia with a walk around the school grounds yesterday afternoon. Following the walk, students also heard a presentation from members of the Gay Straight Alliance in the school’s atrium.
Kiera Kowalski Heather Hudson and Bonnie Hughes of Rainycrest accepted a book donation from Laura McCormick, Stevie-Lee Kaemingh and Sara Christiansen of the Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association earlier this month during “Mental Health Week” (May 1-7). The book, entitled “Checklist for Change,” is a valuable […]
Duane Hicks Wayne Kaun, left, vice-president of Ed Kaun & Sons Ltd., joined John Barch, Tbaytel’s vice-president of operations and administration, and Mayor Roy Avis in a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday at the future site of Tbaytel’s new regional office at 650 Sixth St. West. Ed Kaun & Sons was awarded […]
Nicholas Donaldson Rachel Ste. Croix, left, Gemma Perreault, Olivia Handberg and Alexis Latter performed their award-winning reading of “Three Little Kittens” by June Barr for the the Rainy River Festival of the Performing Arts’ 77th-annual Highlights Concert at the Townshend Theatre last Tuesday. The quartet won the CJD Reader’s Theatre […]
Nicholas Donaldson Representatives of Fort High, the local public school board, UNFC, and the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre presented 100 homemade dream-catchers to La Verendrye staff there last Wednesday, with 100 more on the way in the near future.
