Joey Payeur Sarah Noonan is approaching her new position as general manager of the La Place Rendez-Vous hotel with a positive mindset and a healthy respect for the family tradition she will carry forward.
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Joey Payeur Former Manitoba female fastpitch player of the year Sarah Shotton, left, was the star of the two-day CANPitch clinic for youth and adults held at the Manitou Rapids ballpark on Rainy River First Nations this past weekend.
Nicholas Donaldson Students, staff and community members celebrated Indigenous Education Week with a pow-wow in the Fort Frances High School large gym last Friday. The ceremony ended with the inter-tribal circle dance seen here, an open invitation for everyone to dance as one.
Nicholas Donaldson Former Attorney General Howard Hampton spoke about the history of the Supervised Access Program in Ontario and its roots in the Fort Frances area yesterday at the local Child and Family Services office .
Nicholas Donaldson Teresa Neufelder and Molly Franz spoke about Rainy River Community College to interested Fort High students from their info booth in the school atrium. Many local businesses and organizations were set up for the career symposium for students last Wednesday in conjunction with Indigenous Education Week.
Nicholas Donaldson TakingITGlobal executive director Jennifer Corriero spoke about the collaboration with Cisco Systems at an announcement event for the “Connected North” program that has expanded to two more schools in the district. The event took place at FFHS as the Grade 7/8 Ojibwe class connected with a class at […]
Joey Payeur Times co-owner Don Cumming, centre, was joined by Ducks Unlimited northern Ontario official Rob Watson, left, and event co-organizer Charles Fisher to celebrate Cumming’s 25 years of affiliation with the Fort Frances DU branch at the association’s banquet and dinner at the Fort Frances Curling Club this past […]
Andrea Schram, left, Shawn Brady and Ana Stopa were part of the legion of persuasive raffle ticket sellers circulating among the crowd during the DU banquet here Friday evening.
Nicholas Donaldson Scott Jolicoeur (Instrumental), left, Katelyn Bruyere (Vocal), and Mika Kooistra (Piano) stood proudly as the 2017 Rose Bowl winners of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The awards were handed out at the annual Highlights Concert last Tuesday (May 9) at the Townshend Theatre.
Kiera Kowalski Nadine Mutz of the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre explained how the seed library works to Amara and Damitria Cox at the Fort Frances Community Garden Kids’ Garden Club kick-off yesterday evening at the Métis Hall. The children were encouraged to borrow seeds from the library, grow them […]
Duane Hicks The renovations to the exterior of Sight & Sound on Scott Street were completed last week. The exterior and interior renovations are being done by Kyle Glowasky Contracting. They should be complete by the end of May or early June. The makeover is being done in anticipation of […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Shrine Circus visited Fort Frances on Friday for two shows at the Memorial Sports Centre. Audiences were delighted by classic circus acts including the antics of a clown and his well trained dog, above left, and breathtaking acrobatics, above right, done while suspended from the ceiling of […]
