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.
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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 […]
Joey Payeur Stuart McIvor showed age is no obstacle to achievement the 64-year-old Fort Frances resident blasted his way through the water in the 50m backstroke while representing the Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team at FFAST’s ‘0 to 100’ Sprint Relay Meet this past Friday and Saturday at the Memorial […]
Joey Payeur Peggy Advent had a happy ending to a silent auction mixup at the Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and auction held Friday at the Fort Frances Curling Club, which was attended by approximately 175 people and raised more than $30,000 for the local branch of DU. Advent bid on […]
Joey Payeur Winnipeg’s Sarah Shotton, right, instructed Zak Kellar and the rest of the assembled players on the finer art of throwing the ball during the two-day CANPITCH fastpitch clinic put on by Rainy River First Nations this past weekend at the Manitou Rapids ballpark. The former Manitoba female player […]
Duane Hicks Special “Canada 150” tulips planted by the local Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary have fully bloomed in front of the Legion here. Tulips also are sprouting from the flower beds outside the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, although they haven’t yet bloomed into red-and-white beauties like these ones.
Submitted Paulette Romaniuk, left, and her grandson, Knox Carlson, were among those who went on a Fort Frances Nursery School field trip to Hammond’s Nursery yesterday. Children enjoyed a scavenger hunt through the greenhouses, then took time to plant strawberries.
Joey Payeur Dana Ward had a terrific night at the plate for the Fort Frances Her-icanes yesterday evening, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs as the ‘Canes beat catcher Courtney Easton and the rest of the Couchiching Lady Raiders 17-8 in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action at the Rodrick […]
Kiera Kowalski Joyce Zub manned the bake sale table Saturday afternoon during a Mother’s Day luncheon at Knox United Church here. Proceeds will go towards the U.C.W. and the church itself.
