Nicholas Donaldson Katelyn Bruyere performed “Dyin’ Ain’t So Bad” from “Bonnie and Clyde” at the annual Highlights Concert of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts on Tuesday evening at the Townshend Theatre. Bruyere was the recipient of the Rose Bowl for the Vocal division, with other Rose […]
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Kiera Kowalski Danny Rea from Devlin inspected a rifle Saturday during the 10th-annual Gun and Hobby Show held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The gun is fairly old, dating back to the 1940s. The day-long event drew quite a large crowd, with many people travelling in from out of […]
Kiera Kowalski Bob Bird of the local Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry office showed off some of the equipment firefighters with the MNFR use at the “Spring into your career” hiring fair last Tuesday at the Copper River Inn. Bird was on hand looking for potential firefighting prospects for […]
Kiera Kowalski Yvonne Chambers placed a clothes pin on the date she bet would win at the Riverside Health Care Foundation’s annual spring ladies’ luncheon. This year the theme was “Birthday Bash” in celebration of the Foundation’s 20th anniversary. As such, all the games at the lunch held Sunday at […]
Nicholas Donaldson Robert Moore student Rowan Donaldson stared down Crossroads student Rex Tolten as he contemplated his next move at the regional chess tournament held last Wednesday in the Devlin school’s gym. Some 58 students in four age divisions from across the district competed in the five-round tournament.
There was plenty of jewelry for sale at the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual spring ladies’ luncheon here Sunday. All of the proceeds went towards a new Moleculite device for the local hospital that will help visualize bacteria in and around wounds.
Carmen Hebert and Christian Wiedenhoeft (above) played the Banks’ siblings, “Jane” and “Michael,” who wished for the perfect nanny to come along in the Fort High production of “Mary Poppins” held last Wednesday through Saturday at the Townshend Theatre. At right, Brianna Eldridge, portraying Winifred Banks, sang “Let’s Hope She […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Fire Chief/CEMC Tyler Moffitt, left, and John Pierce of the Fort Frances Times promoted the #PrepareYourSelfie campaign in conjunction with Emergency Preparedness Week (May 8-13). The public is urged to make a 72-hour survival kit, take a “selfie” and post it to social media, and show […]
Nicholas Donaldson Mayor Roy Avis helped Angie Fraiser and Jill Pernsky hold the Community Living Fort Frances and District flag with other staff and service users. The flag was raised at the Civic Centre last week to mark May as “Community Living Month” in town.
Duane Hicks In conjunction with “Mental Health Week,” a display of a half-dozen compelling images from Onigaming First Nation was put up last week at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The “Photovoice” project, facilitated by Nancy Daley Fulton of the local Canadian Mental Health Association branch, focuses on […]
Nicholas Donaldson St. Michael’s Grade 1 students took time Friday morning to check on their tomato plants under the light and timer system in the school gym. Half of the seeds grown visited space as part of a project testing the effects of zero gravity on plant germination.
The “Beast,” played by Kennah LeBlanc, and “Belle,” played by Denae Mose, had a heart-to-heart moment during Sturgeon Creek School’s presentation of “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Meanwhile, Sullivan Spiers portrayed “Cogsworth” while Danica Mose portrayed “Lumiere” as the pair enacted a scene. The musical ran there May 1-2 before […]
