Joey Payeur Muskie Alex Spuzak played the role of set-up specialist for the junior girls’ volleyball team yesterday in its 3-1 victory over the Kenora Broncos in NorWOSSA action at Fort High.

of Devin Eldridge Photography Bryce Kabatay performed “Bist du Bei Mir” by Johann Sebastian Bach during the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts’ talent show yesterday evening at Knox United Church here. The third-annual event was a fundraiser for the festival.

Nicholas Donaldson Thrift Store manager Sharlene Smith was beginning to move items into the new Salvation Army location on Scott Street this morning. They will be moving from their old location all week long and are asking for people with pickup trucks to help haul items. Call 274-3871 for more […]

Joey Payeur Muskie captain Janelle Kaemingh tried to force the puck through Sioux Lookout Warriors’ goalie Alex Morin during Fort High’s 3-1 win last night at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Nicholas Donaldson Tyler Ruppenstein drew a name for the local Kiwanis Club’s “Trip-of-the-Month” draw yesterday as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on at International Travel Services. Buddy Loyie was the lucky winner of a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Nicholas Donaldson Caron ML Electric on Fifth Street West here was bustling with activity late last week as work continued on its expansion.

Dave Ogilvie Carole Mackintosh delivered the traditional “Ode to the Haggis” with a great deal of drama and humour Saturday night during the annual Robbie Burns Supper hosted by the Emo and District Lions Club at the Emo Legion. Although spoken in Gaelic, Mackintosh conveyed the meaning through her facial […]

Submitted Times’ columnist Wendi Stewart will attend the Berton House Residency–Canada’s most sought-after writers’ retreat–for three months later this year.

Submitted Kitchen boats (or wanigans) served kept boat crews fed during the days when logging was done on the river. Wanigans typically did not have engines so they had to be towed by other boats. They often were parked in calm bays near logging operations. Although large boats, like the […]

Nicholas Donaldson Police and emergency personnel responded after an eastbound delivery truck collided with a westbound pickup truck on the 300 block of King’s Highway near the Fort Frances Cemetery yesterday around 10 a.m. Both drivers (the lone occupants of the vehicles) were taken to hospital for treatment of non-life […]

Duane Hicks Jessica Ogden showed off what one of the “chemo comfort bags” look like.

Submitted Steamboats such as the “Algoma” (seen here) were used to tow the immense log booms from the forests to the mills in the early days of the local timber industry.