Dave Ogilvie Sgt. Courtney Sinclair, of the 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, stood in silent vigil during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Emo cenotaph on Friday. Ceremonies also took place in Devlin, Barwick, Stratton, and Rainy River First Nations, with a Remembrance Day lunch and dinner […]
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Joey Payeur The path to the hoop was clear for Muskie Janissa Judson on this lay-up try during Fort High’s 40-36 loss to the Dryden Eagles in the NorWOSSA junior girls’ basketball final there last Tuesday. Below, Muskies Aaron Bujold and Hunter Brown slammed the gate shut on Matthew Waites […]
Heather Latter Flora Danylchuk, left, and Donna Lowey, right, of the Fort Frances Lions Club honoured the winners of the club’s annual peace poster contest yesterday evening during an appreciation dinner at the Sister Kennedy Centre. Pictured here are Kassy Michl (Robert Moore), Ashton Cousineau (Crossroads), Terra Carlson (J.W. Walker/Fort […]
Heather Latter Nick Wreggitt, left, and Jim Fowler of the Fort Frances Lakers, along with Salvation Army communities ministries manager Jill Pernsky, Jodi Forbes of Walmart, Mayor Roy Avis, Lt. Ryan MacDonald, and volunteer Donna Haney, kicked off the local Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle campaign yesterday morning at Walmart. Getting […]
Heather Latter Dancers took to the floor at the Couchiching multi-use centre Friday afternoon for the annual Veterans’ Day pow-wow. Hosted by the United Native Friendship Centre, the event aimed to honour area veterans.
Joey Payeur Bransen Campbell of the Fort Frances Boston Pizza Royals, left, hustled back in time to cut off Connor Chaykowski of the Current River Comets during the bronze-medal final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual PeeWee ‘A’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. The Comets […]
Heather Latter Sherri and Hayden Eisenzopf checked out some of the Christmas decorations available to purchase Saturday afternoon during the Rainycrest Auxiliary’s fall bazaar and bake sale there. The well-attended event included a penny table, 50/50 draw, a “gently-used” table, a residents’ craft table, and refreshments.
Joey Payeur Cde. Robert Boland, representing the Royal Canadian Air Force, laid a wreath, accompanied by Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 member Ed Haglund, during the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies held earlier today at the Fort Frances cenotaph. Sunny skies and a relatively calm breeze greeted the large crowd that […]
Heather Latter St. Francis School students Emily Fitzgerald, left, Julianna Rousseau, Piper Miller, Simon Blanchet, and Liam McEvoy showed off the Remembrance Day display there this morning, which features photos and certificates of students’ relatives. Students were asked to share photos of family members who have served in the war […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Abby Sanders looked over the best option for getting past Dryden defender Sarah Benson during the fourth quarter of the Eagles’ 32-20 victory in the NorWOSSA senior girls’ basketball final there Tuesday.
Duane Hicks Curator Sherry George eyed up one of the 30-plus pieces in the “Threadworks 2016” exhibit that opened earlier this week at the Fort Frances Museum. The piece by Patricia Menon of Thornhill, Ont. is entitled “In The Domain of the Workhouse: A Land of Beauty and Despair.” It […]
Heather Latter With the unseasonably warm weather prominent across the district, crews at New Gold’s Rainy River Project were busy Monday afternoon moving rock and clay to other parts of the site to prepare the open pit for the start of production in mid-2017.
