Lindsay Campbell Students from the “Circus Club” at J.W. Walker School showcased their unicycling skills during the annual Canada Day parade here last Wednesday morning.

Dave Ogilvie Participants in this year’s “Gleek Week,” a local musical theatre camp run by Renée Martin-Brown, rehearsed one of their numbers yesterday at the Emo Legion. The group will move rehearsals to the Townshend Theatre stage here tomorrow, where they’ll present their final performance to the public this Friday […]

Lindsay Campbell Rochelle Bird, left, a summer program instructor at the United Native Friendship Centre, and elder Dorothy Friday showed Ayden Nastiuk how to weave a basket out of tree bark. The activity, held at the “Circle of Life” building on Mowat Avenue, aimed to pass cultural traditions onto youths […]

Joey Payeur Amy Penner of the Fort Frances Her-icanes was judged to be a split-second too late in slapping the tag at second base on Couchiching Lady Raiders’ base runner Jen Singleton (23) in the fourth inning of their Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League game yesterday evening at VanJura. […]

Duane Hicks The Sixth Street recycling depot continues to be overflowing with items each Monday morning—both with recyclables and non-recyclables, as seen with this mattress here. The town is urging the public to wait until their scheduled “blue box” curbside pick-up day to get rid of their recyclables, or use […]

Lindsay Campbell Youngsters from the “Mad Scientist Camp” played a game of cards this morning with camp counsellor Kyle Knapp as part of “free time” activities. The camp is the first of many being held at the Memorial Sports Centre throughout the summer.

Lindsay Campbell Newly-retired Linda Hamilton, centre, posed with friends June Keddie, left, and Elaine Spencer, along with grandson Jack Hamilton, during a retirement celebration last Friday afternoon at Tichbornes. The festivities included complimentary hotdogs, burgers, and cake.

Joey Payeur Laurie Brown of the Rainy Lake Pirates applied the tag on Windey’s Warriors base runner Jeremiah Windego after taking a snap throw from catcher Ryan Windigo in the first inning yesterday evening. The Warriors weren’t to be denied, though, as they downed the previously-undefeated Pirates 6-1 in Rainy […]

Lindsay Campbell Country-folk artist “Washboard Hank” wowed the crowd with his washboard-playing abilities yesterday evening at From the Grind Up here. The Peterborough musician made a stop here on his “Beer cans down the Trans-Can tour” and was the coffeehouse’s first musical guest of the summer.

Joey Payeur Sara Roach of Dat Ace Doe made a sharp return of service against Red Lac Bay while teammate Sam Berube looked on during the sixth-annual Canada Day beach volleyball tournament yesterday at Point Park. Red Lac Bay, made up of players from Red Gut Bay and Lac La […]

Lindsay Campbell Youngsters took off at the starting line yesterday morning for a 1K fun run organized by Energy Fitness as part of Canada Day festivities here. The event was held at La Place Rendez-Vous and saw more than 30 kids participate.

Heather Latter George Oltsher addressed the crowd at Oltsher Field in Barwick yesterday prior to playing his final game as a Barwick Blue Knight after being tabbed the starting pitcher against the Stratton Bobcats. The 66-year-old has played for more than five decades and was an instrumental part of the […]