Sarah Pruys Julia Cawston, 13, worked on her community of skulls painting yesterday morning at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre, where Confederation College’s week-long “Art Camp” was being held. The camp for young teens saw them all paint pieces loosely following the theme “Unity in Community,” which were plastered at […]
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Heather Latter Brianna Eldridge sang Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” on Wednesday evening at the Lions Park in Emo during a “Music in the Park” fundraiser. Audience members were encourage to donate to the “I Am Awesome (and I know it)” girls’ retreat, with monies raised being split between those participants on […]
Heather Latter Rainycrest resident Eileen Sullivan visited with her great-grandchildren, Rylee Collins, Braydon Collins, and Cael Collins-Cholin, and her daughter, Alane Collins, on Tuesday afternoon during a garden party there. The gardens in the four courtyards were highlighted, although many found it too hot to spend much time outdoors that […]
Sarah Pruys Raegan Woodgate, 12, left, Emma Cole, 12, Alina Eldridge, 12, and Gracie Petsnick, 10, showed off their sugar art creations in Fort High’s kitchen classroom last week. The youth, who were enrolled in a week-long “Cupcake Creations” course put on by Confederation College, were busy all week making […]
Lucas Punkari Backers of the Fort Frances Curling Club’s bid for the “Kraft Celebration Tour” showed off their support Sunday afternoon ahead of the 24-hour online voting process that will take place starting at 11 a.m. this Friday (July 19). If their bid prevails over one from Dryden, the local […]
Sarah Pruys The detached part of the Mid-Town Motel was demolished on Wednesday, although the main part of the building is still open for business. The demolished section was previously known as White’s Motel in the 1970s.
Heather Latter Star Martin, centre, along with the rest of the members from last week’s “Gleek Week” camp, performed in a finale concert entitled “Spread the Love” at the Townshend Theatre on Friday evening. Directed by Renée Martin-Brown and choreographed by Trevor Barker, a total of 47 performers took to […]
Lucas Punkari Lindsay Bourre was forced to watch as the rest of the field raced by after she spun out in the early stages of the WISSOTA Modified feature at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. Bourre got back underway moments later but wound up finishing the race in eighth […]
Lucas Punkari Jannelle Andy put everything into a swing yesterday evening at the Couchiching ball diamond as she and the rest of the Big Grassy Lynx took on the host Lady Raiders in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action. The game was a lopsided affair for the Lady Raiders, […]
Sarah Pruys Shelby King, 12, left, Asyia Shields, 13, Austin Strom, 13, Luke Holland, 14, and Evan Loyie, 12, jumped into the upper Rainy River yesterday afternoon on the count of three. The friends cooled off by swimming at the dock across from Rainy Lake Sports and Tackle—a popular place […]
Lucas Punkari Gavin Paull (#16) and Jamie Davis battled for the lead Saturday evening at the Emo Speedway in the WISSOTA Modified feature. When the dust settled, it was Davis who took the checkered flag in his first trip back to the track since last year’s Emo Fair. The other […]
Sarah Pruys Chelsey Skirten, left, and Julia Quast, 16, were busy scrubbing a truck clean Saturday morning at Lakewood Tire as an “Italy Trip” fundraiser for the Travel Club at Fort High. More than a dozen club members came out to help wash the lineup of vehicles and hold a […]
