Lucas Punkari Brandon Sinclair and Jess Caul held up Fort High’s athlete-of-the-year trophy after they were named as this year’s winners during the Muskie athletic banquet last Tuesday night.
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Duane Hicks Joe Belanger conducted the Rainy Lake Orchestra during a “Summer on the Border” concert yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The orchestra will hold its next concert Aug. 7 in the band shell in International Falls.
Lucas Punkari Beulah Perreault of the Fort Frances Herricanes rounded third at the Couchiching ball diamond yesterday evening as her team took on the Red Gut Babes in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League play. The Babes romped to a 17-3 win while the other game saw the Couchiching Lady […]
Sarah Pruys Rylee Nixon shook Confederation College president Jim Madder’s hand yesterday evening at the college’s 2013 convocation at the Townshend Theatre. Nixon, who received a diploma in Business Accounting, was one of 51 students to graduate from the satellite campus here.
Lucas Punkari Amber Williams of Team Gold looked to move the ball up the field while Team Red’s Nick Clugston looked on during the Division 5 title game of the annual wrap-up event for Fort Frances Youth Soccer on Saturday afternoon. Team Gold took home the crown with a 1-0 […]
Heather Latter Krista Nielson, with the Northwestern Health Unit, held onto the Crimson King maple tree as students from Carla Harris’ and John Cousineau’s Grade 1 classes at St. Michael’s School took turns helping to cover the roots with dirt Friday morning. The students were participating in the “Grow With […]
Sarah Pruys Ann Sinclair and Dale Scott walked in support of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Friday afternoon along the riverfront. Sinclair, the Life Long Care co-ordinator at the United Native Friendship Centre here, helped organize the first-ever “Seniors Rock! Walk” in Fort Frances.
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A crew from Mike Carmody Contracting began demolishing the vacant Huffman School this morning. The school, which opened in 1955 and closed in 2010, will be down and cleared away by July 1. The general contractor is Wagner Construction Canada ULC, who will rebuild Williams Avenue between Third and Fifth […]
Duane Hicks Rebecca Jolicoeur made a dreamcatcher yesterday outside the Fort Frances Museum during the BIA’s “Market Thursday.” She was one of several Community Living Fort Frances and District clients who made items to be sold at a table there as part of an exercise to market their creativity.
Sarah Pruys A group of 25 students from Crossroads School in Devlin were at the Fort Frances Times yesterday afternoon learning how the newspaper gets made from advertising sales rep John Pierce. The youngsters all left with their own “newspaper” showcasing their tour of the building.
Heather Latter Jaykob and Mickenna Ryll enjoyed an end-of-the-year pancake breakfast this morning at Robert Moore School. Parents were encouraged to attend the event, which was followed by a “play day” for students in the Early Learning classes to Grade 5.
Heather Latter Lindsey Allen accepted her Ontario Secondary School Diploma from principal Sean Taggart during the Seven Generations Education Institute’s 22nd-annual graduation ceremony yesterday at the Memorial Sports Centre. More than 70 grads were presented with secondary and post-secondary diplomas, certificates, degrees, bursaries, and awards.
