Sarah Pruys Ron Pettigrew of Kenora showed off a gun in his collection Saturday afternoon during the sixth-annual Gun & Hobby Show at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The event, which ran from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., saw 760 people come through its doors—beating last year’s attendance by more than 150.
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Lucas Punkari Auctioneer Telford Advent searched the crowd for bids Friday night during the live-auction portion of the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet at La Place Rendez-Vous. Total proceeds from this year’s banquet, which was the 30th edition here in Fort Frances, still were being tabulated as of press time today.
Heather Latter Kennedy Latimer, right, and Taylor Shouldice performed “Some Things are Meant to Be” (from “Little Women”) yesterday afternoon during the annual highlights concert for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The performance earned them the Nestor Falls Lions’ Club award for best duet. Shouldice also […]
Heather Latter Ayiana Gagne, left, Trista Bruyere, and Anna Peters showed off their crazy hair Wednesday afternoon at Robert Moore School. As part of “Spirit Week,” students also dressed in school colours (yellow and blue) on Monday, had sports day on Tuesday, and then hat day yesterday. Festivities wrapped up […]
Heather Latter Chad Solomon, with the Rabbit and Bear Paws franchise based out of Peterborough, Ont., used puppets to retell the Anishinabe Creation teaching of Nanabazhoo and the Animals this morning at St. Michael’s School. The interactive theatre allowed several students to participate by manipulating the animal puppets.
Sarah Pruys Angela Fiset entered a draw to win one of the many gift baskets full of Onesta and Nevo natural and organic skin care products during the grand-opening of “Shear Serenity” yesterday. The new “green” hair and skin care shop on Scott Street (formally Jayne’s TLC) was busy with […]
Staff The “Auto Spa” has been upgraded with a brand new, single-arm car wash system, as well as new lighting, garage doors, and more.
Sarah Pruys The Fort Frances High School atrium was packed yesterday morning as students got a break from classes to view this term’s co-op students’ displays featuring their work placements. Alyce Ewald, right, a Grade 12 student who was in a Grade 9 art class, showed Teagan Lauzon how to […]
Sarah Pruys Tess Coish, from Tess’s Kitchen, helped Kiwanian Robin Wright make the club’s trip-of-the-month draw for May yesterday morning at International Travel Services here. Nicole Cheetham of Devlin won a trip to St. Marten, valued at $4,200. Next month’s draw is a Vancouver Island Tour, worth $4,300.
Sarah Pruys Toni Cupp, the new owner and tattooist at Tonic Tattoos on Scott Street, prepared the inks before starting a tattoo yesterday afternoon during her store’s grand-opening, which continues through 6 p.m. today. Cupp, whose slogan is “Stabbing victims since ’02,” has dainties, coffee, and a selection of select […]
Heather Latter The disguised evil queen, played by Mackenzie Wright, offered “Snow White” (Callahan Wiedenhoeft) a poisoned apple during a rehearsal of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” yesterday. Presented by the St. Francis School Drama Club, the play will be staged tomorrow in the school gym for staff and […]
Heather Latter Lauryn Marchant, 10, checked out the colourful beaded necklaces for sale at John Grabish’s Caring Hands Society booth at the Business & Community Expo hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce on Friday and Saturday. The group, based in Thunder Bay, markets the recycled paper jewellery made […]
