Sarah Pruys Eveyln Barker is this month’s featured artist at the Fine Line Art Gallery here. Specializing in buildings and scenery, acrylics and watercolours are her favourite mediums to work in. Her paintings will be on display at the gallery throughout July.

Sarah Pruys About a dozen youngsters, including Amber Chenier, 10, and Josaiah Peltomaki, seven, came together at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday to celebrate the Summer Olympics and London during this week’s “Tween Thursday” activities. They made edible medals out of sugar cookies and fruit roll-ups, ate scones and […]

Heather Latter Mayor Roy Avis welcomed H2O Power to Fort Frances, as company president Jim Gartshore looked on, during the official opening of its facility here yesterday afternoon. The building, located in a wing of the former Fort Frances High School, will be the main office and workshop for the […]

Lucas Punkari Progress on construction of an arena at Couchiching has become more noticeable in recent days. The building of the metal “shell,” which began last week, is expected to be completed next week, with the next stage seeing the outside “skin” being built over a two-month span. The arena […]

Heather Latter Emo Fair Queen contestant Jillian Gustafson admired some of the flowers in the garden, sponsored by the Activation Department at Rainycrest, along with her grandmother, Mary Bender, during a “garden party” there yesterday afternoon. The public was invited to stop by to view the newly-developed courtyards and enjoy […]

Sarah Pruys Julia Cawston, 12, painted the dragon section of “fire” in the “Elements” mural yesterday afternoon at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre here. The week-long Confederation College youth mural project, led by local artist Lindsay Hamilton, has 12 youth aged 11-15 coming out to plan and paint a wall-sized […]

Heather Latter Paige Anderson was among the participants in this year’s River Theatre Summer Program, called “Gleek Week,” who performed before a large crowd at the Emo Legion on Friday afternoon. After spending the week rehearsing, the final show allowed the 34 talented performers to highlight plenty of singing, acting, […]

Lucas Punkari Tanya “TJ” Jones of the Pirates found herself trying to work through a tightly-bunched pack of skaters Saturday night at the ’52 Canadians Arena during her team’s 138-93 win over the Ninjas in a scrimmage put on by the local Borderland Roller Derby League.

Lucas Punkari Sara Roach of Taggs’ Source for Sports took control of the ball while Isabel Smith of the La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs applied pressure from behind during Borderland Soccer League women’s action at St. Francis Field yesterday evening. Roach scored a pair of goals as Taggs cruised to a […]

Lucas Punkari Leona “Lonita Whipsalot” Grandbois of the Ninjas led the pack while keeping a close eye on Terra “Sheer Evil” Hyatt of the Pirates behind her during a scrimmage staged by the Borderland Roller Derby League at the ’52 Canadians Arena here Saturday night. When the dust settled, it […]

Lucas Punkari Orville Smith of Northwest Bay threw a pitch during the early innings of the final of the annual Kingsley Downs/Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament against the River Rats yesterday afternoon in Devlin. Northwest Bay ended up capturing the title in a dramatic 13-11 thriller.

Heather Latter Participants in this year’s River Theatre Summer Program, called “Gleek Week,” performed a number before a large crowd at the Emo Legion on Friday afternoon. After spending the week rehearsing, the final show allowed the 34 talented performers to highlight plenty of singing, acting, and dancing with a […]