Sarah Pruys Tessah Labbe, left, eight, along with her sister, Taylor Godin, four, and their friend, Sydney Anderson, seven, cooled off at Pither’s Point Park yesterday afternoon. With temperatures reaching 28 C, cooling off in Rainy Lake was a great way to spend the summer afternoon.
Photo Gallery
Heather Latter BIA president Connie Cuthbertson, left, Gary Councillor, president of the Naicatchewenin Development Corporation (NDC) board, The UPS Store franchisee Lillian Gerley, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, and NDC chief business development officer Tony Marinaro cut the ribbon yesterday to officially open the business at its new location on […]
Sarah Pruys “Mini-Queen 2012” Serena Cousineau, was presented with a crown necklace by “Mini-Queen 2011” Piper Lidkea yesterday in front of the Fort Frances Museum. With her big smile, her love of catching butterflies, playing with Barbies, and ballet, Cousineau won over the judges in a competition that included six […]
Sarah Pruys Melissa Gushulak, organizer of the “Fun in the Sun” mini-king and queen event, interviewed one of the four mini-king contestants, Even Bagacki. Bagacki, who told the audience his favourite colour is silver and his favourite band is Alvin and the Chipmunks, went on to win the title of […]
Sarah Pruys Juliana Sprovieri, left, who worked with Margaret Sedgwick for over 30 years at the Fort Frances Public library before retiring herself, and came out to the library yesterday for Sedgwick’s retirement tea. They stood talking around a table filled with cards and gifts for the chief librarian and […]
Sarah Pruys “Where We All Come Together,” a mosaic that Robert Moore students had been working on for the past few months, is finally finished and ready to be hung above the music room to be seen by everyone who enters the school. The project, designed by teacher Nicole Renberg, […]
Sarah Pruys Emma Smart smiled as she waited for her turn to cross the stage at the Fort Frances High School graduation last Thursday at the Memorial Sports Centre. She was among the 157 students who received their diplomas this year.
courtesy of Clinton Bruyere Couchiching First Nation’s 18th annual pow-wow last weekend celebrated the opening of the new pow-wow grounds located on the road to Heron Landing Golf Course, just west of Frog Creek Road. The state-of-the-art facility, with such amenities as enclosed bleachers, change rooms and a kitchen, hosted […]
Sarah Pruys Erika Moffitt tried out the “Log Run” inflatable at the Memorial Sports Centre following graduation last Thursday. The point of the game was to see how far forwards you could get before flying back to the start, and it was one favourite inflatables available at “Chem-Free,” an after-party […]
Lucas Punkari The Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre in Sioux Narrows opened its doors to the public during their official grand opening on Thursday morning.
Sarah Pruys Mayor Roy Avis “dotted” the eye of the dragon on the dragon boat this morning with Jenny Greenhalgh, organizer of the first “Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival.” Dotting the eye is supposed to awaken the spirit of the dragon, bless the paddlers and the boats, and bring good […]
Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis, left, handed Fort Frances Lion Bud Danylchuk a $3,100 share of the Moffat Family Fund during last night’s council meeting. The Lions will use the money to buy security cameras to install at Lions Millennium Park. A total of $37,500 was disbursed to nine local […]
