Fort Frances High School students hope to have audiences in stitches next week during their upcoming production of Monty Python's “Spamalot.”
The musical will be staged May 2-5 at the Townshend Theatre, with the curtain rising at 7:30 p.m. each day.
La Verendrye hospital workers Sheila Dokuchie, left, Samantha Jewett, middle, and Renae Seheirer were among those who rallied for employers to bargain fairly late Wednesday morning. Hospital workers across Ontario held rallies to pressure employers into negotiating contracts with modest wage increases, stronger workplace violence protections, and no concessions.
The La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary recently donated a new bathtub and treadmill to the local hospital to better serve patients.
The auxiliary pledged $30,000 in the fall of 2016 to purchase the tub, then pledged $2,500 last fall to buy the treadmill.
The treadmill became fully functional back on April 5 and has been helping physiotherapy patients ever since.
After some initial confusion over the Cloverbelt Co-op program opening a distribution centre in Fort Frances, those behind the “Healthy Living Food Box” would like to reassure residents that their program won't be affected.
In fact, it's still running smoothly, with close to 350 boxes of fruits and vegetables being distributed last Wednesday.
Emma Rae Pattison took a peek Saturday afternoon as Stacy Kreger of the Hair and Body Care Shoppe in Emo snipped off her locks of hair that will be donated to support someone on their cancer journey. The hair-cutting was part of the salon's annual “Cuts for Cancer” fundraiser that donates proceeds made from hair cuts to the Tamarack House in Thunder Bay.
Thousands of residents from across the district once again made the trip to Emo for its annual “Spring Fever Days” held Thursday to Saturday.
Emo Chamber of Commerce president and organizer Dave Goodman said the event was a great success and noted the village was exceptionally busy over the three days.
A group of local children held a “Save the Bees" fundraiser Saturday by selling iced tea to raise money for the purchasing and planting of "bee-friendly” plants such as wild flowers, daisies, and sunflowers. The stand was set up outside the Fort Frances Curling Club, where the Mother's Day Market was being held, to stir up some business.
Grade 6-8 students at the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (S.C.A.P.) put on a silhouette performance inside the Townshend Theatre earlier this month during the Drama portion of the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. Biblical stories, such as the birth of Jesus (above) and “The Women at the Well" (below), were acted out to "Broken Things” by Matthew West.
Members of the Rainy River Walleye Tournament committee and Border Lions Club were at the Nestor Falls Marine boat show at the Emo Arena on Saturday as part of “Spring Fever Days” to sell tickets on the pontoon boat they are raffling off. The draw will be made during the Rainy River Walleye Tournament in September.
Canada is plentiful in the number of fresh water resources available to its citizens.
With Canada having about 20 percent of the world's fresh water, people sometimes can take clean drinking water for granted.
