Local News from Across the Rainy River District
After four years in the finals against the Sight & Sound Wolves out of Fort Frances, the Stratton Eagles finally broke through last night with a 9-6 victory to clinch the final. Delayed due to team injuries and weather, the final was pushed late and shifted to the lighted Couchiching […]
Lakers head coach and GM Luke Judson said he’s optimistic the team will come together and perform well once the Junior A hockey regular season gets started, after a preseason shootout loss at home to the Thunder Bay North Stars Saturday night. “It was a great opportunity for us to […]
Former MPP Howard Hampton has endorsed longtime friend Brent Calder in his run for the mayor’s seat this coming October. Hampton, who was born in Fort Frances, said during a visit to the region last week that Calder gets his endorsement for a few reasons. “One, some people are ‘me’ […]
As municipal election campaigns get into full swing with candidates finalized for both mayor and council, the Town of Fort Frances has allowed candidates to place their signs in certain publicly owned areas of the community. While residents may recall that in prior years no signs were allowed on town-owned […]
T. Patrick Reid, who represented Rainy River in the Ontario Legislature for 17 years, was in Fort Frances last week and took the time to donate a copy of his autobiography Lucky All My Life: The Man from Rainy River to the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC). Reid’s […]
Canadian pop music veteran Sass Jordan has cancelled her planned appearance as the opening act for this year’s Tour de Fort concert series due to health concerns. Concert organizers announced the cancellation of Jordan’s scheduled Sept. 16 performance in a press release Tuesday morning. Jordan’s team said in a statement […]
She had a full career with the Royal Bank of Canada before retiring as branch manager after 40 years. Then she worked at Causeway Insurance for two years before retiring again. Then she took on the mantle of executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, giving guidance to […]
On Monday, Kathy Lampi and her crew from Backpacks for Kids Fort Frances handed off over 400 backpacks to children in the Rainy River District just in time for them to take to school next week. The organizers received donations through cash and physical backpacks starting at the beginning of […]
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford was in the Rainy River District last Friday announcing funding for a variety of projects that will make community facilities more accessible for people with disabilities. In Alberton, Millennium Park will receive enhancements to allow people to safely access the lower portion of the park […]
And more photos from the 2026 Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society Fall Fair Kali Tessier has been chosen as the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s Fair Ambassador for 2026-2027, succeeding Alexis Latter, the first young person to hold the title since it replaced the now-retired honour of Fair Queen. For […]
The Curl Fort Frances Community Centre (CFFCC) has received over $150,000 in funding from the province to upgrade its bathrooms and make them more accessible. While the facility’s bathrooms are technically accessible already and the rink is also one of the few in the region with an elevator giving wheelchair […]
A pair of Couchiching cousins will make their debut with the Fort Frances Lakers this season, bringing front-line firepower they displayed last season as players for the International Falls High School Broncos. The addition of William and Anthony Yerxa was announced by the Junior A hockey team at a ceremony […]
