Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Billet and family weekend started with a bang as a penalty-filled game made its way to overtime with the Lakers pulling off the victory against the Kam River Walleye on Friday, January 23, 2026, followed by another the next night. The Lakers hit the road tonight for three in a […]
Canadian rock, reggae, and blues outfit Big Sugar will open the 2026 portion of the Tour De Fort concert series at the Townshend Theatre next Wednesday night. Active off and on since 1988, the band is currently the re-release of their 1996 platinum selling album Hemi-Vision and will play through […]
Local curler Aili Chabot will be headed to Timmins for the U-18 nationals in just a few weeks to represent team Northern Ontario as a member of Team Lily Wright, curling out of the Kakabeka Falls Curling Club. “I was playing mixed doubles at Kakabeka Falls last year and [coach] […]
The Fort Frances High School Muskies boys and girls teams will combine to take on first responders from the region tomorrow night on the Ice For Kids rink. The event is organized by OPP Cst. Kristina Bombay who is also a Mobile Crisis officer in the region. “Last year we […]
They were made in 1966 when Glen Jackson opened his garage in Barwick. The bright orange sweaters were the talk of the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre last weekend during the Ice Box Days Bon Spiel. Tom Jackson is custodian of the sweaters and his team wore them for the […]
The Fort Frances Lakers shook off the holiday rust to tackle a two-game sweep of the Thunder Bay North Stars last weekend. On Friday night, January 9, 2026, the Lakers looked rusty out of the gate and both teams struggled until captain Pierce Gouin broke the stalemate late in the […]
On Friday Dec. 19, 2025, at its annual Christmas breakfast for office staff, chief and council of Rainy River First Nations, as well as the family of Gary Medicine, honoured OPP constable Aaron Green who successfully used his OPP issued drone to help find Medicine when he was lost on […]
Since not everyone has family or friends close at hand during the holiday season, a local organization is hosting a pair of events meant to bring people together. On Dec. 29 and 30 the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) Fort Frances Branch will host A Celebration of the Winter Season […]
The annual Community Christmas Dinner sponsored by Flint House and the Cridland family will take place once again this year, bringing together volunteers across the community to give everyone a free holiday meal. Stacey and Christine Cridland and their family are busy preparing to serve over 500 meals to members […]
It was teddy bear toss night at the Fort Frances High School Muskie boys exhibition game and the bears were certainly tossed. The Muskies toppled the rebuilding Lake of the Woods Bears 9-0. Drake Bodnar was credited with the Muskies first goal after the puck took a bounce in the […]
It was a chippy affair but a 28-save effort by Brady Cates and an offensive outburst across the lineup saw the Fort Frances Lakers bounce back in the home half of a two game home and home series against the Thunder Bay North Stars on Saturday night at Ice For […]
As of the first of 2026, Circular Materials will assume management of recycling pick up in the Town of Fort Frances while GFL remains the local contractor. Circular Materials is a national not-for-profit organization which has been created by companies which produce a significant portion of recyclable refuse. Founding partners […]
