Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Last week the Fort Frances United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) marked 50 years of working in the Fort Frances area and serving indigenous and non-indigenous people alike. Executive Director of UNFC Sheila McMahon says she is happy to see how things have grown over the years. “It started out as […]
The Western Hockey League announced yesterday that International Falls native and former NHL coach Kevin Constantine was suspended Sunday after a complaint of alleged violations of the league’s policies. According to a release from the Major Junior league issued Monday evening, “Constantine was suspended on Sunday after the WHL’s independent […]
The Fort Frances Muskies football team will celebrate 75 years next Thursday at the team’s annual homecoming game and they’re calling on all Muskie alumni to come out and be recognized. The game between the Muskies and St. John’s High School Tigers out of Winnipeg will be played next Thursday […]
The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) is holding two competitions in an effort to bring more patrons into the library and get more books off the shelves and into people’s hands. Nadine Cousineau is the Adult Services Coordinator at the FFPLTC and she says reading challenges have worked […]
The Fort Frances United Native Friendship Centre is celebrating 50 years of serving the local community this week. The concept came into being in 1971, according to unfc.org, with the establishment of a board of directors and the organization was incorporated in 1973 and their building officially opened in May […]
The Fort Frances Lakers announced their season-opening roster yesterday and head coach Tyler Miller says he thinks the team will take a step forward from last year’s team which finished last in the regular season standings and won one game in the playoffs against the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. The […]
The Fort Frances High School Muskies put in a solid day’s work to put away the Dryden High School Eagles by a score of 47-7 on Friday. Both defense and offense were firing on all cylinders as the team recorded multiple sacks and forced fumbles. After the game head coach […]
The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s president McKenna Begin has been named Governor-Elect for the Western Canada District of Kiwanis, and will be governor starting in 2024-2025. She’s since discovered that she’ll be the youngest governor Kiwanis has ever had. “This is overseeing all of Western Canada, so it’s from about […]
After winning last spring’s Emo Walleye Classic, with a two-day total of 23.19 Lbs. long-time partners Doug McBride and Steve Ballan are hoping they can have a repeat performance this weekend in the Rainy River Walleye Tournament. Ballan says this is the pair’s 30th year fishing in tournaments together and […]
The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre was adorned with poppies and Forget-Me-Not flowers on Friday as an exhibit opened honouring the fallen military members of the Rainy River District across four major military conflicts. The poppy is the traditional flower for remembering fallen soldiers but the Forget-Me-Not has been […]
