Local News from Across the Rainy River District
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the Town of Fort Frances published a letter that indicated the town’s taxpayers would not foot the bill for the Town’s drawn out legal dispute over the east end area known as Point Park. While MPP Greg Rickford and MP Marcus Powlowski were able to lobby […]
A shutout on Sunday night and a tight contest on Family Day Monday saw the Fort Frances Lakers take four points over the weekend to remain atop the SIJHL standings. Sunday’s game was a 7-0 blowout, which despite the score, was no small achievement. Each of the Lakers’ seven goals […]
The Town of Fort Frances will not need to pay the legal costs to the province and federal governments following lobbying efforts on their behalf. Early Wednesday evening the Town of Fort Frances published a letter, attributed to Mayor Andrew Hallikas and CAO Marcel Michaels, announcing that the region’s federal […]
The Lakers have partnered with Rusty Myers Fly-In Outposts and other local fishing and tourism businesses to use the weekend to celebrate lake life in the Fort Frances region. With the announcement from the province noting that the Family Day weekend is a free fishing weekend, and with temperatures creeping […]
The opening ceremonies are imminent, competition has already begun, and thus the 2026 Olympics are underway. Canada’s drive to own the Olympic podium began yesterday with the first games of mixed doubles curling. Canada emerged victorious over Czechia 10-5, adding a second win over Norway this morning 6-3 and will […]
While they weren’t on the schedule at the start of the season, Tour de Fort attendees will be treated to a fiery performance next week when The McDades take to the stage in place of originally scheduled The Hello Darlins. The McDades are a Juno award-winning celtic-rooted band with Alberta […]
Last week the Ministry of the Attorney General announced that four new judges have been appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice to serve across Ontario, including one in Ontario’s northwest. Justice Archana Arun Medhkar comes to Northern Ontario from India by way of a long career in Toronto, according […]
When the SIJHL’s top players take to the ice Feb. 6-7 in Dryden, Fort Frances Lakers will be well represented, with seven players across the two teams and an assistant coach behind the bench as well. Five members of the Lakers, goaltender Brady Cates, defenseman Zak Green, and forwards Pierce […]
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 […]
