Christmas Day will arrive shortly. My friend, David Iwanyszyn, posted a photo on Facebook on Sunday night showing off the Christmas tree in his home loaded with gifts and wishing everyone a “Happy St. Nicholas Day”—a Ukrainian tradition. On the eve of Dec. 19, children receive gifts from St. Nicholas. […]
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I was at a mall in Vancouver last week—a really big mall comprised of three levels; a shopping maze that even the brightest of us would struggle to find his/her way from. I’m fairly certain a GPS should be standard issue upon entrance to the mall. I wasn’t shopping, not […]
Joey Payeur Another season of outdoor recreation is awaiting snow enthusiasts courtesy of the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club, which held its annual general meeting last Wednesday. “We had new people out at the meeting with fresh ideas coming from around the table, and we appreciated that,” noted club president […]
Joey Payeur Making the cover of Sports Illustrated for many years has been mythically related to being jinxed in their next season of competition. Mike Gate hopes that jinx doesn’t extend to one of America’s better-known fishing periodicals. The 45-year-old from Nestor Falls, who owns and operates Sunset Cove Resort […]
Duane Hicks With Canada marking its 150th birthday in 2017, the Fort Frances Museum and a local group of volunteers are planning a “Canada 150” transportation exhibit focusing on modes of travel from local history—including aviation. As such, volunteer John Myers is putting a call out to the public for […]
Duane Hicks Again proving the local community’s generosity knows no bounds, the Knights of Columbus—Rainy Lake Council’s “Coats4Kids” 2016 campaign was a smashing success. Campaign organizer Nathan Cousineau delivered nine dozen (108) winter jackets Monday to Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services to distribute to at-risk youth in Fort […]
Staff Fort Frances is among Ontario municipalities having to pay back taxes to Canadian Tire. The company reached a Memorandum of Understanding with the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. last week, which will see the values of the stores reduced. Canadian Tire had been seeking to reduce the value of the […]
Heather Latter Kathy Mueller has been trying to get some answers about when the two Iraqi refugee families the community is sponsoring will arrive here but keeps coming up empty-handed. “We have looked into what’s going on and it just says they are in the process of doing background checks,” […]
Heather Latter The Seven Generations Education Institute will be saying goodbye to the old and hello to a new, state-of-the-art facility thanks to an $8.7-million investment from the federal government. Local MP Don Rusnak made the announcement Friday at La Place Rendez-Vous, on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development […]
Duane Hicks Santa’s workshop doesn’t have anything on the Salvation Army’s Citadel this year. The Victoria Avenue location was brimming with more than $20,000 in dolls, bikes, puzzles, action figures, building blocks, stuffed animals, and much more after am extra-generous outpouring by the public this holiday season. The bounty of […]
Joey Payeur The captain of the Fort Frances Lakers’ ship has seen his team navigate some treacherous waters so far this season. But Dylan Kooner believes he has good reason to envision smoother seas ahead for the three-time defending SIJHL champs. The Lakers went into the two-week SIJHL holiday break […]
Duane Hicks Salvation Army Lt. Ryan MacDonald, left, posed with a John Deere kids’ lawn tractor donated by Canadian Tire staff as Darcy Banman of The Bargain Shop, along with Carl Scott, Sharon Wiebe, and Ryann Scott of Carl’s Eatery, showed off a sample of the bounty of toys donated […]
