Staff The Knights of Columbus—Rainy Lake Council’s “Coats4Kids” 2016 campaign is underway, with a GoFundMe page launched Wednesday. The council is “seeking community members to donate whatever they can spare, so we can raise funds to buy winter jackets for at-risk youth in Fort Frances and the surrounding area,” campaign […]
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Joey Payeur Muskie Ryan Redford literally rose to the occasion to reject this Dryden Eagles’ kill shot during NorWOSSA junior boys’ volleyball action yesterday at Fort High. The host squad earned its first win of the season after rallying from two sets down.
Heather Latter Winnipeg-based magician Alex Jay Hamm performed a card trick last night during a fundraising gala for the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope at La Place Rendez-Vous. The event, which also featured a dinner and prizes, was coupled with a two-day sexual assault awareness training that ran […]
Staff With St. Michael’s School unavailable last night, a quartet of teams in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League also were left on the sidelines. Defending champion How I Set Your Mother, One Hit Wonders, Bump It Up, and Arm & Hammer will make up the two matches they missed […]
Staff The future is now for the Muskie cross-country running team. Fort High put four runners in the top 10 to easily capture the Grade 7-8 girls’ team title at the annual “Turkey Trot” yesterday in Dryden. Ashlyn Beck was the fastest of the Muskies in the 3K event, coming […]
Heather Latter Students from St. Michael’s School gathered around the fire to cook bannock on a stick after learning about Métis culture as part of the Seven Generations Education Institute’s annual “Fall Harvest” preparations workshop yesterday at the Nanicost grounds. Despite some chilly temperatures, students from across the district participated […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Ed Lampi announces his passing on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Ed was born March 12, 1938 in Finland, Ont. to Henry and Lemmitty Lampi. He was raised in Finland and attended high […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Tina (Juanita) Wilson announces her passing on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. Tina was born Sept. 28, 1956 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Clifford and Amelia Bruyere. She was one of 13 children and was raised in Couchiching First Nation. Tina was […]
From the MNRF Fire crews wrapped up the Garden Lake prescribed burn yesterday. The prescribed burn, which was ignited Monday, was successful, with good consumption of the old slash debris recovering productive land for new growth and habitat. The slash piles are expected to smoulder for several days and fire […]
The Associated Press SAO PAULO — Brazilian scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of what they say is the largest dinosaur ever found in South America’s biggest country. Diogenes Campos, director of Rio de Janeiro’s Earth Sciences Museum, said he named the 25-meter-long dinosaur “Austroposeidon magnificus.” It belonged to the […]
By David McFadden And Pierre Richard Luxama The Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti — Haitians braced for a grim, rising death toll Friday as help slowly trickled into marooned areas of the country’s southwestern peninsula that was pummeled by Hurricane Matthew, the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in […]
By Justin Lynch The Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan — President Barack Obama has issued waivers that continue U.S. military assistance for troubled South Sudan and six other nations where child soldiers have been used, disappointing advocates who say his administration hasn’t made curbing the use of children in combat […]
