Heather Latter Luke and Josie Schill enjoyed their main course Saturday night during the Kenora-Rainy River Alzheimer Society’s annual “Forget Me Not” dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous here. The charitable event also featured a silent auction and entertainment.
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Staff Work on the 2014 municipal budget is underway, though it will be a while before it’s passed. As such, town council will vote tonight on a bylaw to institute an interim tax levy. As in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about half of the total amount […]
Joey Payeur A year ago, one rock kept Hailey Beaudry from a shot at provincial glory. The same situation presented itself Saturday at the Stratton Curling Club—and Beaudry wasn’t about to let the moment pass her by again. The Fort Frances skip tapped back her opponent’s stone to clinch an […]
Joey Payeur One team had won seven games in a row and was the fifth-ranked team in the country. The other had lost 32 in a row and probably was ranked in the bottom five. And yet, in the words of ESPN broadcasting legend Chris Berman, that is why they […]
Joey Payeur Adam Bolen, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, fell 11-6 to Jim Cummine (Sioux Lookout) in this morning’s opening draw of the Travelers 2014 Northern Ontario Curling Association Men’s West Qualifier here. Bolen and his rink of third Lorne Jackson, second Neil Haw, and lead Andy McCormick next […]
the OPP A 32-year-old Atikokan man has been identified in a sudden-death investigation there. Foul play is not suspected in the death of Ryan Keeash, police have determined. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Dec. 31, Rainy River District OPP officers responded to reports of a deceased male located on the […]
Staff Devlin’s female curling dynamo had a hand in making the last unbeaten team at the 2014 Ontario Scotties unbeaten no more. Second Jenna Enge is part of the Tracy Horgan rink from Sudbury, which knocked off Allison Flaxey (Listowel) 7-3 this morning. Flaxey had come into today in first […]
Duane Hicks Rainycrest administrator Darryl Galusha and Kayla Caul-Chartier, director of resident care, showed off one of the new convalescent care rooms there. Starting Monday, the home will open up four beds—two single-bed rooms and one two-bed room—for patients who no longer need to be in hospital but who have […]
Staff An Atikokan man was killed in a two-vehicle accident early yesterday morning on Highway 17 about 40 km east of Ignace. Danny Henderson, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Ignace OPP said a westbound van, driven by Henderson, collided with an eastbound pickup truck carrying two occupants around […]
Staff An open house focused on results of the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, “First Findings,” will be held Jan. 23 from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Statistics Canada released data Nov. 25 from the national survey of First Nations’ people living off-reserve, Métis, and Inuit […]
Joey Payeur It was a clean sweep for the four Muskie court teams in NorWOSSA action here yesterday against the Kenora Broncos. Caleb McIntosh lit up the visitors for a game-high 31 points to pace the senior boys’ basketball team (3-1) to a 67-31 romp. Kevin Metke added 11 while […]
It is with deep and great sadness and pain that the family of Chuck McPherson announces his passing on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 at his home on Couchiching First Nation. Chuck was born Nov. 29, 1952 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Dolly and George McPherson but lived in his beloved […]
