Dear editor: We would like to acknowledge the quick response of the staff at Revco. On Christmas Eve, the pump on our hot tub quit. Even though the store was closed and the owner was away on holidays, the staff at Revco pulled through for us. The weather was 35 […]
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Dear editor: As jolly St. Nick himself Ho Ho Ho’ed his way around Hallett Hall here at Rainycrest, giving each one of us residents a Christmas orange and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, I looked around the hall and noticed that everyone was either smiling or laughing. This was the […]
Want to see an NHL pre-season game here and a visit by the CBC? How about $100,000 in upgrades to the Memorial Sports Centre? All that could become reality if Fort Frances is crowned as Kraft “Hockeyville” for 2014. But for it to happen, local residents will have to step […]
Staff A team of Mine Centre School students, who competed in the Regional Elementary Cardboard Boat Race event hosted by Skills Canada-Ontario this past fall, will be recognized at the Rainy River District’s School Board’s regular meeting tonight. Under the direction of teacher Barbe Dennis, students Prudence Kabatay, Ziggy Skead, […]
Staff Mondays apparently don’t agree with the Tracy Horgan rink. The Sudbury-based team, which includes Devlin native Jenna Enge at second, fell 5-4 to Julie Reddick of Owen Sound yesterday in their opening game at the 2014 Ontario Scotties in Sault Ste. Marie. Horgan, who also has sister Jenn Horgan […]
Duane Hicks Micaela Jensen, a volunteer with the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, and Mayor Roy Avis held up a banner yesterday at the Civic Centre yesterday to mark January as “Alzheimer Awareness Month” in Fort Frances. Alzheimer Society events this month include the “Forget Me Not” fundraiser dinner […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers can give themselves another high five. The Lakers maintained the No. 5 spot in the latest Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings announced yesterday. The Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League remain in the top spot, followed by the […]
Hubert Medhurst passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. He was born in McIrvine on April 25, 1908, the youngest of five children, to Charlotte (Lottie Smeeth) and George Medhurst. He was raised by his aunt and uncle, Polly and Charles Smeeth. He and his brother, Jesse, then stayed in Fort […]
Dianne Gohn, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013 at the age of 62. Dianne was born July 9, 1951 in Fort Frances to Les and Iris (Hands) Gohn. She was raised on the family farm in Chapple Township, near the Off Lake Church, until […]
Joey Payeur Damon Nyberg of Fort Frances Canadian Tire was wide on this close-in chance against the Westfort Maroons (Thunder Bay) in the final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s Bantam ‘A’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena, which the visitors won 2-0 to capture the title. […]
