Duane Hicks BDO Canada dropped by the United Native Friendship Centre yesterday to donate food collected during its recent “Drive Away Hunger” campaign. BDO staff gathered 2,100 pounds of food—half of which was donated to the UNFC food bank and half of which will go to the Atikokan Native Friendship […]
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Staff A pair of district curling products are fighting their way towards a possible winter excursion overseas to be part of the world’s largest international sporting event. Devlin native Jenna Enge, playing second for Sudbury’s Tracy Horgan, and Tirzah Keffer of Fort Frances, the fifth for Thunder Bay’s Krista McCarville, […]
Joey Payeur Jason Gervais of Fort Frances literally was on his game Sunday as he raised $1,060 for the Children’s Miracle Network after completing a 24-hour Xbox marathon at his home. Gervais bettered his own world record of 13,290 gamer points with a total of 18,085, which he soon will […]
Staff Highway 17 is expected to be closed for most of the day due to a multi-vehicle collision between Vermilion Bay and Kenora. This means Rainy River District can expect to see higher-than-normal traffic volumes from the Trans-Canada traffic being re-routed via Highway 11, Fort Frances OPP Cst. Anne McCoy […]
Joey Payeur The SIJHL had its own “David and Goliath” story Tuesday night. Except in this one, the big guy dodged the rock and then tied the underdog in knots with his own slingshot. Down 4-1 midway through the game, the Fort Frances Lakers roared back with six unanswered goals […]
Duane Hicks The town is on the right path to fixing the issue of the blinking LED lights along the riverfront walkway. Travis Rob, the town’s facility/special project co-ordinator, said he was contacted by the manufacturer yesterday afternoon and told the problem has been pinpointed. He hopes the lights will […]
Staff Highway 17 is expected to be closed for most of the day due to a multi-vehicle collision between Vermillion Bay and Kenora. This means Rainy River District can expect higher than normal traffic volumes from the Trans Canada highway traffic being re-routed via Hwy 11, said OPP Cst. Anne […]
A year-and-a-half ago, our family purchased a wonderful new vehicle, especially for me. As usual, it was not really “new.” Being frugal, my husband does not believe in buying new cars. “The minute you drive a new vehicle off the lot, it loses one-third of its value,” he says. But […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program allows eligible properties to be taxed at the Farm Property Class tax rate of 25 percent of the municipal residential tax rate. The farm residence, and one acre (0.4 ha) of land surrounding it, will continue to […]
My uncle Ron posted a picture of Private Ronard Kleven of the 78th Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers, taken in November, 1918 on Facebook this past week. Ronard was my mother’s father. My grandfather, James Alexander, whose family had immigrated to Canada at the turn of the 20th century, was a medic […]
“What are those kids doing out? It’s not Hallowe’en yet!” I thought the other day as I spied two kids—one decked out as a witch and the other as Marie Antoinette—strutting down the street obviously on a mission. Then it hit me it was just the diminutive Lou and her […]
I just turned 53 years old. Where has the time gone? Where have I been all my life? How did I get here? Turn around and I was 10. Turn around and I was 21. Turn around and I was 40. Turn around and here I am, not yet on […]
