Lucas Punkari In his first appearance at the Emo Speedway in more than a decade, Grand Forks, N.D. native Brad Seng made a successful return to the 3/8th-mile oval Sunday night, outlasting 17 other drivers to capture victory in the NLRA Late Model feature event. “We’ve had fast nights and […]
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Ken Johnston The fourth—and possibly the final—meeting on the future of Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton last Wednesday was full of emotions and pleas for it to remain open. The Accommodation Review Committee process began earlier this year with both private and public meetings to gather facts […]
Sarah Pruys Diane Noonan completed her first project with “Habitat for Humanity” last fall and loved it so much, she’s since worked on two more projects with the volunteer organization. “In November, I went to Louisiana,” the Fort Frances resident recalled. “Then in March, I went to Kauai, Hawaii, and […]
Heather Latter A series of revised policies and procedures are being praised for addressing the matter of a missing item within the Rainy River District School Board. “After the discovery of the theft a few years ago, procedures and policies were updated,” board chair Mike Lewis explained, referring to the […]
Staff About 40 employees will be called back to work at the local mill when the No. 7 paper machine is restarted for two-three months. The machine, which has been down since April 10, will be restarted in mid-July. The No. 5 paper machine had been started up again during […]
Ken Johnston Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., which oversees the hospitals in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Emo, as well as Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, held its annual general meeting last Thursday evening in Rainy River. The meeting was attended by a handful of people, unlike years ago […]
Heather Latter The weather may have co-operated this year for the annual “Pulling for Peace” international tug-of-war yesterday, but it was not the outcome Canada wanted. The Canadian side was beaten by the Americans in all three matches—the “celebrity” pull, the “community” pull, and then the “power” pull, which is […]
Heather Latter Although the district has been without a resident judge for more than a year now, the Rainy River District Law Association and local municipal representatives refuse to let the issue go. The two groups met with Regional Senior Justice Marc Bode here last Wednesday to continue discussions about […]
Lucas Punkari Now that their bid has been selected as one of 20 finalists for this year’s “Kraft Celebration Tour,” Fort Frances Curling Club members Patrick Briere and Ron Silver are hard at work at getting the word about what is next. “What we are really focused on doing right […]
Members of Canada’s “power” team pulled with all of their might yesterday but did not have quite enough to win the tug-of-war match with the Americans. In fact, the U.S. side was on a roll during the annual “Pulling for Peace” showdown—coming out victorious in all three “tugs.”
Sarah Pruys Dragon Boat #1, crewed by the Fort Frances Dental Centre’s team, “Dragon’s Breath,” paddled in sync to pull ahead and beat “Gillons’ Slayers” from Gillons’ Insurance during the first race of the second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival here on Canada Day. “Dragon’s Breath” went on to take […]
Heather Latter There was plenty of Canadian spirit on display in Barwick on Saturday as people young and old participated in the fun-filled parade in conjunction with Canada Day. The floats paraded around the community, ending at the ball diamond where the annual fastball tournament was taking place.
