Duane Hicks Fort Frances Museum curator Sherry George checked out photos of local World War II veterans there this morning. In the spirit of Remembrance Day, the local Legion Ladies Auxiliary has been busy the past few days putting up the new exhibit, which focuses on local veterans of wars, […]
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the OPP “Be A Fan” campaign is a national awareness and fundraising initiative in support of Special Olympics. The Special Olympics movement transforms communities by inspiring people to open their minds to accept and include people with intellectual disabilities, and to celebrate differences among all people while recognizing and respecting […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board will look to approve the Strategic Plan Goals for 2012-13 through 2016-17 at tonight’s regular meeting at the Education Centre here. Back in June, the board approved a revised mission statement and crafted a new vision statement. The this past fall, through another […]
Duane Hicks Kay Veert, front left, along with Jackie Dalgetty, front right, Olive Eisenhauer, and Gladys Kerr, were among the hundreds of people who attended the annual Remembrance Day tea yesterday at the local Legion. Hosted by the Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary, the popular event featured baking, cabbage rolls, meat pies, […]
Staff The Mid-Town Motel was barricaded all weekend as police investigated the scene in connection to the suspicious death of a man there early Friday morning. A post-mortem was scheduled earlier today in Kenora, after which an update will be provided by the OPP.
Staff After winning five-straight games, the Fort Frances Lakers dropped a pair of decisions to the Dryden Ice Dogs over the weekend. The Lakers’ winning ways came to an end here Friday night in a 4-1 loss to the Ice Dogs, which marked the first time the local squad had […]
Duane Hicks A dedicated team of volunteers with the local “Bicycles for Humanity” campaign spent their Saturday morning loading hundreds of bikes onto a trailer parked in front of Pat Ash’s Crowe Avenue residence. The more than 300 bikes, donated by district residents, will head to Thunder Bay tomorrow, where […]
Lucas Punkari A three-goal second period, coupled with strong goaltending in the final frame, proved to be the difference for the Kenora Broncos here yesterday afternoon as they edged the Muskie girls’ hockey team 3-2 in the final of their eighth-annual tournament. The black-and-gold jumped out to a 2-0 lead […]
Staff A pair of Muskies had good showings against the top high school cross-country runners in the province as they competed at the all-Ontario championships Saturday in Brampton. Grade 9 student Sydney Radigan finished in 140th place out of 264 runners in the girls’ Midget event. The first-year runner completed […]
the OPP Around 9:15 a.m. today, Rainy River District OPP officers responded to a 9-1-1 call from an employee of the Mid-Town Motel in Fort Frances. Officers responded within minutes of receiving the call and located one male deceased inside one of the rooms. Police are remaining at the motel […]
Duane Hicks Mary Gushulak, seen here with her son, Bill, was thrilled to receive a “touch quilt” yesterday at Rainycrest Long-term Care. Eleanor Barron of the local Alzheimer Society presented 30 quilts at Rainycrest and five at La Verendrye Hospital, and was expected to bring 12 more to the Emo […]
Heather Latter Dexter Fichuk, head of the Fort Frances Mob(ilizers), helped deliver boxes of food to the local Salvation Army food bank yesterday after collecting more than 1,500 items as part of the “We Scare Hunger” campaign. Local residents generously donated non-perishable food items to 20 volunteers who were collecting […]
