Staff An Ontario Volunteer Service Award ceremony will be held May 9 in Fort Frances. The recipients will not be named until closer to the date of the ceremony. The ceremony here is one of 48 to be held across Ontario over three months, starting in Stratford on March 22 […]
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Staff The local Salvation Army recently sent out its annual “Lent Campaign” letter to district residents and businesses. Capt. Angel Sandoval is asking those who receive the letters to open them, read them, and give serious thought to donating $35, $70, $100, or more through Lent Campaign 2012 to support […]
Press Release The second-annual International Sportsman’s Expo will be held Saturday, April 14 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church in International Falls. The event, open to the public, brings together hunting, fishing, and outdoor enthusiasts with vendor booths, games, food, animal mounts, guest speakers, and prize draws […]
Press Release As part of Ontario’s plan to improve services and supports for children and youth with mental health and addictions needs, the Ministry of Education will be phasing in initiatives over three years to support students and district school boards. The Northwest Catholic District School Board received $20,000 to […]
Barb Everett Members of the Br. #29 Legion Ladies Auxiliary met Wednesday, March 14 with 35 members present. With president Silvia Gunderson presiding, reports heard from the various committees. Guest speaker Linda Hamilton was on hand to tell the membership about the Fort Frances Community Chest, including its origin and […]
Brian Love With the support of the Rainy River District School Board, the district trapping council was able to host a spring fur-handling workshop at Donald Young School in Emo on Saturday. The gym was abuzz of activity, with the sharing of skills and stories, along with demonstrations of fur-handling […]
Dave Ogilvie The second-annual “Farmers Night,” which took place Saturday at the Barwick Hall, was deemed a huge success by members of the Emo and District Lions Club. Despite the fact several other major events were taking place across the district that night, a near capacity crowd enjoyed a fabulous […]
Shauna-Leigh Carlson The Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians ended their tournament season just like they had started it—by winning. After capturing the season-opening Dryden Paper Kings ‘AA’ tournament back on Nov. 11-13, the Canadians wrapped up their campaign at the Neebing ‘AA’ hockey tournament March 16-18 at the Thunder Bay […]
Lucas Punkari Members of the Fort Frances Badminton Club left everything they had out on the floor at the Fort High gym over the weekend during their annual invitational tournament. “Everyone was playing to their best or above their limit, and we had many players coming off of the court […]
the MNR A tourist outfitter operating in the Hornepayne area has pleaded guilty to various offences relating to baitfish. The company was fined a total of $2,000 as a part of a negotiated guilty plea. Granitehill Resorts Inc. was fined $1,000 for unlawfully harvesting baitfish without a licence and $1,000 […]
Lucas Punkari With the snowy weather of this past winter nothing but a distant memory, the 2012 golf season already is underway here in Rainy River District. The first of the three area courses to open to local golfers was Kitchen Creek, which began its season last Thursday. “It’s certainly […]
Stratton native Cody Heyens, a former Muskie curler, came away with the Canadian College Athletic Association invitational crown this past weekend in Peterborough as a member of the winning men’s team from Fanshawe College in London. Heyens, who played third on Isaac Keffer’s silver medal-winning Fort High rink at last […]
