BLAKENEY–Born to Peter and Nicole, nee Armstrong, of Rainy River, Ont., a girl, Breannagh Marie, weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz. on January 29, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Duane Hicks Local artist Eric Keast, left, and his father, Eric Sr., chipped away at a cube of snow at the water treatment plant here yesterday afternoon as they got started on their pair of sculptures for the Rainy River Arts Collective’s “Winter Sculpture Garden” demonstration. Various teams began their […]
Heather Latter Junior kindergarten students Taylor Godin, left, Avah Chapman, and Savannah Marchuk paraded around St. Michael’s School this morning with their teddy bears in celebration of Valentine’s Day. A Teddy Bear Picnic and other activities followed in their classroom.
Heather Latter Ruth Caldwell, with the “Friends of the Library,” organized the table of goodies yesterday morning during the group’s annual Valentine’s Day bake sale and cookie walk.
Staff The Fort High gym will a beehive of activity tomorrow as the Muskie court teams host the NorWOSSA playoffs. Action is set to get underway at 10 a.m. with the junior boys’ basketball semi-final taking place in the large gym between the Kenora Broncos and Dryden Eagles. At the […]
Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis has joined International Falls Mayor Shawn Mason in signing letters to ask Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama to declare July 2 as “Peaceful Borders Day.” At last night’s council meeting, International Falls city administrator Rod Otterness and Coun. Cynthia Jacksa said […]
Staff Front-running Rendez-Vous lost for only the second time this season in local men’s basketball league action. The Vous was bombed 93-61 by Boston Pizza last night at Fort High, dropping their record to 8-2. The two-pronged attack of Jon Sivonen and Adrian Chapman proved too much for the Vous […]
Duane Hicks Sewer and water will cost more for all customer classes if town council approves a new set of rates at its regular meeting tonight. After going through several scenarios at a meeting last Wednesday, the Operations and Facilities executive committee is recommending the following: •a one percent increase […]
Staff After a number of close losses over the last few months, the Fort Frances Lakers finally beat the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness for the second time this season. The red-and-white outplayed the defending SIJHL champs en route to a 5-0 victory here Saturday night, handing Wisconsin only their seventh loss […]
Staff It was a successful Friday for the Muskie hockey teams as both came away with road victories. The boys romped to an 11-2 victory over the host Dryden Eagles in their final game of the NorWOSSA regular season. Leading the way offensively was Jeff Davis, who had three goals […]
Duane Hicks Kathy and Greg Mercure checked out a roll-top desk donated by the Boileau family as an silent auction item at the Fort Frances Community Chest benefit dinner yesterday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The event drew 200 people and raised $16,000 for the cause, which helps Rainy River […]
Heather Latter Boston Pizza employees Randi Stewart, left, Caitlin Hogan, Laureen Luchka, and Megan Soderholm displayed a heart-shaped pizza there Saturday in preparation for Valentine’s Day. The restaurant will have the special pizzas available for dine-in, take-out, or delivery beginning at 11 a.m. and throughout the day tomorrow. One dollar […]
