Staff It’s time once again to get ready for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts, which will take place in April. Festival committee member Marilyn Allan said entries must be postmarked no later than Monday, Feb. 6. “Copies of the resource manual and syllabus have been delivered […]
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Duane Hicks Fort Frances Power Corp. customers might get a break on a line item on their hydro bills later this year. That’s because the FFPC has applied to the Ontario Energy Board for permission to decrease its delivery charges beginning May 1. FFPC president and CEO Joerg Ruppenstein said […]
Duane Hicks Imagine looking into the mirror and seeing the face of a stranger. Imagine you could hear what others had to say, but could make little sense of it. Imagine if you couldn’t remember to do more than one task in a row. Now imagine feeling that way every […]
Peggy Revell It’s been nothing but “oohs and aahs!” from those who have walked through the doors of the new Mine Centre School since it opened less than three months ago. “We’ve had a lot of people coming in for tours, just stopping by the office,” noted principal Leslie Barr […]
Peggy Revell Emo residents skipped curling and braved the cold Thursday night to show their support for Donald Young School during the second public meeting held by the pupil accommodation review committee. “Although this review is to study the logical, statistical, and economic role of DYS, it is to us, […]
Staff Mathew Armstrong’s rink from the Stratton Curling Club will represent Rainy River District at the Northern Ontario Bantam boys’ provincial playdowns coming up here Feb. 2-5. Armstrong, whose team includes third RJ McDonald, second Jake Vandenbrand, and lead Cody Armstrong, captured the Region 1 berth Saturday at their home […]
Lucas Punkari After seeing their seven-game winning streak came to a screeching halt at the hands of the host Wisconsin Wilderness on Saturday night, the Fort Frances Lakers wasted little time in starting what they hope is another lengthy run. Although the game may not have been a complete work […]
Lucas Punkari With parents, family members, and fans of both teams being whipped into a frenzy by what was taking place on the ice, it was hard to know just who would come away with the FFMHA’s Bantam ‘A’ tournament title Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena between […]
Submitted Marie Major of Devlin brought her “friends” along as she participated as a medal bearer in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay when it passed through Dryden on Friday.
Heather Latter Six-year-old Magnus Trembath gave his dad, Cameron, a hand loading up a tree at the Lakeview Trailer Court on Saturday during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Teams spent the afternoon traversing the streets of town to pick up the trees and take them to […]
Peggy Revell Tom Mosbeck of Tompkins Hardware spoke about how Donald Young School plays an integral part in the community during last Thursday night’s public meeting of the pupil accommodation review committee. About 100 people came out for the meeting—the second of four—as the Rainy River District School Board collects […]
Lucas Punkari Brady Hawkins (#50) and David Simpkin of the Kenora Broncos tried to prevent Muskie Will Anderson from taking a shot during their NorWOSSA senior boys’ basketball showdown last Thursday afternoon at Fort High. Try as they might, the Broncos were unable to stop Anderson, who led the black-and-gold […]
