Heather Latter Volunteers helping out with the local OPP’s “Stuff a Cruiser” campaign on Saturday were kept busy as community members stepped up once again, filling a total of 20 cruisers with donations of non-perishable food items. Cruisers were located at Walmart, Safeway, and The Place here in Fort Frances, […]
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Staff A fundraiser dinner for local resident Samantha Pearson last Thursday at the Fort High cafeteria was a big success, drawing an estimated 500 people and raising funds to help out with expenses. “This town is amazing,” said Pearson’s mother, Ellen Gagné, who was overwhelmed by the generosity of people […]
Heather Latter With plans to have a mine and associated gold-processing plant operating by the end of 2015 at its Rainy River Gold Project north of Barwick, Rainy River Resources will be busy in the new year. Garett Macdonald, the company’s vice-president of operations, and Kyle Stanfield, director of environment […]
Peggy Revell Emo council has thrown its support behind keeping a school within its township. In a letter written to the Donald Young School Pupil Accommodation Review committee, Emo Mayor Vincent Sheppard stated Emo council shows “strong support” for rebuilding Donald Young School there. “[DYS] is a very important entity […]
Staff The annual Christmas Bird Count is set to happen this Saturday (Dec. 17). As in past years, participants will be making a “big circle” around the district and covering different sectors, counting the number of birds and bird species they can see, explained Ahlan Johanson of the Rainy River […]
Lucas Punkari Heading into last weekend’s action against the Sioux Lookout Flyers and Dryden Ice Dogs, it looked like the Fort Frances Lakers would have a great shot at gaining ground in the race for top spot in the SIJHL. With the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness idle, the Lakers had a […]
Lucas Punkari Even though they were outnumbered by four teams from Fort Frances and Emo, a pair of Thunder Bay Midget ‘A’ squads proved to the best of the bunch during a weekend tournament here. The West End Bruins and South End Jr. Stars were the top two teams following […]
Staff Former Muskie curler Jenna Enge is heading back to the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts for the second-straight year. The Devlin native, who plays second for the Tracy Horgan rink from Sudbury, earned a spot at the provincials, slated for next month in Kenora, following a third-place finish at […]
Heather Latter Emma Bassett handed over her donation of a bag of rice to auxiliary constable Don Marquis at The Place on Saturday during the second-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” event hosted by the local OPP. With cruisers also located at Walmart and Safeway here, as well as Cloverleaf Grocery in […]
Duane Hicks Judd Gardiman and Joleigh Mainville enjoyed their spaghetti dinner during a benefit for local resident Samantha Pearson last Thursday at the FFHS cafeteria. The dinner, which also featured a silent auction, penny table, and cookie walk, was extremely successful and drew upwards of 500 people of people.
Peggy Revell Eager to spread holiday cheer, the local Super 8 PeeWee girls’ hockey team showed off the haul of presents they put together yesterday evening at Walmart to “adopt” three of the angels for the Kenora & Rainy River Districts Child and Family Services’ annual “Adopt an Angel” program. […]
Lucas Punkari Senior Muskie Will Anderson drove to the basket Saturday afternoon as he made a lay-up during Fort High’s 51-24 win over the International Falls Broncos to wrap up a perfect 4-0 record at the black-and-gold’s home tournament.
