Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care and Shoppers Drug Mart once again are partnering in an effort to raise funds in support of women’s whole health in Rainy River District through the 10th-annual “Tree of Life” campaign. The four-week fundraising campaign, running from Sept. 17-Oct. 14 at more […]
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Duane Hicks While a little less successful than last year, the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club saw its annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” fundraiser bring in dollars for a good cause last Thursday at Tim Hortons here. This year’s “Drive-Thru” grossed about $2,000, which allowed the Voyageur Lions to donate a cheque […]
Staff As leagues around North America are getting underway for another season, a number of area players have taken to the ice for their first few games of the campaign. In the OHL, Emo’s Luke Judson had a goal and two assists for the Belleville Bulls as the team captain […]
Lucas Punkari After getting their first tastes of victory in NorWOSSA play here last Tuesday afternoon against the Kenora Broncos, the Muskie senior and junior girls’ basketball teams want to experience that thrill once again. Both squads were back in action yesterday afternoon up in Dryden (results weren’t available by […]
Lucas Punkari Following season-opening losses to the host Dryden Eagles two weeks ago, the Muskie senior and junior boys’ volleyball teams were hoping a visit by the Kenora Broncos to their home court would prove to be the perfect way to get back on the right track. And at the […]
Peggy Revell They’ve clocked many miles and knocked on countless doors. And now the fate of the five candidates vying for Kenora-Rainy River riding is in the hands of voters tomorrow (Oct. 6). “I think it’s gone really well,” Progressive Conservative candidate Rod McKay said about his campaign, thanking his […]
Staff A traditional ceremony celebrating the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Naicatchewenin First Nation (Northwest Bay) and Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. will be held there this Friday (Oct. 7). Mineral Mountain reported in a press release Monday that it formally has executed an MOU committing to an […]
Lucas Punkari After a strong showing at the USHL combine in Chicago in early August, local goalie Mark Loveday had a set goal in mind of making the U16 squad when he returned to the campus of Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault, Mn. And when the roster for the U16 Sabres […]
Heather Latter She had a theory that “if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same.” Those words, written by Rachel Scott shortly before her death in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, are the basis […]
Heather Latter Tomorrow’s 80th anniversary of the Daily Bulletin of the Fort Frances Times might have gone unnoticed if it hadn’t been for a copy of the first-ever edition recently resurfacing. Lyle Snider discovered the yellowed, one-page paper earlier this year lining the bottom drawer of a dresser that had […]
Ken Johnston With Ontarians heading to the polls tomorrow (Oct. 6), four of the five candidates vying for the Kenora-Rainy River seat attended the last of the local debates in Stratton on Thursday evening. About 60 people were on and to hear what Sarah Campbell (NDP), Anthony Leek (Liberal), Rod […]
Peggy Revell “Urban Poling” has arrived in the district as a new way to get people up and moving. It is a combination between cross-country skiing for the upper body and walking for the lower body, explained Aimee Beazley, the Urban Aboriginal Healthy Living program worker with the United Native […]
