Lucas Punkari With 125 runners taking part in the 5K run, and 60 kids running a kilometre beforehand, this year’s Energy Fitness “June Bug” Fun Run on Saturday morning was a rousing success. “It went wonderfully,” enthused Jackie Lampi-Hughes, who helped organize the event along with Ashleigh Dutton and Nicole […]
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Peggy Revell A change to funding ratios is raising concerns over the ability of the Rainy River District School Board to offer sufficient native language and native studies courses at the high school level. The issue arose during the board’s June 7 meeting when a report from the Aboriginal Education […]
Robin McCormick The annual “Castin’ for Cash” finishing tournament, hosted by Lake Despair Lodge, is set to go July 8-9 this year. Some 58 teams already have registered for the tournament, which can take up to 65. Along with the excitement of the 4 p.m. weigh-ins both days, there also […]
Zoey Duncan An information session on area mining projects held here last Wednesday was met with excitement from local business owners and municipal leaders. Rainy River Resources Ltd. and Bending Lake Iron Group Ltd. were on hand to discuss exploration for their gold and pig iron operations, respectively. Coventry Resources […]
Heather Latter With 220 project sites situated between Fort Frances and Rainy River, Azgard Solar is keeping busy across the district. The Calgary-based business, with more than 25 years’ experience in the energy industry, expanded here in January, setting up shop next to NorFab Building Components on Highway 11 just […]
Lucas Punkari It had been a near-perfect debut into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Steve Arpin at the Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night as he ran near the front of the pack during the WinStar World Casino 400k. But as the race reached its late stages, a […]
Heather Latter Although cancer-free since she was four years old, local teen Hannah Taylor still has strong support from her friends, which surely will be demonstrated next Friday (June 24) when the group participates in the annual “Relay for Life” here. “We just want to do this for her,” said […]
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 back in 1999, are the […]
Staff Fort Frances town council and administration will map out a strategic plan covering the remainder of its term during a session tomorrow at Sunny Cove Camp. Slated to run from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., they will meet to discuss issues and set objectives. Some of this discussion will be based […]
Peggy Revell A new program that aims to boost self-esteem in young girls is set run here this fall. The “Uniquely Me” program is meant to address the “critical nation-wide [issue] of low self-esteem amongst adolescent and pre-adolescent girls,” explained Fort Frances resident Heather Jarvis, who is looking to run […]
Peggy Revell Organizers of Canada Day celebrations here are in need of volunteers to make the day a success. “Everything is coming along,” said committee chairman Randy Thoms. But while the committee has planned out many of the activities so far, they need the bodies to make things happen. Volunteers […]
Peggy Revell With a daily route to take Seine River First Nation children to and from Mine Centre School, Ted Menson was recognized with the “Bus Driver of the Year” award by the Rainy River District School Board at last week’s meeting. “The staff and school at Mine Centre School […]
