Zoey Duncan The sun beat down on pumped up members of the fundraising team from Community Living Fort Frances and District, who raised $1,767 for the Heart & Stroke Foundation during its “Big Bike” visit here yesterday. Four teams in total raised nearly $6,000 for the organization.
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Lucas Punkari Grant Swire of the Sight & Sound Wolves hit a foul ball against Manitou during Rainy River District Fastball League action yesterday evening at VanJura here. Despite falling behind early, the visitors rallied for an 11-10 victory to earn their first win of the young season. With the […]
Heather Latter Becky Holden, left, and Vivian Callaghan, members of the Community Garden Team here, worked on preparations for the project yesterday along Lillie Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street West. The garden is nearly ready for planting and a formal opening will be held June 9. While most […]
Duane Hicks AbitibiBowater (AbiBow) Canada Inc. has filed an appeal with the provincial Assessment Review Board for its mill property in Fort Frances, leaving the town very concerned about the significant impact it could have on the town’s budget. The town was notified May 4 that AbiBow had filed an […]
Staff The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday responded to two forest fires in this area, including one which continues to burn. Fort Frances Fire #3 was reported late yesterday morning about 45 km north of here. The blaze showed intermittent “crown fire” and multiple spot fires, prompting the MNR to […]
Duane Hicks The town has received a couple expressions of interest in the old public library building, and currently is investigating the possibility they received more. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said this morning the local Evangelical Fellowship Church and Fort Frances Community Clinic both submitted bids for the vacant […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency is reminding travellers to plan their border crossing to avoid delays during this upcoming Victoria Day holiday weekend. In anticipation of higher traffic volumes and limits to the volume of traffic that can be processed at some ports of entry this weekend, travellers […]
Staff The two Muskie soccer teams will have to take the long route to snag an all-Ontario berth after both wrapped up the NorWOSSA regular-season schedules yesterday in Dryden. The boys finished their regular season slate with a 2-0 loss to the Kenora Broncos after having blanked the host Eagles […]
Press Release The phone system at La Verendrye Hospital, Rainycrest Long-Term Care, and the health centres in Emo and Rainy River, as well as both the clinics in Rainy River and Emo, are experiencing voice messaging problems. At this point in time, if you try calling a direct line and […]
Heather Latter Grace George, in the JK class at St. Michael’s School, held a baby chick yesterday as the students welcomed their new cuddly friends to the world. With the eggs having been incubated in the classroom for the past three weeks, the youngsters were thrilled to learn 10 chicks […]
Peggy Revell Fort Frances Horticultural Society member Donna Law accepted a pin recognizing her 10 years of service from Colleen Moran, with Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat, during the local ceremony for the province’s annual Volunteer Service Awards on Tuesday evening at the Townshend Theatre. This year’s awards saw some […]
Zoey Duncan Rainycrest residents Albert Hogue, front left, Leonard Shine, Vinton Degagne, and Doug Medhurst got ready to enjoy dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous on Tuesday evening. The annual outing, organized by the Rainycrest auxiliary, saw the dining room reserved exclusively for the seniors.
