Press Release At the Rainy River District School Board meeting last night in Emo, trustees approved the name Robert Moore School for the new facility scheduled to open in Fort Frances this fall. The board’s School Naming Committee received a total of 40 submissions from community members and the families […]
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Peggy Revell Senteos, SmartBoards, sympodiums, and Moodle would seem like words from a strange language for the average person but they’re everyday fare for students and staff at Fort Frances High School as it continues to expand its use of technology to improve student learning. “[Students] don’t think twice about […]
Staff They’re movin’ on up. Five Boston Pizza Royals PeeWee ‘AA’ players from Fort Frances will be representing the region at the ‘AAA’ level. Claire Sandelovich, Jared Bethune, Carter Brown, Tyler Van Uden, and Brandon Bodnar made the Northwestern ‘AAA’ rep team, which also features players from Kenora and Dryden. […]
Debi Helder-Gustafson, Allan Gustafson, Melvin Kallstrom, and Gary and Pam Vittie of Fort Frances are among the $40 prize winners in the Alzheimer Society’s cash calendar draw for March. Shirley Glueheisen (Devlin), Deanne Haney (Emo), George Oltsher (Barwick), and Alwine Teeple (Stratton) round out the winners from Rainy River District. […]
the MNR Eight men have been fined a total of $3,100 for offences related to an illegal camp on Crown land. Otto Klassen, John Loewen, Peter Schaan, Garry Loewen, John Rempel, Ozzie Rempel, and Reinhardt Penner, all of Winnipeg, and Peter Hamm of Calgary pleaded guilty and were convicted under […]
Staff The Rainy River Community College Voyageurs don’t have too much territory to chart when they play in the American College Hockey Association’s national tournament. The Voyageurs will be looking to bring home the Divison II women’s title for the third-consecutive year when the tournament begins in Blaine, Mn. on […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin finished fifth at the Tire Kingdom 150 at Palm Beach International Speedway on Saturday. It was the fourth fifth-place finish of Arpin’s ARCA career. His highest is a fourth-place finish last year. The high placement also vaulted Arpin into a tie for second place […]
Staff The Rendez-Vous took firm grasp of second-place in the Monday night men’s basketball league. The Vous downed Taggs 74-68 score to improve to 5-7 on the season. Taggs dropped to 4-7 with the loss. Mark Lussier drained 29 points for the victors while Jacob McIntosh had 18 to lead […]
Staff Young soccer players in Fort Frances wanting to get their kicks might get a chance to do it for a little longer this year. Fort Frances Youth Soccer will hold its annual registration on March 8-9 from 6-8 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre (a pair of late registration […]
Staff Local swimmer Donovan Taylor put together three sixth-place finishes at the Junior Short Course provincials in Etobicoke over the weekend. The 15-year-old ended up sixth in the 200m backstroke (2:11.05), 200m IM (2:11.90), and 400m IM (4:45.32), setting personal bests in each one. Taylor cut significant time from his […]
Michael J. Baranowski Dear editor: Hats off to all the athletes who participated in the 2010 Olympic Winters Games in Vancouver and congratulations to those that won a medal. Despite the distraction with regards to the weather conditions, the Vancouver Games were a complete success, with Canada dominating the gold […]
Duane Hicks A couple of months after Kaitlyn Drive residents Kevin and Marla Knutsen reported seeing three wolves eat a young doe in their backyard, there appears to more signs the predators have been prowling the edges of town. Gord McCabe, who lives on Banta Boulevard, said that back on […]
