The 2024 Senior Citizen of the Year goes to Gordon Cornell. Gordon was honoured with the award last Tuesday (June 18) at the Seniors Coffee Gathering. Many of his family members attended to share this happy moment with Gordon. His family nominated Gordon, stating his many accomplishments, The people of […]
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On Wednesday, June 21 library workers at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre voted to join CUPE. “We’re happy,” said Joelle Barron, who works as a part-time library clerk at the library. “This has been a long time coming and we’re excited to start our collective bargaining process with […]
From the DRRSB
Press release
Press release
Fort Frances, Ontario – The District of Rainy River Services Board (DRRSB) would like to congratulate the successful recipients of our 2024 Bursaries – Jade Belluz (Fort Frances High School), Lily Jourdain (Fort Frances High School), Matteo Ferreira (Northern Lakes K-12 School), and Gianna Perrault-King (Rainy River High School). Belluz […]
By Debbie Ballard
Bette Davis was right. Getting old is definitely not for sissies. Getting old is aches and pains and any number of things that can go wrong with the human body and mind. It starts out innocently enough – your back aches after an hour of weeding, or you shoulder hurts […]
If you accept Canadian football history as starting 110 Grey Cups ago, as most reasonable sports fans do, there have been — conservatively speaking — between 4,000 and 5,000 players who have run back kicks of some variety. They’ve been speedy or shifty, almost all from the U.S., where there […]
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Flowers from Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Garden has been beautifying flowerbeds, patios and window boxes across the district for nearly a century. But each year, as flower sales wind down, the greenhouses and fields find a second life, producing thousands of pounds of fresh food for market. Blaire and Donna […]
The number of bluebirds nesting this year has increased from the setbacks of the last three years. The migration of these birds was previously interrupted by freezing rain and late snowstorms. Tree swallows were not affected. Last year there were only five nesting bluebirds. This year, every trail (a line […]
When the schedule for our Bassmaster tournaments came out last year and I saw that I had two tournaments in Alabama in June, with a week off in between, I wasn’t all that excited. It is as hot as it gets down here this time of year and I love […]
Like the rest of Canada, I was cheering loudly for the Edmonton Oilers tonight! It is hard to be sad for the other team as coming from a hockey family we know the blood, sweat and tears that go into a hockey player. The Oilers were amazing and took us […]
Mihlan Ross Cawston, 95, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at Rainycrest Long Term Care. Mihlan was born on August 25, 1928, to Murray and Ada Cawston in Barwick, Ontario. He was united in marriage to the love of his life Betty Tivy on June […]
It is with great sorrow the family of Doreen Gladys Fisher announce her passing on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at Rainycrest Long Term Care, Fort Frances, Ont. Doreen will be lovingly remembered by her son William Fisher of Bear Pass and daughter Jane (Greg) Rutledge of Burk’s Falls. Doreen loved […]
Daniel Maurice Walter Gagné, of Atikokan, Ont., passed away peacefully on June 17, 2024, at the age of 83. Dan, the eldest of thirteen children, was born on January 31, 1941, in Fort Frances, Ont., to the late Bernard and Salme Gagné. Dan was united in marriage to Marlene McMillan […]
