The annual Kiwanis Club Easter Egg-Stravaganza brought hundreds of people to downtown Fort Frances to make a tour of local businesses for all kinds of Easter goodies on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Participants received a map from Kiwanis Club members and RBC employees, and stopped off at businesses like Buck […]
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– Ken Kellar photo
Fort Frances Power Corporation (FFPC) employee Brandon Bodnar, left, was presented with the certificate of completion of his Powerline Technician Apprenticeship Program by FFPC president and CEO Joerg Ruppenstein on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Bodnar becomes the newest qualified line technician with the company, and Ruppenstein noted that Bodnar completed […]
- Allan Bradbury
Senior skaters Tayah Cumming and Emilie Jewell helped their younger coun- terparts during the Northern Lights School of Skating annual skating exhibition. The event was sports themed, with group performances highlighting different sports, from karate, to cadets to hockey. These young ballerinas are Avery Galbraith, Cleo Sigurdson, Everly Stromness, Bristol […]
From the Government of Ontario
Press release
Press release
RAINY RIVER – The Ontario government is providing $180,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to the Town of Rainy River to renovate the restrooms in Hannam Park. This investment will strengthen tourism and recreation opportunities in the Northwest. “The new and improved Northern Ontario Heritage Fund continues […]
From PHAC
Press release
Press release
A new federal program is encouraging high school students to create mental and physical health initiatives by students, for students, and is providing funds to make those ideas come to life. The Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, recently announced the first […]
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Summer travel season is almost here, and road construction is an inevitable part of any great road trip. Travellers should prepare to slow down for construction work zones as road projects begin to ramp up across Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today. The agency has nearly 200 road […]
Press release
As Ontario growers head to the fields this spring, they have easy access to new stewardship resources, no matter what they’re growing. A partnership between multiple farm organizations has created a new awareness campaign, Be Drift Aware. Drift is the unintentional aerial movement of plant protection products away from the […]
I proudly identify as a Scotch enthusiast, having invested both time and money in exploring the nuances of various Scottish grain whiskies. With the holiday season around the corner, I anticipate joining countless others in celebrating moments with loved ones, raising a glass (or perhaps more) of the exquisite oak-aged […]
The recently founded Seniors Committee is hosting two events this month. We’ve been having coffee gatherings for a few months, and they’ve been well attended and by the sounds of the chatter and people not seeming in a hurry to leave, I think I’m safe in saying they have been […]
The email was from Megan Walchuk, this newspaper’s editor. Letters from the editor, even emails, sometimes mean the writer did something wrong. This one was different. Megan’s message was: “An old friend of yours reached out and asked to be connected. I don’t like sending out other people’s e-mails, so […]
By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent
West End Correspondent
The annual Emo Minor hockey banquet and wrap up for the 2023/2024 was held last Wednesday (March 27th.) Over 260 hockey players, parents, coaches and others attended the event. This year’s banquet was held at the Emo Legion. Over 40 awards were handed out and thanks were shared to all […]
Dear editor, A Conservative MP Scott Aitchison from Parry Sound Muskoka riding recently held a rally to preach his and Pierre Poilievre’s rhetoric of “axing the tax.” The carbon tax is no doubt a very contentious issue and sorting out what is fact and fiction is not an easy chore. […]
