The local 908 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron has begun a new year—and is looking for new recruits. And if anyone ever needed examples of what heights air cadets can soar to, they need not look further than flight sergeants Ryan Wood and Jordan Manty. At training camps over the […]
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This year’s Border Concert series was launched in fine style last Thursday (Oct. 4) with the appearance of The State Symphony Capella of Russia. The 48-voice mixed choir filled Backus Auditorium in International Falls with the deep, rich music of some of Russia’s most celebrate composers. Under the precise direction […]
The 2007-08 season is fast approaching for “Kids & Co.,” the Fort Frances family performing artists series. Since 1994, “Kids & Co.” has provided live children’s entertainment to the district. We work together with Kenora, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout to plan a children’s concert series for Northwestern Ontario. We are […]
The Town of Rainy River honoured its volunteers for the hundreds and hundreds of hours they’ve donated to the strategic planning committee last Tuesday evening (Oct. 2). Rainy River Mayor Debbie Ewald is pleased with the progress of the committee. “We’ve seen a lot of planning, which is a good […]
Those questioning the intensity of the young Sabres-Ice Dogs rivalry were silenced last night when an unprecedented nine fights broke out in the last minute of a 4-2 loss by the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres at the hands of the Dryden Ice Dogs. The single-game series—which made up the fourth […]
< *c>Grade 4 girls 1. Morgan Haw (Sturgeon Creek) 2. Claire Hyatt (St. Francis) 3. Ashley Croswell (Sturgeon Creek) < *c>Grade 4 boys 1. Hunter Neilson (Sturgeon Creek) 2. Nicholas Veldhuisen (SCAP) 3. Aaron Short (Rainy River) < *c>Grade 5 girls 1. Jennifer Hammond (Nestor Falls) 2. Emmy Arsenault (Riverview-Dryden) […]
The Muskie senior court teams are reeling following a pair of convincing losses to the visiting Dryden Eagles yesterday. The senior boys’ volleyball team was swept for the third time in three tries this season, falling 25-13, 25-14, and 25-20. “Technically, we’ve got some things to work on,” Muskie head […]
There will be a planned power interruption to 3,762 Hydro One customers from the Fort Frances town boundary west to Rainy River this Sunday (Oct. 14) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This includes the communities of La Vallee, Devlin, Emo, Chapple, Barwick, Morley, Pinewood, Dawson, Sleeman, and Rainy River. This interruption […]
A few years ago, a participant in one of the safety training sessions that I was leading told me this story. Their smoke alarms went off due to some burnt food. Their children yelled, “Fire, fire, fire, get out of the house!” After dealing with the situation, they went to […]
This year’s “Luncheon of Hope” is set for Saturday, Oct. 20 at La Place Rendez-Vous. Tickets cost $25 each, and are on sale now at Pharmasave, Shoppers Drug Mart, Emo Health Centre, Rainy River Health Centre, and La Verendrye Hospital. The Rainy River District Breast Health Network is pleased to […]
The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a district-wide shindig on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Emo Legion starting at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $10 each, and include chili and dawgs, foot-stompin’ fun and games, and great entertainment. Foundation director Teresa Hazel commented on its […]
The OPP and Crime Stoppers need your extra attention to the following unsolved crime. Sometime between midnight and 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 of this year, someone illegally entered the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service detachment situated on the Fort Severn First Nation in the far remote north of our region. […]
