Brad Oster, vice-principal of Robert Moore School, posed with student volunteers Tyler Leepart and Jamie Loveday, Hugh Dennis, co-ordinator for the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, Grace Silander, chair of the RRVSC board, and board member Coun. John Albanese yesterday as workers installed new playground equipment at the school. The […]
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FORT FRANCES—While encouraging fire safety is always part of their mandate, local firefighters will be getting out to stress that message to the public during “Fire Prevention Week” (Oct. 8-14). “For the most part, Fire Prevention Week is an opportunity to reinforce the whole fire prevention message, especially for our […]
The Muskie court sports teams squared off against the Dryden Eagles yesterday at Fort High. Both the junior and senior girls’ basketball teams won their matches while the two boys’ volleyball teams were beaten. The senior girls’ basketball team kicked off the afternoon with a 31-20 victory—their first of the […]
This Thanksgiving Day weekend, OPP officers across Rainy River District will join all police services across Canada for “Operation Impact.” Each year, thousands of people are killed in traffic collisions and many more are seriously injured. Many of these tragic losses of life occur on long weekends and have a […]
There were no new fires in Northwestern Ontario again yesterday but the fire hazard is rising—jumping to “moderate to high” in the western portions of the region and “moderate” in the east. “Even with the recent cooler, damper weather, the fact the fire hazard is starting to creep back up […]
FORT FRANCES—While most of the people using the skate park here tend to be on the young side, the skate park committee is appealing to a broader audience with its next fundraiser—a concert featuring the Thunder Bay “Legends.” The concert, slated for Wednesday, Nov. 15, will feature tribute artists to […]
No new fires were reported in the region yesterday and progress continues on all active fires as they are patrolled and assessed. Fire operations also are consolidating, with field operations dismantling and operations being co-ordinated out of the fire management headquarters in Greenstone and Thunder Bay, and one forward attack […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Canadians begin their hockey season this weekend with a three-game exhibition series against the Shattock St. Mary’s Sabres’ Midget ‘AA’ squad at the Ice for Kids Arena. The series opens Friday (Oct. 6) at 7:45 p.m., with Saturday’s game slated for 2:15 p.m. Sunday’s finale starts […]
Robin Simmons, a Grade 8 student from Robert Moore School, helped fry up bannock that his classmates made during Seven Generations Education Institute’s “Fall Harvest” yesterday. The institute had about 250 students from across the region attend yesterday’s event, which included many traditional skills like preparing wild rice, cleaning and […]
Crossroads student Sam Myslicki, left, kept track of the waste items collected by Samantha Stahn and Alyssa Mutz last Wednesday as the students took part in the “Great Canadian Shoreline Clean up” hosted by the Rainy River First Nation’s Watershed Program. —Heather Ogilvie photo
CIBC employees Wendy Crowe, left, Nancy Green, and Iris Gerhard were among those who particpated in the CIBC “Run for the Cure” here Sunday morning starting at the Sorting Gap Marina. The group of 31 bank employees, including their families and friends, made the trek to Pither’s Point and back […]
Marj Katerick was one of the dozen Borderland Bicycle Club members who particpated in the inaugural “Road River Ramble” on Sunday afternoon. Leaving from the parking lot near the water tower on McIrvine Road, the group made their way either 25 km or 50 km (for the die-hards) along Highway […]
