St. John’s Anglican Church will celebrate the Indian “festival of lights,” traditionally known as “Dewali,” on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m., complete with an authentic East Indian buffet. Dewali, meaning “rows of lighted lamps,” traditionally was a five-day festival but today often is celebrated just one day (in either […]
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Fans of local award-winning aviation artist Cher Pruys take note—her art is being featured in the Western Canada Aviation Museum’s 2007 Heritage Lottery Calendar. Pruys has contributed 12 full-colour reproductions of her airplane paintings for the calendar, which is available locally at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market or by calling […]
Those wanting to sing in Diane Maxey’s choir this Christmas must come out to a meeting slated for Monday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Frances. Maxey said the meeting will be brief and shouldn’t take people away from their Thanksgiving celebrations too long. […]
The Pictograph Art Gallery in Atikokan will be featuring a multimedia exhibition by mother-daughter duo Crystal Babcook and Cara Gimblett entitled “Colour Full,” which is opening this Saturday (Oct. 7) from noon-3:30 p.m. The artists will be on hand for the opening. This exhibition will run through Oct. 28 at […]
FORT FRANCES—All 10 Rainy River District municipalities have approved the 10-year funding agreement with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. for the upkeep of Rainycrest Home for the Aged here, meaning the deal to permanently transfer ownership and responsibility of it to Riverside can proceed. “The verbal response is that every […]
FORT FRANCES—Local leaders are encouraged by the U.S. House of Representatives’ decision Friday to approve a 17-month delay in the passport requirement for Canadians entering the country by land or ferry. This decision comes in response to Canadian leaders and politicians from northern border states, as well as business and […]
FORT FRANCES—More than a dozen livestock producers from across Rainy River District gathered at La Place Rendez-Vous here Friday morning for a marketing workshop sponsored by the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association. Ken McKinnon, president of the local cattlemen’s association, noted it was beneficial to all producers, but especially those on the […]
FORT FRANCES—Last week, the Rainy River First Nations’ Watershed program hosted “The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup” to tidy the shores of the Rainy River across the district. Five groups of about 35 people participated from Riverview School, Sturgeon Creek School, Crossroads School, Donald Young School, and a Rainy River First […]
HATFIELD–Born to Aimee Hatfield and Chris Sinclair, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Maverick Reed, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on September 23, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
PATTISON–Born to Ashley Pattison, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Shaylea Blair, weighing 8 lbs. 16 oz. on September 29, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
In the last seven weeks, Pete has been home once from his northern workplace for all of about a 30-hour stretch. So when he shows up at the door later this evening for seven days off, well, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what’s going to be […]
The wonders of science will never cease to amaze me. It’s been a grand total of six days since I had heart surgery and I’m happy to report that everything went pretty much according to plan. I say “pretty much” because I am forever making things more complicated than needs […]
