The local Kiwanis Club once again is looking to raise money to help district children with its 27th-annual TV auction next Saturday (April 30) on Channel 10. “I’m hoping we do as well as we did last year,” said Shanda Begin, who is co-organizing the event with Angie Korzinski. “This […]
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Dear editor: I would like to take this time to make the citizens of Rainy River District aware of the blood donor clinic being held in Fort Frances today (April 27) and tomorrow (April 28). I want to stress the importance of donating blood. Fortunately, technology has brought us safer […]
Whether it’s taking a peek at new products, getting information from non-profit groups, trying free samples, or hoping to get a hole-in-one, there should be plenty to do at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s home and leisure show this Friday and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. “It should […]
The first cattle sale of the year at Stratton on Saturday yielded good results considering the U.S. border is still closed to live Canadian cattle. “I felt the community was here and, in general, all were fairly pleased,” Russell Richards, manager of the Stratton sales barn, said Monday. Some 1,310 […]
Having her name forever encapsulated in a program’s history brings modest laughter from Christin Thomson. The Fort Frances native helped lead the St. John’s University Red Storm women’s golf team to its first Big East title at the Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind. (home of host Notre Dame) […]
As with many parents, we have been counting down the days until our two sons arrive home from university. On Sunday, I drove to Thunder Bay to pick up Adam. It is the second year that I have had my youngest alone in a car for a considerable length of […]
These bright, warm days remind me of our greatest sports figure, Canadian or American, because Bronco Nagurski regularly could be found sitting in the sun at the start of International Falls business street close to the bridge with a smile and friendly hello for everyone who came along. The “Bronc” […]
You type the name and you get results. Search engines like Yahoo! give you 1,020,000 hits while others like Excite get a laughable 92. Askjeeves.com renders 562,100 while Google garners 1,160,000 sightings. Metacrawler receives a lowly 90, Altavista gets 1,020,000, and Lycos comes up with 562,100 hits. Even eBay has […]
Centenarians fascinate me. Think about it—they were alive before the airplane was invented, before “Mutt and Jeff” was introduced, when refrigeration was an icebox with a large block of ice, when butter was churned instead of bought from the grocery store, and when driving a car 15 miles an hour […]
Fort Frances OPP is seeking assistance from the public in solving a mischief. Sometime during the early-morning hours of Sunday, suspects slashed all four tires on a vehicle that was parked in the driveway of a residence on the 200 block of Biddeson Avenue. Anyone with information regarding this crime […]
The plans for a skate park here have changed again after the committee decided to make it smaller and more affordable—with the aim to start pouring concrete next month. The newest plans have the skate park measuring 80’x120’ (or 9,600 sq. ft.), Rob Tovey, who has been spearheading the skate […]
If you’ve been across the international bridge lately, you may have noticed a greater than usual amount of water going through the control gates at the dam. It’s not your imagination. It’s true. In addition to the two power houses, there are 15 control gates used to regulate the water […]
