There were seven more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Sept. 5-11 were Gerald Shine (Devlin), Wood’s Quality Bakery (Rainy River), Sandra and Edwin Bruyere (Fort Frances), Alphonse and Annette Langlais (Pinewood), George Paulenko (Fort Frances), Roy and Christy Visser […]
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Don’t be surprised if a Muskie football player comes knocking at your door next week. The “discount cards” are in and the Muskie Touchdown Booster Club is planning to conduct its second-annual “blitz” next Thursday (Sept. 23) starting around 5:30 p.m. Players from all three teams—varsity, Bantam, and PeeWee—will go […]
For a golfer, a successful season would constitute a few top-10 finishes, maybe a couple in the top three, but a victory definitely would give cause to say you had a good year. Then there’s the kind of year “Snake” Krawchuk had out at Kitchen Creek with not one, not […]
Sons of Norway Vinland Lodge 1-193 will host a social-cultural meeting at Nylan Huset on Rainy Lake this Sunday (Sept. 19) at 2 p.m. Iron World storyteller Gloria Anderson Hegg will provide entertainment, and the lodge will be celebrating the heritage of Danes in our community with displays of artifacts […]
In the municipalities of Alberton and La Vallee, local school children and members of the “Get Outdoors” club have constructed and put out 34 “bluebird lines” over the last 11 years. Each line has 15-24 bird boxes, with club members monitoring them every summer and cleaning them out in the […]
Dear sir: On Sept. 3, there was a public open house at Barker Bay on the Lower Manitou put on by the Ministry of Natural Resources to outline the options for the Esox dam. Before this poorly-planned meeting was put together, I contacted the MNR and asked what was going […]
Less than 24 hours after the frenzied celebration over Canada’s 3-2 victory against Finland in the final of the World Cup last night, hockey fans from coast to coast are now mourning an NHL lockout that was expected to be announced at a news conference earlier this afternoon in New […]
Dear editor: This is in response to Dr. Bruce Lidkea’s letter, “Eye care concerns,” which was published in the Fort Frances Times on Aug. 25, 2004. Thank you for bringing the OHIP de-listing for optometry, chiropractic, and some physiotherapy from the McGuinty budget to the community’s attention. At this time, […]
Something has been smelling fishy lately in the North Arm of Rainy Lake and it’s not going to go away just yet. Over the past week, reports have been coming in about the absence of seagulls around Mine Centre while, at the same time, there has been a huge influx […]
Council passed a revised version of its bylaw which regulates the use of paintball guns in town limits at Monday night’s meeting, amending it to make some exceptions to the rule. While council first approved implementation of controls over the use of paintball guns back on Jan. 20, 2000, and […]
Despite a chilly and cloudy start to the day, the fifth-annual “fly-in barbecue” at the Fort Frances Airport on Saturday managed to wing it. Only about 75 spectators showed up—a far cry from the some 220 who attended last year’s event—but that didn’t dampen spirits, either. “Given the way the […]
It was suitable that the back of Wade Friesen’s sweater read “Carnival of Carnage.” Wearing a black hooded sweater that probably will fit him in two years, a pair of baggy jeans, and a toque with the heavy-metal band ICP (Insane Clown Posse) inscribed on the side, Friesen leaned up […]
