Eager shoppers braved the bone-chilling cold this morning as Wal-Mart opened its doors to customers at 8 a.m. About 50 people were on hand as the door was unlocked and greeter Jim Pole and members of the Wal-Mart Thrashers minor hockey team immediately got jumping. “We’re delighted to be in […]
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Visitors entering Canada via the international bridge here soon will see a new spiffed-up look as they arrive, the Rainy River District Municipal Association was told Saturday. Geoff Gillon, with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., presented an ambitious plan at the RRDMA’s annual general meeting in Devlin to convert […]
The Wildcats and Diehards are tied atop the 11-team women’s volleyball league with 22 points after weekly action last Thursday night. Gillons’, the longtime defending champs, are right behind in third with 21 points, followed by Scared Hitless (15), Del’s Angels (12), G.I. Janes (11), and Crush (10). Rounding out […]
Lost in the rhetoric of campaign promises prior to last fall’s provincial election was a pledge from Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty to enable Ontario’s war veterans to purchase special vehicle licence plates recognizing their contributions. It now seems at least one commitment has been met. Beginning last month, eligible veterans […]
The Borderland Thunder will be gunning for revenge here this weekend when the Fort William First Nations North Stars invade the Ice for Kids Arena for another two-game series. Last weekend, the visiting North Stars swept a pair of games from the Thunder, winning 6-3 on Friday night and then […]
With the holiday season now out of the way and practice having been a way of life over the past few weeks, both local swim teams are ready to start swimming with a purpose again. Both the Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclones are primed and ready for the regional championship […]
Anyone who’s noticed that their child has been involved in fire play, and has seen signs such as matches or lighters missing or burns on clothes, should be aware The Arson Prevention Program for Children (TAPP-C) is here to help. And while children starting fires is by no means rampant […]
A new slate of officers was elected at the annual meeting of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association in Stratton last Wednesday night. A president will be elected by the board at the RRCA’s next meeting. In Zone A, Peter Spuzak was acclaimed to a two-year term. He joins Steve Loshaw […]
A penny may not mean much to some these days, but Margaret Schonewille of the local Alzheimer Society was happy to be up to her ears in them after a series of “Family Pennies for Your Thoughts” weigh-ins around the region over the past few weekends. “It was fantastic,” the […]
Irene MacKenzie loves libraries. So it’s only fitting the Fort Frances native, who now lives in Niagara-on-the-Lake, had her first limited edition print reproduced from her watercolour painting of the now closed Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library—the first public library in Canada. And even moreso that one of those 500 prints is […]
Inclement weather conditions last Wednesday did not deter the public from attending the remembrance service for Alex Ogden, who passed away at his residence a week ago Saturday after a lengthy illness. The crowd on hand spoke of the high esteem people held for him as a respected individual in […]
The passing of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act—expected to happen as early as this spring—will mean people living in Rainy River District will have to acquaint themselves with a whole new set of political players on the federal stage. Robert Nault, the current MP for Kenora-Rainy River, has said he […]
