Along with everyone else across Ontario, local residents will be seeing a jump in numbers on their next hydro bills as hot, humid weather across the province has resulted in a higher demand for power—and thus a higher cost. “Everybody knew this would happen. We’re in an open market,” said […]
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After waiting for a year, hundreds of teddy bears put on their best faces last Friday as they proudly took their owners to the Fort Frances Public Library’s annual Teddy Bear Picnic. Over 500 children were on hand, with lawn chairs and picnic blankets stretched across the field between the […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has donated a used computer to the Stratton Toy Library so it soon will be able to offer educational games and such for the children to use. For those members who would like to receive their newsletters by e-mail, feel free to […]
It may be a slim lead atop the standings but Taggs’—the defending champs of the local men’s soccer league—is holding court. Entering play this week, Taggs’ sported a record of 3-2-1, having edged ITS 2-1 in their lone game last week. U-19 and Nova both sit at .500 with 2-2 […]
If it wasn’t for a mild technicality, the Fort Frances council slo-pitch team would have been neck-and-neck with their International Falls counterparts during last night’s annual softball challenge here. Unfortunately, that technicality came in the form of 15 extra runs in the last two innings in a 34-19 win by […]
Upper Rainy River was awash in yellow last Thursday evening as hundreds of “ducks” raced towards the finish line during Crime Stopper’s 13th-annual Great Rubber Duckie Race. “We got around 700 ducks sold,” said Murray Alexander, director of Northwestern Ontario Crime Stoppers. He was elated with the turnout despite a […]
Percy Champagne, former vice-chair of the board of directors for Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., will be chair for the next year. Craig Sanders stepped down from the position, as per the bylaw limiting a term as chair to three years. “It’s been a good three years,” Sanders said yesterday. […]
Organizers are encouraging people to get their tickets for the always-popular “Quest for the Best” at the Chamber of Commerce office before it sells out. “We’ve already sold some,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said only an hour after the tickets went on sale yesterday morning. The tickets for the singing […]
Fort Frances High School and the Fort Frances OPP outlined their relationship by signing a police protocol at the Rainy River District School Board’s special meeting here last Wednesday night. Board chair Gord McBride and Fort Frances OPP Sgt. Steve Loshaw, on behalf of detachment commander Sgt. Hugh Dennis, signed […]
Mark Daalerop and Candace Stryker have something to say—and they’re cycling across Canada to make people to listen. They are part of the “Cycling for Sustainability” ride that started May 4 in Victoria, B.C. and will be wrapping up in St. John’s, Nfld. on Sept. 10. Last Wednesday, the pair […]
More than 70 people from across the region attended the Ministry of Natural Resources retirees’ dinner at the Legion here last week. “There was a lot of reminiscing,” said MNR employee Bob MacDonald. “A lot of people got together who hadn’t talked in a number of years. “We handed out […]
They dove off the submerged government dock and faced relentless waves on Sand Bay, but 17 swimmers were all smiles as they completed the first-annual La Place Rendez-Vous Canada Day mile swim Monday afternoon. They swam from the government dock to Rusty Myers Flying Service and back. “In spite of […]
