When you’re driving down Front Street by the Sorting Gap Marina later this week, you might have to look twice. A large 12’x16’ sign featuring a map of Rainy Lake will be standing next to the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship sign the bass committee erected last July. “The first […]
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The fifth meeting of “The United Beef Club” was held at Anthony and Erica Boersma’s house on Monday, June 11 at 7 p.m. Club president Matt Neilson called the meeting to order and we recited the 4-H pledge. Then all the members said roll call, which was, “Name the breed […]
The Rainy River 4-H exchange club held a meeting July 3 at 8:30 a.m. at the Devlin municipal building. We had a great turnout for the meeting as we were finalizing arrangements for our departure on an exchange visit to La Belle Province. We were slated to land at Dorval […]
Tourism, like any other industry, is cyclical, which may explain the drop in the number of American vehicles crossing into Northwestern Ontario here at Fort Frances so far this summer. Similarly, tourism can be affected by things outside our control–such as a general economic slowdown that’s hit south of the […]
Dear editor: Congratulations to my friend, April Matheson, the Fun in the Sun 2001 Queen and all the other contestants who ran in the competition. It was wonderful to participate with friends and also develop new friendships. This event was a great experience for me and I had a lot […]
Dear Mike: I read with interest the analysis of the timing of yellow traffic lights submitted by B.T. Johnstone in his letter that was printed in your paper last Wednesday (July 4). I certainly agree with the point that was made regarding the ticketing of motorists at the intersection of […]
Despite the persistently feeble Canadian dollar, the number of U.S visitors flocking to this area for shopping and vacation bargains has dropped compared with this time last year, according to some local business owners. “I’m finding there’s a lot fewer tourists this summer,” Tom Pearson, owner of Camp Narrows Lodge […]
Bill Godin, owner of Lake Despair Lodge, said he had the pleasure of fishing with Mark Hopkins the day before his fatal boating accident last month on Footprint Lake. And as the inaugural “Castin’ for Cash” bass derby wrapped up on the grounds of the lodge Sunday evening, Godin said […]
Rebecca Dodd is hoping to get a good response for the Rainy River First Nation Watershed Program’s annual “Adopt-A-River.” “Basically, this program was designed to promote awareness and involvement of different groups in the maintenance of our watershed,” Dodd said Monday. “Surprisingly, there is a great deal of waste that […]
