Staff Four Fort Frances bowlers weren’t content with being below average. Mildred Bedard, Rita Bagacki, Evelyn Barker, and Gary Vittie captured the Club 55 Cup Sunset Country zone title at Plaza Lanes on Monday by being the only one of the four teams to end up on the plus side […]
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Nicholas Donaldson Jordie Baird tended to the fire and moved the pots around to evenly boil and reduce the maple sap into a syrup. The fire needs to be kept up and then watched for hours on end to complete the process.
Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River “Best Start” Hub invites you to join them for their 11th-annual “Easter Egg Hunt” on Saturday, April 15 at the Rainy River Recreation Centre. It will start with a pancake breakfast from 9-10:45 a.m., provided by the rec centre and the Rainy River Lions […]
Duane Hicks The local Kiwanis Club and The Shops on Scott (BIA) are gearing up for the fourth-annual “Egg-Stravaganza” event in downtown Fort Frances. The event, which sees children come downtown, get a map of participating businesses, and then go to each one to collect Easter candy, is slated for […]
Submitted Ryan Brady showed off some of the cinnamon buns for sale during the “Soup and Bun Fundraiser” at St. Mary’s Church here on Sunday. The church has been running the fundraiser for 12 years now and has raised over $30,000 for Development and Peace.
In honour of Remembrance Day, Raegan Woodgate danced with Anna Peters to Adele’s “Don’t You Remember.”
Nicholas Donaldson The 2017 Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is scheduled to begin this Monday (April 3). There are four divisions again this year: piano, instrumental, drama, and vocal. Festival chairman Dave Schwartz estimated there are 300-350 entries for the festival, comprising 150-200 participants. He noted the […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River “Railroad Daze” committee will be showing the family-friendly movie, “Moana,” on its giant blow-up movie screen on Friday, April 14 at 6 p.m. at Rainy River High School. Admission is $2/child and a cash canteen also will be available. All proceeds will go towards […]
Nicholas Donaldson Isaac Keffer held a bottle of last year’s maple syrup as he stood next to his dad, Brian, and Jordie Baird in the family backyard here on the first day of the boiling process to produce this year’s batch.
Staff The Rainy River District School Board is asking for input on its 2017-18 budget. The board has created a short budget consultation survey to help it identify the areas important to the school community. All students, staff, parents/guardians, and community members are welcome to complete the survey and share […]
Duane Hicks The town will partner with Ducks Unlimited to replace and expand educational signage along the La Verendyre Parkway here. Town council agreed Monday night to a proposal from Ducks Unlimited Canada for a two-part project to replace panels–on the condition the town review and approve the signs prior […]
Staff A new report received by town council at its regular meeting Monday night shows how much the mayor and councillors were paid in 2016. Mayor Roy Avis, who also sits on the Fort Frances Power Corp. board of directors and local Police Services Board, had remuneration totalling $31,677.32 last […]
