Marc Stuempfle William, left, and Dreydan, right, went searching for exotic animals on a safari adventure yesterday during the Fort Frances Museum’s “Square Days” at the Rainy Lake Square. Every time the kids found a new animal, they received stamps to put on their safari scavenger hunt passport. “Square Days” […]
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Ken Kellar
Thanks to some money from an unlikely source, the Watten volunteer fire department have been able to replace a crucial tool in their inventory. The department was one of the recipients of funding from the Jenny’s Heroes Canada Ontario Fire Services Equipment Grant. Watten fire chief Chad Buist explained that […]
Curious to learn more about what can be grown locally? Just stop by the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) next Thursday (July 25) at 7 p.m. for the annual EARS open house to find out. Attendees will learn about what varieties of crop grows best in the Rainy River District […]
Ken Kellar Joe Belanger, left, led the Rainy Lake Community Orchestra through a song during their summer concert at the Fort Frances Public Library on Monday evening. The community orchestra is based out of International Falls but features musicians from both sides of the border. Refreshments were offered after the […]
From the MNRF
There was one new forest fire confirmed in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. Nipigon fire #9 has been declared out at 0.1 hectares and was located near Keemle Lake, approximately 30 kilometres northeast of Nipigon. There are currently 16 active fires in the region. Four fires are not under […]
Ken Kellar Storm Godbout, left, and Rebecca Armit worked together to make a suncatcher Monday during the Community Living open air art studio at the Fort Frances Public Library. The studio was originally planned to take place at the Rainy Lake Square, but the early afternoon storm forced a change […]
The announcement late Monday afternoon answered one question and created a list of new ones. Yes, the Fort Frances paper mill was sold to Riversedge Developments. But what does that mean? Now we will wait for an announcement from Justus Veldman, the president of Riversedge Developments, to fill us in […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
After three days of baseball playing in extreme heat, the winning team of this year’s Kingsley Downs/Gus Lindberg memorial slo-pitch tournament was the Hit Squad. They beat Charlie’s Angels 17-10 in the ‘A’ side final. Winning the ‘B’ side was Shade over Village People, while the ‘C’ finals went to […]
I can’t believe we are already into the middle of July! Time is ticking away quickly. We were just commenting this morning at EARS on how we certainly have had quite a stretch of hot weather. (We are not complaining.) The crops are looking decent. Pretty much the heads are […]
Jamie Mountain Red Gut Babes’ catcher Kayla Windigo secured the ball in her glove as she got the forceout at home plate during her squad’s 15-11 loss to the Fort Frances Angels in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action on Monday night at the St. Francis Sports Field.
Jamie Mountain Christine Denby, right, and her Shade teammate both had their eye on a pop fly near home plate during their squad’s win over the Village People in the ‘B’ final of the annual Kingsley Downs/Gus Lindberg Memorial slo-pitch tournament on Sunday afternoon at the Devlin Ball Park. Hit […]
Sam Odrowski
The United Native Friendship Centre’s employment counselling unit recently moved into the Circle of Life building, which has brought all of their employment resources under one roof. Anyone can access the unit for soft services such as interview preparation, creating a resume, and writing a cover letter, while those who […]
