Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Emo and District Lions are looking for volunteers from the community to help with the site preparation and installation of the new playground equipment at the ball diamond in Devlin. If you can lend a hand, or bring some equipment please email the Lions at lloydlovelace@bell.net If you’re a […]
In 1940, Virginia Woolf wrote an essay entitled “The Humane Art.” In it she said, “A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.” She was reviewing a biography of Horace Walpole who had written sixteen volumes of letters that earned him the title of historian. […]
I remember the first Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. On the Sunday of the tournament, I went out on Rainy Lake with Rick Socholotuk to check some fishing boats in the afternoon. We ducked under the low side of the causeway and snapped the antennae that was in contact with […]
The Associated PressJimmy Golen BOSTON–The grand slam was nice. What Red Sox rookie Michael Chavis really wanted to talk about was his batting eye against the Toronto Blue Jays last night. “Personally, weirdly, I was more excited about the two walks,” he said after Boston beat the Blue Jays 10-8 […]
Jamie Mountain Fort Frances Angels’ pitcher Rylee Redford fielded a ground ball and made the throw to first to record the out during the first inning of her team’s 15-11 win over the Red Gut Babes in Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League action last night at the St. Francis […]
The Canadian PressLori Ewing TORONTO–Seven weeks ago, Simon Pagenaud was racing to victory on the wide-open speedway of the Indianapolis 500. On Sunday, he captured the Honda Indy Toronto title, manoeuvring through the tricky hairpins turns on Toronto’s notoriously bumpy road course. If it takes a complete driver to capture […]
It’s official–the mill has been sold. In a statement late yesterday from the Town of Fort Frances, the town confirmed for all of its citizens, stakeholders, and regional partners that the properties comprising the pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances have been sold by Resolute Forest Products. “These properties […]
The Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a missing person complaint in Quetico Provincial Park. Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2019 officers responded to the complaint of a missing canoeist on the interior of Quetico Provincial Park. The missing male failed […]
Ken Kellar The Rainy Lake Community Orchestra, conducted by Joe Belanger, played a wide variety of string music for the audience gathered yesterday evening at the Fort Frances Public Library for their free summer concert there. The concert ran for an hour, with refreshments offered by the Friends of the […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA–A British Columbia man has died of a rare viral rabies infection, the first such case in the province since 2003. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the man was in contact with a bat in mid-May and developed symptoms compatible with rabies six weeks later. […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Spending too much time on social media or watching television is linked to increased symptoms of depression among teens, a new study suggests. Researchers conducted a four-year study of more than 3,800 adolescents between Grades 7 and 11 in the Montreal area. The findings, published in JAMA […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–New research from the University of Montreal links diets high in ultra-processed foods including carbonated drinks, mass-produced cookies and ice cream, and sweetened yogurts to chronic disease. The research was based on Statistics Canada data from a 2015 survey that found ultra-processed foods accounted for an average […]
