Jamie Mountain A total of 19 jumpers braved frigid temperatures to participate in the Voyageur Lions Club of Fort Frances’ annual “Polar Plunge” yesterday on Sand Bay near La Place Rendez-Vous. The event, which sees participants raise pledges for charities and then split the proceeds with the club, brought in […]
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Submitted The Rainy Lake Orchestra, conducted by Joe Belanger, performed a free concert, entitled “Holiday Melodies,” on the evening of Dec. 17 at the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. Refreshments were provided by the “Friends of the Library” while donations were collected for the local Salvation Army food […]
Jamie Mountain St. Thomas Aquinas Saints’ goalie Sarah From let Jill Calder know she was an unwelcome guest in front of her net as she tried to shove her away during the third period of the visitors’ 6-5 win over the Muskie girls’ hockey team last Tuesday night at the […]
Angele Robichaud of Devlin got an early present after winning the $2,500 up for grabs on Christmas Eve in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Dec. 23-29 were Keith and Shirley Blair (Stratton), Grace Seguin (Rainy River), Debbie and Derrick Lawres (Fort […]
Sam Odrowski Jeff Wright lunged for the ball as he returned it to Mark Faragher during the annual Boxing Day tournament held last Wednesday at the Memorial Sports Centre. Close to 20 players faced off all morning and into the afternoon. The Sunset Country Squash Club’s next tournament is slated […]
Jamie Mountain Alex Gartzke (#11) helped her teammates gather up all the teddy bears that had been tossed onto the ice after she scored the first goal for the Muskie girls’ hockey team during the first period of their 6-5 loss to the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in their annual […]
Press Release For some, the idea of going to college sounds scary. Not everyone knows what program to take or many feel overwhelmed at the idea of going back after a long time away. The College Access program at Confederation College is designed to help students make a seamless entry […]
Press Release The provincial government is making life more affordable by bringing relief to Ontario’s tourism operators who rely on the province’s Tourism-Oriented Directional Signing Program (TODS) to generate a positive economic impact in their local communities. In April, 2018, the previous government signed a contract with Canadian TODS Limited […]
Submitted The winter landscape in Northwestern Ontario offers plenty of outdoor activities for everybody.
With the dawning of a new year, it’s only natural that we see it as a chance to wipe the slate clean, so to speak, and start fresh; to put the past behind us and look to the future in the hope of better times ahead. Reality doesn’t work that […]
From the OPP OPP canine teams work across the province each day to support public safety. In addition to these duties, the OPP Canine Unit has created the 2019 Canine Calendar to raise money for the OPP Youth Foundation and the Friends of The OPP Museum. Each month of the […]
Press Release The board of health overseeing the Northwestern Health Unit will have some new faces around the table in 2019. Eight of the 11 seats on the board are filled by representatives from municipalities within the region and on the heels of the recent municipal election, the board will […]
