FSgt. Courtney Sinclair from 908 Rainy Lake Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron earned a staff position this summer at Trenton Cadet Training Centre. –Photo courtesy of FSgt. Sergeant Hemstreet
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Submitted Emo Motocross (EMX) hosted a clinic conducted by Winnipeg motocross riders Ami and Kim Houde on July 22. Pictured here are Dawson Pollard, front row left, Landon Flinders, Ami Houde, Kali Tessier, and Ozzy Hanson, and Dillon Tessier, back row left, Cole, Alex,and Blake Kreger, Julia Guertin, John Gavel, […]
Press Release For close to 40 years, The Rainy Lake Community Orchestra is holding a “Summer String Camp” for string players of all ages and abilities. Practices will be held at the Ranier Community Building beginning on Sunday, Aug. 12. This year, professional musicians will be coming from as far […]
Submitted bythe StewardshipYouth Rangers Hello there and Boozhoo from the 2018 Fort Frances Ogimaa Binesiiyog Stewardship Youth Rangers! We started a new project this year learning all about bats. First, we were instructed by Nathan Hopkins of the MNRF on how to construct a single-chamber bat house. We built and […]
New Gold mining engineer Kirk Klassen educated tour attendees about their open pit mining operations last Thursday afternoon.
Dear Mr. Editor, There is an epidemic festering in the Rainy River District and it is growing rapidly! When scrolling through Facebook posts, one cannot help but see the posts from concerned citizens about drug paraphernalia and needles being found in Fort Frances and the surrounding area. These bio-hazardous materials […]
Submitted Shelby Larson and Jeff Gustafson held up some smallmouth bass they caught this past weekend on the Winnipeg River.
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers’ roster for the 2018-19 season continues to take shape. Head coach and general manager Wayne Strachan last week announced that four players had re-signed with the team while another had committed to go to school. Among those returning to Fort Frances next season is […]
Sam Odrowski Ministry of Agriculture food forage specialist Christine O’Reilly of Lindsay, Ont. travelled to the Rainy River District to view the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s (EARS) growing operations and educate folks during the open house held there last Wednesday.
Press Release Borealis Bards announces auditions for their upcoming fall production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” This deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash hit musical has devoured the hearts of theatre-goers for over 30 years. Raeanne Conat, veteran Borealis Bards performer and debut director, will lead the cast and […]
Staff The Fort Frances Braves are looking like a well-oiled machine with championship aspirations on its mind. Travis Tom homered twice to pace the top-ranked Braves to a 11-3 romp over the second-seeded Sight & Sound Wolves in Rainy River District Fastball League third-round East Division playoff action at VanJura. […]
Some Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) open house attendees hitched a wagon ride along the tour of demonstration plots and trial crops, last Wednesday evening. Those who turned out to the open house learned about different varieties of soy beans, canola, wheat, and the status of EARS’s hops project. -Sam […]
