Press Release Ron and Sandy Ogier of Devlin were the grand-prize winners of the $10,000 Canada Day Cash Lottery held by the Riverside Foundation for Health Care. The $2,000 second prize went to Sarah Marusyk of Alberton while Nancy and Leonard Noonan of Fort Frances won the $1,000 third prize. […]
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Lindsay Campbell The fourth-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival was held here Saturday. The Rainy Lake Highlanders opened the event with a musical march, followed by Dave Miller singing the Canadian and U.S. national anthems. After the ceremonial tradition of “dotting the eye” on the dragon, Lincoln Dunn, training supervisor […]
Heather Latter The banquet hall at La Place Rendez-Vous was packed last Wednesday evening as people of all ages and walks of life came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Community Living Fort Frances and District. Although the group has been incorporated for a half-century, it […]
Duane Hicks The Noden Causeway officially opened on June 28, 1965—linking Fort Frances to Atikokan and opening up a new world of economic, tourism, social, and educational possibilities. A half-century later, the monumental achievement is being recognized in an exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum. “Like anyone my age or […]
the MNRF At the time of this report yesterday, six new fires had been confirmed in the Northwest Region. These fires—located in the far north of the Nipigon and Sioux Lookout districts—range in size from 0.1 to 60 hectares. Nineteen new fires were reported on Saturday, including eight in Sioux […]
the MNRF One new fire was confirmed in Kenora District as of yesterday, although more fire reports were being investigated. Kenora Fire #31 is located in the Maynard Lake area, about 85 km northeast of Kenora. It currently is listed as “being held” at 0.2 hectares in size. FireRangers are […]
Staff Couchiching’s 22nd-annual traditional pow-wow, scheduled for this weekend, has been postponed. “It is going to be rescheduled because we have had another death in the community,” a spokesperson at the band office noted. It was the second death there this week. “As much as we wanted to continue on […]
Emily Gedde By this time next year, guests may be settling into rooms at a new hotel located along Rainy River. Shawn Mason, International Falls Economic Development Authority director, announced Monday that BriMark Builders LLC will begin the public process of working with local zoning and planning commissions to develop […]
the MNRF Three new fires were confirmed by yesterday afternoon in the Northwest Region—and more reports were coming in. The new fires were in Woodland Caribou Park in Red Lake District. There currently are 16 active fires in the region. Most of these are “being monitored,” and those fires with […]
Staff About 600 Fort Frances Power Corp. customers in the east end of town experienced a brief power interruption yesterday afternoon when a switch failed on a pole near Rose Manor. The outage occurred at 3:55 p.m. and lasted for less than 10 minutes for most customers. The exception were […]
Heather Latter Robert Moore School students will be involved—in a small way—in the upcoming Pan Am Games (July 10-26) and Parapan Am Game (Aug. 7-15) being held in Toronto. Some 100 students, including some Grade 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 classes, were able to send their well wishes to […]
Cameron Penney When Fort Frances High School’s Class of 2015 heads off to pursue their post-secondary education this fall, many of those students won’t be far apart. Several have chosen to attend institutions close to home, such as Confederation College in Thunder Bay or the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. […]
