Several volunteers from the Devlin, Emo, and Barwick areas were honoured with Volunteer Service Awards last Thursday evening in Kenora for their contributions to their communities. Of the 60 recipients at the ceremony, more than half hailed from Rainy River District. But only 11 travelled the two hours to accept […]
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Fifty-five young women, in Grades 7-12 from across Rainy River District, attended the annual Young Women’s Conference at the Luther Village retreat near Sioux Narrows over the weekend. The group watched skits put on by the Fort Frances High School Drama department about girl power and Inner beauty, and listened […]
Citing declining enrolment and not enough extra revenue, the Northwest Catholic District School Board decided Tuesday night that offering Grade 9 at its schools was not a viable option. “After reviewing the report that was prepared for us and doing the follow through, I’ll say the declining enrolments scare me […]
Actors’ salaries, older brothers, and speeches were the three winning topics at the 2007 Rainy River District Speech Contest held last Thursday at Robert Moore School here. Twelve students from eight district schools participated in the annual contest, reciting speeches on various topics to their peers, teachers, principals, and family […]
Scientists estimate the sturgeon family has been around for more than 60 million years. That makes them contemporaries of T. rex and other creatures from the Age of Dinosaurs. There are nine species of the sturgeon family across North America, and most are threatened, endangered, extirpated, or “of concern.” In […]
Whether singing, giving a speech, reciting a poem, paying the piano or violin, or performing a scene from a play, the best of the best from this year’s Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts were in the spotlight Saturday evening during the annual highlights concert. Following the concert, […]
Two former Fort Frances Mayors lead the lineup as the “Library Celebrity Car Wash” takes shape here. Dick Lyons and Glenn Witherspoon will be active in the event starting 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 26 in the parking lot at Canadian Tire. The event, which will feature more than two […]
John Bayless has been acclaimed “a pianistic genius” and “a brilliant improviser” by his critics, and Border Concert members experienced firsthand why he has been lauded worldwide as a truly unique performer. Bayless appeared on the Backus Auditorium stage last Thursday in the final show of this year’s Border Concert […]
Each year since 1992, Voyageurs National Park has temporarily closed the land and water areas around active bald eagle nests to visitor use during their critical nesting periods. The closures have been based on recommendations of bald eagle researchers from across the U.S. to land management agencies. After the young […]
In 2006, Voyageurs National Park confirmed the presence of spiny waterfleas in Rainy and Namakan lakes. The Minnesota DNR has confirmed the presence of spiny waterfleas in Crane Lake, too. The DNR and park expect to find the spiny waterflea in Kabetogama and Sand Point lakes since these lakes are […]
Choking smoke above a large forest fire in Northwestern Ontario grounded waterbombers after winds died down and the smoke settled, making visibility difficult, officials said today. The fire—known as Thunder Bay 37—was expected to reach 10,000 hectares in size. A group of 130 firefighters from British Columbia arrived in Thunder […]
When Wal-Mart Canada Corp. opened its doors in Fort Frances in 2004, owners of some small stores, like Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo, had to change their marketing tactics to maintain business. Dan and Mark Loney crossed the U.S. border to purchase some bargain merchandise at Sam’s Club—the warehouse chain owned […]
