More than 190 students, staff, and volunteers from Crossroads School in Devlin hit the road last Thursday for their annual Terry Fox Run. Almost everyone involved completed the five-km route under cool but sunny skies to raise money for cancer research. Crossroads secretary Kathy Pruys said the goal this year […]
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The 25th-annual “Octoberfest” is coming to Baudette, Mn. this Friday, Sept. 24 from 5 p.m.-1 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 25 from 3 p.m.-1 a.m., and Sunday, Sept. 26 starting with a polka mass at 10:45 a.m. Breakfast also will be served on Sunday. The cost for admission to the big tent […]
The Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library held its first meeting of the season on Sept. 16. This group of library supporters will be starting their fundraising activities with their second-annual tag day on Friday, Oct. 1. Volunteers will be at various locations throughout town during the day. Please […]
As the summer of 2004 slipped into autumn Wednesday, it took with it the last opportunity to salvage that traditional late-summer harvest—sweet corn. Anyone who tried to grow it in Rainy River District does not need to be reminded that this year qualified as a failure as far as the […]
Fort Frances native Justice James Fontana was in town Saturday evening as guest speaker for the local Knights of Columbus’ “Law Enforcement Night” at St. Mary’s Church. With his 40-plus years of experience in the courtroom, Justice Fontana spoke about how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms affects law […]
Melanie Mathieson of Fort Frances is in isolation for the next four-six weeks on the Acute Leukemic and Bone Marrow Transplant ward at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, counting on the people back home. She’s counting on area residents lining up to donate blood to the Canadian Blood Services, […]
When hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Ivan roared through the Sunshine State over the past month, they left a path of destruction and death in their wakes. But they also left something else—opportunity. While millions of Americans abandoned the vulnerable coastlines and sought refuge inland, thousands of others tried to ride […]
As the pre-first ministers’ meeting on health began with aboriginal leaders for the first time being at the table, Prime Minister Paul Martin offered $700 million over the next five years towards aboriginal health issues. Treaty #3 Ogichidaa Arnold Gardner also is pleased to see there was consensus reached to […]
Once again, the students and staff of Crossroads School in Devlin will be ditching the books and donning their sneakers for the annual Terry Fox Run. Although most groups and organizations around the world will hold the annual fundraiser this Sunday (Sept. 19), Crossroads will be out on the road […]
With the annual Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” coming up here Sunday (Sept. 19), lead organizer Vanessa Hebert is hoping the event raises $15,000 for cancer research this time around. “We raised just over $10,000 last year. It would be nice to beat that,” noted the executive director of the […]
For the 10th year in a row, giant pumpkins, along with a flock of cultivateurs and spectators, will terminate their annual migration at the big tent on Rainy River’s waterfront this Saturday (Sept. 18). Although this year’s cool growing conditions have not been conducive to production of the monsters the […]
Around 9:45 p.m. last Friday (Sept. 10), a man walked into an establishment on Atwood Avenue in Rainy River, carrying a knife and demanding to see the manager. The man was subdued by patrons and turned over to Rainy River OPP. The 34-year-old Rainy River resident was arrested and charged […]
