For a fifth year, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is looking for participants for its customer service challenge—and interested businesses only have one more week to sign up. Program co-ordinator Crystal Godbout said this morning that 21 district businesses have signed up so far, but she’s hoping to see […]
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International Falls is still the “Icebox of the Nation”—saying Fraser, Colo.’s newest “icebox” claim “stinks.” The City of International Falls received, again, trademark status as “Icebox of the Nation.” “I am pleased that the city has, once again, been awarded this important distinction,” said Mayor Shawn Mason. “This trademark has […]
Those looking forward to planting their gardens this spring will have to wait no longer to get a jump on things now that crocus bulbs are being sold here as part of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s annual campaign. Starting today, the crocus bulbs are being sold at […]
A free information session on foot complications and diabetes will be held this coming Monday (Feb. 11) from 5-7 p.m. at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (old CN station). The session, being presented by Bruce Hyder, a chiropodist with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., and Cindy Gauthier, an RN with […]
Back by popular demand is the fourth-annual “A Chocolate Affair—Delectable Decadence” presented by the Citizens for Backus AB, which will run Sunday, Feb. 10 from noon-4 p.m. at the Backus Community Center in International Falls. “The response is growing every year,” enthused event publicity chair Marcia Bringedahl. “It’s becoming quite […]
For the sixth-straight year, the Town of Fort Frances will be receiving money from the Moffat Family Fund to hand out to local groups and service clubs with the aim of helping youths and families. The Town of Fort Frances once again has been selected to receive $50,000 in funds […]
The Fort Frances OPP detachment will be hosting an auxiliary policing recruitment information session next Tuesday (Feb. 12) at 7:30 p.m. in the committee room of the Civic Centre. OPP auxiliary members are a group of dedicated civilian volunteers who are trained to work alongside regular OPP police officers. The […]
An Ignace hunter has been fined $1,600 for shooting the wrong moose and for not wearing hunter orange. Rodney Szyszka, 33, was fined $1,500 for shooting a moose without a proper licence and $100 for not wearing hunter orange. He also is banned from hunting for eight months. He forfeited […]
“All Creatures Great and Small,” an exhibit featuring acrylic paintings on canvas by Atikokan artist Liz Chambers, will open this Saturday (Feb. 9) at the Pictograph Gallery there. You can meet the artist from 1-3 p.m. (EST). The Pictograph Art Gallery is located on the lower level of the Voyageur […]
With the draw date coming up Feb. 23, organizers are stressing those who want to buy a ticket for the “elimination raffle” library fundraiser, as well as perhaps a ticket for the social, had better act before it’s too late. Mark Kowalchuk, chairman of the “Building for the Future” campaign, […]
“It’s all about the cadets,” stresses Capt. Margaret Somerleigh, commanding officer of the “908 Rainy Lake” Air Cadet Squadron. Capt. Somerleigh, who has worked with youths for 30 years, serves in two locations: the sea cadets in Atikokan and the air cadets here in Fort Frances. At a meeting upstairs […]
Bringing in more than $10,000 for the Valley Adult Learning Association’s literacy program, the fourth-annual VALA Variety Show was another success, complete with an array of fabulous talent, colourful costumes, and plenty of laughs. This year entitled “A Wacky River Cruise,” the cast and audience began their trip in Fort […]
