The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Home & Leisure Show is coming up April 27-28 at the Memorial Sports Centre and organizers are looking for volunteers to lend a helping hand. “Volunteers are a very important part of it. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to do half the […]
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Here are the results from the Piano division of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts from Monday, April 16: •Piano Solo, Examination Courses, Introductory—1. Jordan Bruyere 2. Savannah Sage Woods; •Piano Solo, Examination Courses, 20th Century, Grade 1—1. Raymond Polz 2. Jordan Bruyere; •Piano Solo, Examination Courses, […]
The Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service responded to the report of a house fire on the 1200 block of Colonization Road West around 1:20 p.m. on Friday. Upon arrival, firefighters observed heavy smoke billowing from the windows of the home’s south side. No one was home at the time […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club will be ready to “rock the house” next season thanks to a $15,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to repair the roof. Local MPP Howard Hampton congratulated the club Friday night during its mixed open bonspiel. “The Fort Frances Curling Club is a very […]
Highway 11 was closed for about seven hours yesterday after a single-vehicle collision about six km east of Pearson’s Road that sent the driver to hospital. The driver of a westbound pickup truck lost control of his vehicle around 2 p.m., causing the vehicle to enter the ditch and roll […]
OPP officers investigated a single-vehicle accident on Highway 11 that occurred around 3 p.m. yesterday about six km east of Pearson’s Road. The driver of a westbound pickup truck lost control of his vehicle, causing it to enter the ditch and roll over. The driver, a 27-year-old male from Manitou […]
Here are the results from the Drama division of the Rainy River Festival for the Performing Arts for Friday, April 13: •Choral Speaking, Grades 9 and 10—1. Ashlee Nordstrom, Kali McBride, Ian McKay, Kali Hamilton, Sarah Mallory, Jeremy Asselin, and Kaili Curtis 2. Janel Barker, Nick Kupila, Joe Bruyere, Lynesse […]
Here are more results from the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts: Drama (French) Tuesday, April 10 •French Reading, Grade 9 and up, Own Choice—1. Annelise Hawrylak; •French Choral Speaking, Grades 4 and 5—1. St. Francis School (S. Busch); •French Poetry, Grade 9 and up—1. Annelise Hawrylak; •French […]
FORT FRANCES—With one week to go, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Old Bags Lunch” is shaping up to be another fundraiser for district health care—with the emphasis on “fun.” To be sure you don’t miss out on a good time for a great cause, the public is encouraged to […]
The annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts continued Tuesday and Wednesday with the Vocal portion. Here are the results: Tuesday, April 10 •Girls’ Choir, Grades 4-8, English—1. Robert Moore School; •Massed School Choir, All Grades, English—1. Nestor Falls School; •Musical Theatre, Solo, 9 and 10 years—1. Anders […]
FORT FRANCES—With all of the funding now in place, the reconstruction of the Portage Avenue underpass is poised to begin next month. And Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown noted the 22-week project will mean some changes to traffic flow in that part of town. “We’re going to treat it […]
He has the cure—or at least the experience, familiarity, and passion to get Kitchen Creek Golf Club back on its feet after a devastating season last year due to drought conditions here. Réal Curé began his position as the new groundskeeper and manager at the golf course west of town […]
