Members of the Fort Frances High School band will be heading to merry ol’ England tomorrow to begin a 13-day tour that also will take them through France. The band has four concerts scheduled—two outside London, one in Paris, and one in Cannes—but Fort High teacher John Dutton said they […]
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Can you catch more and bigger fish in Sunset Country through a hole in the ice in the winter than from a boat in the open-water season? What about specific species? Are Rainy Lake walleye more prone to bite under a blanket of ice and snow? Do creel surveys suggest […]
Jerry O’Leary can be forgiven if he’s walking with a bit of a strut these days. In fact, the mayor of Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls, and everyone else involved in the 23rd-annual Nestor Falls Winter Carnival that wrapped up Sunday, probably are walking a little taller today. The annual festival saw […]
The local skate park committee will have a hectic two months ahead as it aims to raise $100,000 to see a park built here this summer. “We need $100,000. I know we can do it. I just hope we can do it in two months,” committee chair Rob Tovey said […]
The fifth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner coming up Sunday, March 20 at La Place Rendez-Vous is shaping up to be another successful fundraiser to help district families with medical expenses. “Things are going well,” said Georges Blanc, who helps organize the dinner as both co-owner of the Rendez-Vous and a […]
Following a directive last month from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the board of management for Rainycrest Home for the Aged here has submitted three management proposals, along with a board recommendation, for ministry approval. Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk, who chairs the Rainycrest board, said they also […]
The Northwestern Health Unit lifted the visitor restriction at Rainycrest Home for the Aged here yesterday. The restriction had been in place since Feb. 21 due to an outbreak of an upper respiratory virus which affected more than 60 residents and 18 staff. Family and friends are now welcome to […]
The management of Rainycrest Home for the Aged here should be assigned in the next week after the home’s board of management received three proposals and forwarded them to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. While Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk, who chairs the Rainycrest board, declined to comment […]
It may not have the same feeling as a Game 7, but a Game 3 in NorWOSSA has equal value nonetheless. The Muskie boys’ hockey team beat the Eagles 4-3 here yesterday afternoon to force a third-and-deciding game tomorrow night in Dryden with the NorWOSSA gold medal—and a trip to […]
The Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Casino Night” fundraiser is ready to roll tomorrow evening at the Memorial Sports Centre—but it’s not too late to get tickets. “We’re inching towards the 200 mark,” Foundation director Teresa Hazel said this morning, referring to ticket sales. “But if you haven’t gotten your […]
The board of directors of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. on Thursday night asked municipal leaders from across the district to pressure the Rainycrest board to put the management of the local home for the aged into the hands of Riverside on an interim basis. But the Rainycrest board asserts […]
With revised plans in place for a skate park here, the committee working to make the project a reality will hold a public meeting this coming Tuesday. The meeting—slated for 7 p.m. in the conference room upstairs at the Memorial Sports Centre—will feature Andrew Kondrat, a pro skateboarder and snowboarder […]
