After months of uncertainty, and more than a month with its front doors chained shut, the future of the Red Dog Inn here appears to be stabilizing with a new owner poised to take possession of the property. The new owner, Don Lee of Sioux Lookout, has not finalized every […]
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For anyone who hasn’t made the trek across the border to take in an event at the Citizens for Backus/ AB facility in International Falls, this weekend is your perfect chance. It was a year ago this week that the group took over ownership of two old schools in an […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to a blaze at the Walleye Trailer Court around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, making for the second trailer fire this week. Fire Chief Steve Richardson said the damage—totalling $25,000— was contained to the middle part of the trailer while the rest of it sustained […]
Eleven local “celebrities” have been lined up to take part in the Canadian Diabetes Association’s annual challenge, which runs Sept. 13-19. This year’s celebrities include Dawn Booth, co-ordinator of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club president Mark Jones (also of Holmlund Financial), Capt. Angel Sandoval of the Fort […]
As annual maintenance and repairs continue at the kraft mill, local mill manager John Harrison said things have been going smoothly so far. “We’re on schedule,” he noted this morning. “We should be starting back up on Sept. 11.”^The kraft mill was shut down last Friday for its annual late-summer […]
A barbecue to raise funds for the Terry Fox Foundation, and the search for a cure for cancer, will be held tomorrow in advance of the annual Terry Fox Run coming up Sunday, Sept. 14. Tomorrow’s fundraiser will run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the lot beside Pharmasave (the event’s […]
Gardening is said to be one of the most popular pastimes in Canada and certainly Rainy River district residents are holding their own. The warm, dry summer has been ideal for vegetables and flowering plants and many have taken advantage of the season to turn out bumper crops. But one […]
After years of debate and indecision, the Rainy River District School Board announced at their first board meeting of the 2003-04 school year that the building has been sold for the bargain basement price of one dollar. “It is gratifying that the board has approved the offer to purchase by […]
Starting this morning, students, teachers and all other staff will be required to read for the pure enjoyment of it as the Fort Frances High School implements a new program aimed at curbing literacy and promoting reading as a pass time. “Reading has become a lost art in the video […]
Less than a year from now Rainy Lake and La Place Rendez-Vous will be inundated with women, at least that’s what Pam Hawley and Linda Lovisa are hoping. After years of brainstorming, planning and a lot of dreaming the two artisans’ idea of holding a women’s art retreat on the […]
As classes begin across the district today, students may find themselves looking up at a slightly changed administration at some schools after a principal/vice-principal shuffle took place over the summer. High on the list of changes is the addition of a third vice-principal at the Fort Frances High School. “We […]
This weekend the local Friends of Animals will hold their annual “Paws Around the Park” event and organizer Susan Cousineau said it’s not too late to participate. “Just pledge yourself a few dollars and come on out and walk,” she said. “People don’t have to walk a dog. Last year, […]
