Duane Hicks By all estimates, it takes 2.1 million steps to travel by foot around the perimeter of Lake Superior. Not a task for the faint-hearted. But Bill Michl, past district governor for Lions District 5M10, is stepping up to the challenge to make the 1,985-km (1,300-mile) trek in 82 […]
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Duane Hicks Need a little something to do this long weekend? Why not go through your book shelves and pick out some titles you’ll never read again and donate them to a good cause? The “Friends of the Library” will hold its annual book sale on Saturday, May 27 from […]
Joey Payeur While she walks her beat, Kristina Bombay also walks a fine line between hope and despair every day. The 29-year-old from Rainy River First Nation is coming up on the one-year anniversary of her first career posting as a law enforcement officer for the Pikangikum Police Station in […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Kenora-Rainy River Child and Family Services celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Supervised Access Program in Ontario with a small event here yesterday. Past and present staff gathered in the Fort Frances office to speak about the history of the program with a visit from former NDP […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter A meeting to determine interest for a local Parkinson’s support group didn’t garner much attention Monday at the Sister Kennedy Centre. Marielle Henderson, the community development coordinator with Parkinson Canada, drove from Thunder Bay to help Tom Big George, whose mother suffers from Parkinson’s, organize monthly meetings […]
Duane Hicks While 3D printing is an amazing recent technology, it also can be daunting to a newbie. The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is looking to change that. Fort Frances High School co-op student Chris Silver is assisting information technology co-ordinator Jeremy Hughes to develop a 3D printer […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter As a boy growing up on Rainy Lake, Chris Stinson always had been fascinated by the water and what lay beneath it. He was an avid outdoor adventurer and animal-lover, and enjoyed catching small frogs and bird-watching. At that age, he never would have guessed he’d become […]
Press Release Since 2014 the government of France has been awarding their highest medal, the Legion of Honour to Canadian veterans that participated in the liberation of France in 1944. Many veterans have now received this great honour but many veterans may not even know it’s available. The Legion of […]
Press Release The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra (TBSO) is proud to announce its 2017-18 subscription season, “New Beginnings.” Subscriptions are now on sale at the Community Auditorium box office, offering considerable savings over single-ticket prices. We begin our exciting new season with a new music director (to be announced soon), […]
Joey Payeur To Sarah Noonan, La Place Rendez-Vous has always felt like her second home. “I remember when the big town dock was still (there) and playing on it and if I cut my foot and needed a band-aid, I could just go to the hotel,” smiled Noonan nostalgically. “My […]
Staff The Fort Frances Tourist Information Centre is set to open this Friday (May 19)–just in time for the Victoria Day long weekend. To celebrate, the centre will host an open house on Friday starting at 10:30 a.m. Visitors are invited to check out what the Tourist Centre has to […]
Staff With work on the future Rainy Lake Square poised to begin, a stakeholder meeting is slated tomorrow evening (May 16). The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the committee room downstairs at the Civic Centre. All property owners on the 200 block of Scott Street have been invited. […]
