Submitted byBrittany Bowman April 1 often is a day of jokes and trickery. This April Fool’s story, however, is a tale of truth, love, bravery, and, most importantly, family. Tyson Penner was fishing from land on Lake of the Woods like the 17-year-old has done many times before. This particular […]
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Staff Fort Frances High School, J.W. Walker School, and Robert Moore School have teamed up to present a “Family Well-Being Night.” It will take place next Wednesday (April 12) from 6-8 p.m. at Fort High. The purpose is to increase awareness surrounding local service providers and the mental health and […]
Duane Hicks If you want a lot in the industrial park in the north end of town, you’d better act fast–there’s not too many left. A look at an up-to-date map of the park shows six town-owned lots that are excavated, backfilled, serviceable, and ready for sale and four others […]
Duane Hicks Think twice before the next time you put an empty pop can in your “blue box.” Instead, you could save it and help out a local service club. The Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club, with some help from community partners, put out two bins over the weekend–one at […]
Press Release While most Kiwanis Clubs designate their funds and service to their local areas, there have been two major “International Projects.” The first was in the 1990s with the “Iodine Deficiency Disorder,” which involved installing processing plants to add a small amount of iodine to the salt in many […]
Nicholas Donaldson Farmers and others on hand for the Rainy River “Ag Day” on Saturday at the Emo Legion were given a talk that most probably didn’t want to think about. Jacqui Empson Laporte, an environmental specialist for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, spoke about barn fire […]
Duane Hicks Having just wrapped up another successful season with the Peter Katz/Ian Kelly concert Friday night at the Townshend Theatre, “Tour de Fort” already is looking ahead to a new and exciting series starting this fall, which will include Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. The 2017-18 season will kick […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman Sturgeon Creek School’s Math and Mental Health Night was a huge success! The school had booths ranging from the Northwestern Health Unit, Weechi-it-te-win, Child and Family Services, and the Métis Nation of Ontario to a mini-curling game led by the 2017 mixed Canadian curling champions Trevor Bonot […]
Submitted byBrittany Bowman The Rainy River Legion Br. #54 celebrated its 90th birthday on Friday (March 31) and the whole town was invited to celebrate. The Legion had wings for sale and free cake for all the residents who came out. “Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate […]
Staff Any vendors still wanting to get in on the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Business & Community Expo had better hurry–not many booths are left. A total of 38 vendors have booked more than 60 booth spaces at the expo, which is coming up April 21-22 at the […]
Staff A call for tenders is out now for contractors to build the future Rainy Lake Square in the heart of downtown Fort Frances. The deadline for tenders for the job, which also includes replacing the sidewalk bricks on the 200 block of Scott Street and at the Civic Centre, […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service is pleased to announce that Brad Townson was the successful candidate for the position of 5th Class Firefighter. Townson is a long-time resident of Rainy River District who has enjoyed serving the community. As well, he has served as a firefighter […]
