Duane Hicks Matt Soprovich is among the 20 university graduates to be featured in Maclean’s 20th University Guide, which came out this month. Maclean’s highlighted two decades’ worth of grads interviewed in the past, including Soprovich, to check up on them and see what they’re up to now. Soprovich, who […]
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Duane Hicks A handful of trees in town soon will have small signs posted to them. Town council on Monday night unanimously approved a request from the Rainy River District Stewardship to label trees as part of a cultural heritage project it is working on. Project lead Tony Elders explained […]
Duane Hicks OPP Sgt. Marty Singleton is raising funds and taking donations in the hopes of getting 1,000 life preservers to help halt drownings in the region’s First Nation communities. Sgt. Singleton has undertaken the campaign in honour of the late Clayton (Beef) Windigo Jr. and OPP Cst. Bob Mainville, […]
Duane Hicks Organizers of the Harmony of Nations Music Festival are asking for a few favours from the town to help stage the second-annual event here July 17-18. The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is asking the town to: •designate the “Harmony of Nations Music Festival” as a significant community […]
Heather Latter The Ministry of Education announced the graduation rates for 2014 earlier this month and Superintendent of Education Casey Slack was pleased to report to trustees last week that graduation rates within the Rainy River District School Board are on the rise. “In all the graphs, there is an […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is being asked to take part in a nation-wide mural mosaic project to commemorate Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. The project is called “Canada 150 Mosaic.” Project co-ordinator Tracy Oliver notified council last night that if the town was interested, the project would […]
Press Release Karen Connelly is an award-winning author spanning the genres of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Her writing explores topics of language, life in other cultures, dissident politics, sexuality, and trauma. Connelly’s work includes the acclaimed novel, “The Lizard Cage,” winner of Britain’s Orange Broadband New Writers Prize, and “Burmese […]
Staff Town council will hear a presentation tonight from the Rainy River District Stewardship regarding the labelling of trees. Spokesman Tony Elders will address council regarding permission to affix small labels to local trees as part of cultural heritage tree project. While the stewardship was granted access to the town’s […]
Press Release The Border Concert Association will host its final show of the 2014-15 season on Monday (April 13) at 7 p.m. at the Backus Auditorium in International Falls. It winds up the season with a blockbuster performance by a cappella group “Six Appeal.” Swearing off instruments, this award-winning vocal […]
Duane Hicks “Going Local” paid off in a big way for Don Larson. Larson was the winner of 5,000 “Go Local” points after having his card swiped at Leon’s on Saturday while purchasing a new couch and loveseat there. His purchase helped “Go Local” reach its one millionth point. For […]
Staff Tickets are now on sale for Fort Frances Little Theatre’s latest production, “Office Hours.” The comedy, directed by Cathy Richards, will be a dinner theatre performance staged April 23-25 at the Copper River Inn. Doors will open at 6 p.m. (rush seating), with dinner to follow and then the […]
Duane Hicks Phyllis and Dale Callaghan were proud recipients of the Wilson Stewardship Award from the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation last month. The award was presented March 11, during the 12th International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum in International Falls, in recognition of their contributions in […]
