Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s president McKenna Begin has been named Governor-Elect for the Western Canada District of Kiwanis, and will be governor starting in 2024-2025. She’s since discovered that she’ll be the youngest governor Kiwanis has ever had. “This is overseeing all of Western Canada, so it’s from about […]
Grandparents scams are on the rise, and organizations want seniors to be vigilant. The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) are collaborating to share their knowledge about the alarming rise in Emergency-Grandparent scams which impact some of the […]
The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club is holding a music BINGO fundraiser in October an event that should prove fun and entertaining. McKenna Begin is the president of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club she says the club is hoping to springboard off of the spring’s successful trivia night. “The idea was […]
Tonight will see a few clouds and a low of 5 C (41 F). Tomorrow will bring partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers before becoming cloudy and continuing to see a chance of showers overnight with a high of 19 (66) and a low of 12 (54). Friday […]
The Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre was adorned with poppies and Forget-Me-Not flowers on Friday as an exhibit opened honouring the fallen military members of the Rainy River District across four major military conflicts. The poppy is the traditional flower for remembering fallen soldiers but the Forget-Me-Not has been […]
A local contractor has been selected to restore recycling infrastructure for the residents of Fort Frances. Richard Wieringa’s $210,353.98 plus $10,000 contingency bid to re-build the recycling centre and $92,654.84 plus contingency to install the base for a new landfill scale, came in at less than half of a larger […]
Tonight will see a few clouds with a low of 3 C (37 F). Tomorrow will be mainly sunny during the day with clear skies overnight and a high of 19 (66) with a low of 7 (45). Thursday will be cloudy with a chance of showers during the day […]
The splash pad at Legion Park opened just in time for a boiling hot Labour Day weekend. Dozens of people used the spray park to cool off as temperatures crept into the 30s over the unofficial last weekend of summer. Although the sneak peek was perfectly timed for the weather, […]
On August 31, 2023, the Town of Fort Frances released a bid and tender seeking a reputable general construction contractor to complete natatorium rehabilitation at the Memorial Sports Centre. Structural repairs to the natatorium superstructure, HVAC improvements, localized pool wall crack injection and repair, installation of polyurea pool liner, miscellaneous […]
“Coffee and Conversation” is how the LaVerendrye Hospital Auxiliary is kicking off its new year. This is a new twist on the usual luncheon that has been held to welcome members back. The Auxiliary thought that a more casual event would have greater appeal. All returning members along with anyone […]
After four years of research Marjorie Stintzi’s dream has come to fruition in the form of an exhibit which fills the downstairs gallery at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre. The exhibit –entitled Forget Me Not: Remembering our Fallen in the Rainy River District– features the names of 301 […]
Best for Kitty is building insulated wooden shelters to house cats they can’t keep inside anymore. Joan Foley of Best for Kitty said they had vetted a handful of cats, but since no fosters or adoptive homes stepped up, they had to release some. But knowing a cold winter is […]
