Local News from Across the Rainy River District
TORONTO — This upcoming Family Day weekend, families can fish for free in Ontario without the need to buy a fishing licence or Outdoors Card. If you are fishing for free during the Family Day weekend, all conservation licence catch limits, size limits, sanctuaries and all other fishing regulations and rules […]
February 13, 2025 – The Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) and Tourism Thunder Bay are pleased to provide $445,000 in funding support to the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts from the CEDC Tourism Development Fund. “The Thunder Bay CEDC is very proud to support the 2025 Scotties Tournament […]
A wrestler who represented Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics and a former professional football player are among the latest individuals to be inducted into the North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame. Justina Di Stasio, a member of Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba, and John Macdonald, a member […]
The Fort Frances Lakers are experiencing their best season in recent memory and a portion of that success can be attributed to the goaltending tandem of Gunner Paradis of Thunder Bay and Nolan Koethler (pronounced Ket-ler) of Drayton Valley, AB. The pair have helped the Lakers to fifth in the […]
A fishing site that aims to connect anglers with the best fishing around the world has named Fort Frances as one of Canada’s Best Fishing Destinations for 2025. FishingBooker is an online marketplace that claims to have 6,000 fishing guides in over 100 countries that “helps customers find and book […]
Thunder Bay hotels will begin filling up next week with fans, sponsors, officials, curling teams and their families as the Scotties Tournament of Hearts gets underway on Feb. 14. The 10-day event to crown Canada’s women’s curling champions is expected to bolster the city’s accommodation, culinary, attraction and retail sectors […]
Warning: this story contains discussion of suicide. At a dinner on Saturday night, members of the Sunset Country Squash Club honoured two former members who played squash in Fort Frances. This past weekend marked the 37th annual La Place Rendez-Vous Squash Tournament for the club, and as a part of […]
Following two days of curling action at the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre on Sunday, February 2, and Monday, February 3, 2025, the Fort Frances High School Muskies Girls and Boys Curling teams each emerged at the top of their divisions with first place, gold medal wins. The Muskies will […]
A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand what is standing in the way of the species’ survival. Using data collected since 1979 by Environment and […]
The Fort Frances High School senior girls volleyball team traveled to Thunder Bay over the weekend to compete at the St. Patrick’s high school 20-team tournament. The Muskies finished round robin in first place sweeping Hammarsjold Red (25-12, 25-9), Manitouwadge (25-18, 25-7), St. Patrick Gold (25-5, 25-11), and Dennis Franklin […]
The Muskie girls hockey team won their final border match-up over the Falls High Broncos15-2 on Tuesday night. The Muskie girls won all of their games against the Broncos this year.The Muskie boys will look to make it a double victory on Tuesday Feb. 4 in the Falls.
Members of the Border Figure Skating Club and Northern Lights School of skating took to the ice at ‘52 Canadians Arena on Saturday to show of their skills in the Fort Frances Freeze Star 1-4 Competition. Skaters were also in town from Kenora, Kewatin, and Balmertown skating clubs. Congrats to […]
