Local News from Across the Rainy River District
According to Sonia Mastrangelo, Assistant Dean for the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University Orillia and Director of Research at the Applied Self-Regulation Knowledge Research Network, a body of peer-reviewed research suggests positive relationships between teachers and students are critical to student success rates. Moreover, she thinks teachers need to […]
Lakers Defenseman and Seven Generations Education Institute student Kale Nelson is the recipient of the Fall 2024 Northwestern Ontario Metis Community Post-Secondary Bursary, sponsored by New Gold. Nelson is in his first year of the Seven Generations Education Institute welding program, at the Rainy Lake campus. Before starting the program […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care announces that its annual Christmas Appeal, a crucial fundraising campaign that raises up to $40,000 annually to support vital healthcare initiatives, has been impacted by the ongoing Canada Post strike. Typically distributed by mid-November, this year’s appeal letters—one for the east end and one for […]
The Spirit of Christmas was held December 1. This year was its first time in the Couchiching FN Multi Use Building, which was beautifully decorated for the event. Approximately 175 people attended. The event had two new additions this year. There was “pick a present”, which was thoroughly enjoyed by […]
Outside may have been blustery, but inside was warm and bright as youth and families from across the district turned out to the Stratton Curling Rink on Friday, November 29, 2024, for the Rainy River District 4-H Association’s Annual Awards Banquet. The night featured great food and a slate of […]
The Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances sponsored the annual Santa Claus Parade in Fort Frances on Saturday evening, with a variety of sports teams, businesses, organizations, churches and communities entering floats. The parade went down Scott Street, and concluded with a sighting of the big man himself, Santa Claus, waving […]
The Fort Frances High School Muskie Girls Hockey team hosted some future Muskie hopefuls in a visit before their recent game against the Sioux North Warriors. Girls hockey players from local hockey associations were invited to see the Muskie girls locker room, and meet the players. Each visitor also received […]
The Fort Frances Girls and Women’s Hockey Association was just one of the floats in the annual Kiwanis Fort Frances Christmas Parade on Saturday. It was a chilly evening but Scott St. was busy with families hoping for a glimpse of the big man, some candy, and other treats. More […]
Lindsay Hamilton of Dust Off the Soul (DOTS) Art Therapy pulled the final winning ticket for the 2024 Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s British Isles Trip of the Month draw for December yesterday morning, December 2, 2024. Briana and Jeff Rousseau of International Falls are the winners of a Dublin and […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association U13A Firemen volunteered their time Saturday Nov 30 at Walmart ringing the Salvation Army Bell. They wanted to give back to our community for the holiday season. The Salvation Army is accepting holiday appeal cheques in the kettles this year, due to the ongoing […]
The count of individuals who have put their names up for the vacant Town of Fort Frances council seat has increased to five as of Monday, December 2, 2024, with just over a week to go until the closing date for applications. The nomination period for the vacancy began on […]
Rural patients who must travel to Thunder Bay and other cities for medical care can now get more of their costs covered under tweaks to the province’s Northern Health Travel Grant program. Starting on Sunday, people who submitted an application to the program no longer had to apply a 100-kilometre […]
