Joey Payeur The Dryden Eagles and Kenora Broncos girls’ soccer teams came to town last week nursing their fair share of wounds. They left with a few extra scars courtesy of their goal-hungry hosts. The Muskies (2-0) served notice they are the team to beat in NorWOSSA again this season […]
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Heather Latter Despite the drop in temperatures this past week, the Fort Frances Community Garden is gearing up for its kids’ club—and still has some spaces available. “We can definitely accommodate more kids, for sure, if there’s interest,” said Elaine Fischer, a member of the Fort Frances Community Garden committee, […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum would like help in identifying who painted a mural located in the dining room of the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel. Museum curator Sherry George and Chief Building Official Travis Rob visited the old hotel last week to see what items may be salvageable as […]
Heather Latter Student across the district took part in a variety of activities during Education Week last week, but most important was the focus on mental health. “What we tried to do this year was link Mental Health Week and Education Week together because the two issues very much reinforce […]
Duane Hicks The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club wants the public’s help to name its team mascot. As reported last month, the club adopted a 10-metre long, fiery orange, red, gold, and purple “dragon” made of fabric and other materials special from Beijing, China. Now it is asking the public […]
Heather Latter Rainy River District School Board elementary students likely didn’t notice any change at school so far this week despite the teachers beginning “Phase 1” of their work-to-rule strike action on Monday. “It’s targeted at the Ministry [of Education] and board administration,” said Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie boys’ soccer team has made it abundantly clear that anyone wishing to take away their stranglehold on the NorWOSSA trophy had better bring their A-game. Fort High (2-0), seeking a fifth-straight league title, opened the regular season here last Wednesday with a 2-0 win over the […]
Heather Latter Emma Dykstra, left, was awarded the Rose Bowl for vocal while Mackenzie Wright took the drama Rose Bowl and Raymond Polz the piano Rose Bowl during the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts annual “Highlights” concert Sunday afternoon at the Townshend Theatre. Top performers in all […]
Cameron Penney James Saunders, left, and Bill Laidlaw, both with the Ministry of Natural Resources, installed an antenna on the new weather station located at Fort High last Thursday. The antenna, which is precisely angled at a 31-degree elevation and 156-degree azimuth, sends information to the GOES satellite, situated above […]
Heather Latter A sheep at Mark Gerber’s farm got a spring haircut from Robert Groenheide of Thunder Bay, who visited Rainy River District on Friday to shear local sheep. Groenheide has about 80 sheep of his own and shears about 400 annually.
Joey Payeur Muskie Chase McGuire, left, showed he’s got a good head on his shoulders as he redirected the ball away from Garrett Smith of the Kenora Broncos during the second half of Fort High’s 4-0 win in NorWOSSA soccer action here last Wednesday.
Lindsay Campbell Grade 7 and 8 band students from Robert Moore and J.W. Walker rehearsed yesterday in preparation for playing a few songs prior to the Borderland Community Orchestra’s spring concert, which goes tonight at 7 p.m. at Robert Moore. Proceeds from the concert will go towards the music programs […]
