Heather Latter The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts won’t be going ahead in 2015 unless some new members join the organizing committee. “Like many other events, the Festival relies on the volunteer work of people to move forward and like many other organizations, we are running short […]
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Joey Payeur It wasn’t a stretch to think the Fort Frances Lakers could end their modest losing skid. It just took a stretch. Colton Spicer did his best Serge Savard impression here Saturday night—whirling around in the slot before reaching around a defender and sliding the puck home 19 seconds […]
Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis cheerfully waved good-bye as he boarded a Dash 8 behind RRFDC consultant Tannis Drysdale at the Fort France Airport on Monday afternoon. The town chartered the plane to fly 30 delegates from area municipalities and First Nations to Queen’s Park to voice their pleas on […]
Duane Hicks Eleazar Andrusco, left, got some candy from Cristal Kinsman at the Confederation College “trunk” full of treats Friday afternoon during the inaugural “Trunk or Treat” event at Fort Frances Public Library parking lot. Twenty individuals, businesses, and agencies decorated vehicles and gave out treats to hundreds of costumed […]
Duane Hicks Riverside Foundation for Health Care director Bill Gushulak learned first-hand how a new lift and track for Rainycrest residents works last Wednesday as Kayla Caul-Chartier, director of resident care at Rainycrest, and Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 Poppy Fund committee member Wendy Derendorf gave him a hand. The […]
Joey Payeur Bryson Jasper (left) deposited a feed from linemate Lucas DeBenedet on a 2-on-0 breakaway behind Minnesota Iron Rangers’ goalie Kyle Carignan to give the Fort Frances Lakers a 4-3 lead in a game they wound up winning 5-4 in overtime here Saturday night.
Duane Hicks A group of 30 district municipal and First Nation leaders prepared to board a Dash 8 charter flight to Toronto from the Fort Frances Airport early yesterday afternoon. The delegation was at Queen’s Park this morning to make its voices heard on the issue of forest tenure reform.
Duane Hicks Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath pressed Premier Kathleen Wynne and Natural Resources and Forestry minister Bill Mauro during Question Period this morning to transform the management model for the Crossroute Forest to a modern structure that would see all communities and stakeholders participate in forest management timber allocation […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden GM Ice Dogs won’t be continuing their on-ice battle tonight. The scheduled contest between the two teams here was postponed after four members of the Ice Dogs were involved in a motor-vehicle accident there early yesterday evening. The players were in a car […]
Heather Latter Debbie Fairbanks and Buddy Loyie offered up medicine teachings to early-years students at J.W. Walker School yesterday as part of their “fall harvest” celebration. The school’s youngest students also learned about drumming, regalia, wild rice, and making bannock. The event ended with the children enjoying a feast of […]
Staff Robert Moore School will be presented the “Recognition of Excellence” for its early-years “fall harvest” by the Rainy River District School Board at its regular meeting tonight. The annual event, held Oct. 10, saw elders sharing their traditions and knowledge of preparing for winter with the school’s youngest learners. […]
Heather Latter Penny Faragher of Northwoods Gallery & Gifts drew the winning ticket for November yesterday in the local Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw as Kiwanian Robin Wright look on yesterday at International Travel Services here. Bonnie Doucette of Fort Frances was the winner of a trip to […]
