Duane Hicks RRFDC intern Jamie Petrin drew the winners of the “Go Local” Month draw this morning. Doug Seymour won a $50 gift card for using his “Go Local” card at Sunset Country Ford while staff member Brittany Hayes won one for remembering to ask Seymour for it during November. […]
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Heather Latter Donna Bohler, right, of the Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, handed over a free calendar to Johanna Renn at Safeway on Tuesday. The calendars, which promote mental health and wellness through information and inspirational messages, also can be picked up at the local CMHA […]
Press Release The Town of Fort Frances is optimistic the assets pertinent to the sale of the local kraft mill are being heated to a degree that likely will maintain them in a saleable condition. “This is an important step in what will be many to secure a new buyer […]
Duane Hicks Janice Cousineau, a member of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee, helped get ready for the “Glitter & Glass” fundraiser yesterday at the “Christmas Store” (located in the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market building). From now until 3 p.m. on Saturday, the public can stop by, […]
Staff Knox United Church’s renewal fundraising committee is pleased with the support it’s receiving in the Aviva Community Fund Challenge. Currently competing in the semi-round, the church is hoping to garner enough votes to move into the final round, where it will be guaranteed a minimum of $5,000. As of […]
Staff Tim Hortons may be raising its prices but the Fort Frances Tim Hortons novice girls’ hockey team keeps raising its game. Piper Miller scored twice while game MVP Addison Chown added one as Fort Frances beat the Kenora Vipers 3-1 on Sunday in the gold-medal game of the 20th-annual […]
Joey Payeur The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team of late maintained a theme of having one big wheel in the offence. This year’s squad is going to need all the spokes working together if it is going to get rolling anywhere. The black-and-gold began its new season by going 0-3 […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances Lakers’ head coach Wayne Strachan has some ready-made kindling for heating the fireplace when the weather turned cold on Saturday. Namely, the video recording of his team’s biggest loss of the season the previous night—a 9-2 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Iron Rangers down […]
Staff Rainy River District School Board trustees will take their oath tonight as the inaugural meeting of the new board gets underway at 7 p.m. at the Education Centre here. The board for the 2014-18 term includes David Kircher, who was re-elected in the Oct. 27 municipal election, as well […]
Heather Latter Frank Maraj has completed the third book in his memoir trilogy, entitled “Snapshots 3: Unveiling the Classroom of Life.” While his first book, released in 2008, offered a reflection on his youth in Trinidad, and his second in 2011 chronicled his university years, this third work encapsulates more […]
Duane Hicks The Downtown BIA and Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce rang in the Christmas season here Saturday with the second-annual “Festival of Frost.” “It was a fun time,” said Curvy Chick owner Jennifer Horton, who was part of the organizing committee with Chamber manager Annely Armstrong-Thorstad, Kimberly Emes-Nicholson (Emes […]
Duane Hicks The new town council officially set sail on its four-year voyage together Monday night. But the waters will be challenging, according to Mayor Roy Avis. Mayor Avis, along with Couns. John Albanese, Wendy Brunetta, June Caul, Doug Kitowski, Ken Perry, and Paul Ryan, were piped into Council Chambers […]
