Staff A sneak preview of new Discovery Canada series’ “Fool’s Gold” will held tonight at 8 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. There will be free “Fool’s Gold” T-shirts to the first 100 people who attend. The new TV program, which was shot in and around the Straw Lake Beach Gold […]
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Staff More than a month into the 2014 fire season, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Northwest Forest Fire Management Centre has seen only two fires to date. These included a 0.3-hectare fire in Kenora, which was reported Sunday, and a fire in Thunder Bay last week that was the result […]
Press Release This year’s Catholic Education Week mass, set for tomorrow (May 7), will be celebrated in solidarity with our entire school board and with many other Catholic schools in the province. The Ontario Student Trustees Association (OSTA-AECO) has organized this mass as their main project for the year. This […]
Heather Latter Jaxon Strachan performed the poem “Face Off” during the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts’ annual “Highlights” concert yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre here. Numerous awards were handed out to the talented performers, including the Joan Miller Award for Best Stage Presence, Poetry or Prose […]
Staff Provincial glory for Taylor Whitehead will have to wait another year. The lone Muskie representative at the OFSAA badminton championships in Markham had his stay in the boys’ singles division end Friday with a 2-1 loss (21-18, 14-21, and 21-12) to Duncan Phillips in third-round action in the ‘B’ […]
Staff It’s not too late to sign up for a song-writing workshop set for this Saturday (May 10) from 1-5 p.m. at the Fort Frances Museum. The workshop, for ages 13 and up, will be led by Shannon Darby and Kenneth Kellar. It is being sponsored by the “Friends of […]
Haley Anderson Samantha Halliday, nine, browsed through the “used bag boutique” before receiving an award for sporting the “cutest hat.” She was among the 170 people who turned out for the “Old Bags” luncheon hosted by the Riverside Foundation for Health Care yesterday at the Robert Moore School gym.
Joey Payeur Nicole Robinson of Devlin bid on one of several outstanding pieces of artwork available in the silent auction at the 31st-annual Ducks Unlimited banquet Friday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. The event drew a record sold-out crowd of 240 people, with money raised through the silent and […]
Haley Anderson Jesse Fuhrer, 15, and his dad, Peter, spent Saturday morning checking out the firearms at the annual Gun and Hobby Show at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The show featured more than 30 vendors and collectors—each showcasing a different aspect of the hobby.
Jason Parks WELLINGTON—It wasn’t supposed to end this way. All through the playoffs, the Fort Frances Lakers met adversity head on and overcame it, showing the true heart of a champion. But here on the rocky shores of Lake Ontario, the Lakers found a peak too high to climb. The […]
Press Release In conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, effective immediately and until further notice, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. is restricting visiting to one family member at a time due to a number of cases of gastroenteritis at Rainycrest here. This does not affect services at La Verendrye General […]
Jason Parks It wasn’t supposed to end this way. All playoffs, the Fort Frances Lakers met adversity head on and overcame it, showing the true heart of a champion. But here on the rocky shores of Lake Ontario, the Lakers found a peak too high to climb. The dream season […]
