Joey Payeur Katelynn Jack of the Sturgeon Creek Sturgeons shadowed Kira Sulko of St. Patrick’s (Atikokan) during the Saints’ 30-8 victory at a Grade 8 girls’ basketball tournament Saturday at Robert Moore. St. Pat’s later beat St. Francis 17-11 to win the title.
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Heather Latter Patrick Mills demonstrated how to skin a beaver pelt Saturday afternoon during the Rainy River District Trapper Council’s spring workshop and activity day at Crossroads School in Devlin. The event consisted of skinning demonstrations, youth games, a silent auction, and much more.
Joey Payeur Peppi Pace needs his players to pick up the pace or their next two home games will be their last for this season. Filling in for absent general manager and head coach Kevin Kahoot, Pace watched his English River Miners put in two good nights of work without […]
Duane Hicks Gulls, seen here at the Point, Canada geese, and ducks were back in Borderland in full force this past weekend. Local lore has it that there will be three snowfalls after the return of the gulls. Let’s hope the blizzard forecast for today and overnight scratches all three […]
Duane Hicks The local OPP detachment has begun to use a new method of reporting that should save officers some time. Until now, officers have had to go to the detachment after responding to incidents, sit down at a computer, and file occurrence reports themselves. Officers now will be able […]
Heather Latter Students at St. Michael’s School checked out the many penny table prizes that were up for grabs yesterday during a Lenten fundraiser for Development and Peace. Students brought in money to buy tickets for the 24 prizes that were donated by school staff. The winning tickets were drawn […]
Duane Hicks Margitta McLeod arranged a portion of the collection of “Evergreen” books for the “Forest of Reading”—a highly-popular provincial reading award program for adults and children now underway at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. There is as even larger collection of books in the children’s department, courtesy […]
Press Release In conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. has lifted the outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness on the first floor of La Verendrye General Hospital here. Several steps were taken to help patients and staff and keep the illness from spreading, including •isolating patients […]
Staff Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League teams that battled their way to the upper tier of the standings were rewarded with easier opening playoff matches. And for the most part, they took full advantage. The top three seeds from the regular season all advanced to the ‘A’-side semi-finals last Thursday, […]
Press Release NCDS is working with CN Rail to bring another job fair here. It is slated for Wednesday, April 2 at 8:30 a.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. Recruiters from North America’s leading railroad will be looking for candidates interested in residing in Northern Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta and working […]
Staff In conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. has lifted the boil-water advisory at the Rainy River Health Centre. The advisory was first declared last Tuesday (March 18). Riverside would like to thank all staff, patients, residents, and visitors for their patience and compliance through […]
Joey Payeur One more road trip this weekend and it’s all over for the Fort Frances Bantam ‘AA’ Canadians for another season. The Canadians will play in the Northwestern Ontario Bantam ‘AA’ League championship in Dryden, although Canadians’ head coach Brent Tookenay said the name suggests a little more glory […]
