Duane Hicks With organizers gearing up to the make the third-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival the best one yet, a challenge has been thrown out to get teams from south of the border involved this Canada Day. “This year, we’d like to make it even bigger and even better, […]
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Heather Latter Given the many benefits of walking, Jolene Quast, a health educator with the Northwestern Health Unit here, is pleased with the positive response to the “Walk Away Winter” walking group that started up last fall and runs Thursdays from noon-1 p.m. “I’ve had a very good response so […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances might end up leasing the Ontario Travel Information Centre building it has been pursuing use of since the provincial service was shut down nearly two years ago. Council passed a resolution Monday night that the town investigate and negotiate an agreement with Infrastructure Ontario for leasing […]
Duane Hicks If the War of 1812 were fought today, who would win: Canada or the United States of America? That question will be answered here July 2—if all goes to plan with the annual “Peace Pull” international tug-of-war. Because this year marks the 200th anniversary of the end of […]
Duane Hicks The town has given its blessing to a grant application to redevelop the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel into a market square. Council approved a funding application Monday night to be submitted to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp., under the Strategic Economic Infrastructure Program, in hopes of securing […]
Heather Latter The 74th Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is set to begin next week, with local performers of all ages taking part in four different divisions. “Things are moving along as expected,” said Festival committee chair Joleen Beninger. “I’m looking forward to the next couple of […]
Joey Payeur The Fort Frances Lakers put themselves in the position to direct not only their own playoff adventure, but that of the three remaining SIJHL teams chasing the Bill Salonen Cup. In blanking the Thunder Bay North Stars 3-0 here Friday night, the Lakers captured the two-game, total-goal series […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Museum curator Sherry George used the new computer terminal there to search for a newspaper article from the 1940s. Patrons can drop by the museum to do research more easily than ever.
Heather Latter Robert Moore student Mya Beninger showed off her science fair project on school lunch safety there Thursday. The top projects will move on to the Sunset Country Regional Science Fair, which will be held April 5 at J.W. Walker School (not Robert Moore School as was reported Thursday).
Heather Latter Darcy Banman, store manager of the local The Bargain Shop, showed off a display of used books that were available there Saturday during a sale to raise funds for Easter Seals charities. Hoping to top the $2,800 raised last year, the staff also is planning a bake sale […]
Joey Payeur The Couchiching Thunderhawks men’s team (in white) took every shot fired at them—and blasted back even harder—to capture the men’s division of the inaugural Central Canada Hockey Tournament with a 4-2 win over the Fort Frances Métis on Sunday at the Couchiching Arena. Couchiching also prevailed in the […]
Heather Latter Two-year-olds Allister Knutsen and Carmen Faragher worked on a spring chick craft during a “Creative Kids” session at the Best Start Hub here this morning. The hub offers a variety of activities for parents and children throughout the week, and also will be hosting an Easter party April […]
