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 […]
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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 […]
Press Release In conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. has declared an outbreak of a gastro-intestinal illness on the first floor of La Verendrye General Hospital here. Seven patients and four staff members have symptoms consistent with a stomach virus, including nausea and diarrhea. Riverside […]
Duane Hicks Town council will be taking a close look at a proposal for a possible new condominium on Front Street. At its regular meeting last night, council received a proposal from Bill Boulton of Thunder Bay-based Northern Superior Structural Solutions (NSSS) for a 24-unit complex. The proposal subsequently was […]
the OPP Rainy River District OPP officers responded to the report of an intoxicated male driver leaving a local drive-through restaurant and proceeding east on King’s Highway in the early-morning hours of Sunday. Police located the suspect vehicle on the 100 block of Third Street West around 2:20 a.m. and […]
Joey Payeur It was a duel of lucky sevens as Laker Ryan McQueen (right) went blade-to-blade against identically-numbered counterpart Kenny Turner of the Thunder Bay North Stars during this first-period face-off Friday night. The host Lakers won 3-0 to capture the two-game, total-goal series 6-4.
Joey Payeur It was a case of follow the flying puck for the Couchiching Thunderhawks (in white) and the Onigaming Hurricanes during preliminary-round action at the inaugural Central Canada Hockey Tournament at the Couchiching Arena on Saturday. The Thunderhawks went on to win the men’s championship with a 4-2 victory […]
