Joey Payeur A Fort Frances native is in the running for the top individual honour in U.S. college hockey—and hometown supporters can help him earn the accolade. Goalie Ryan Faragher of the NCAA Division I St. Cloud State Huskies is one of 68 players under consideration for the Hobey Baker […]
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Joey Payeur Lindsay Cain buried her head into her third’s shoulder in half-joking fashion, not really wanting to see what was about to unfold. The Atikokan skip needed divine intervention but it was Hailey Beaudry and her Fort Frances rink whose prayers were answered Saturday at the Stratton Curling Club. […]
Joey Payeur There might be some undetected four-leaf clover sprinkled in Mike Badiuk’s DNA. The Devlin native certainly has been a good-luck charm to any skip he teams up with in recent years. Badiuk, who now lives in Thunder Bay and plays second for Dylan Johnston, will be heading to […]
Joey Payeur It had been 111 long and mostly miserable days since the Wisconsin Wilderness had tasted victory. Surely the remedy to what ailed them couldn’t have been the first-place Fort Frances Lakers—winners of seven-straight going into their match-up Saturday night in Spooner. Then again, some winter tales have endings […]
Heather Latter Those who enjoy a good documentary are not going to want to miss the upcoming film festival entitled “What’s Up Doc?” Presented by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, it will run Jan. 20-23 starting at 5:30 p.m. A different film will be shown each night, with […]
Heather Latter As the 74th-annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts gears up, with entries now being accepted, people are reminded that all are welcome to participate. “It’s a fun and rewarding opportunity for people to showcase, develop, and nurture their dramatic and/or musical abilities,” noted Joleen Beninger […]
Heather Latter The charitable dinner for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, held Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here, was a success—bringing in more the $4,000 that will be used locally to help people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and their families. “It went very well,” said Rossana Tomashowski, […]
Duane Hicks The Rainycrest Auxiliary made Darryl Galusha’s Christmas wish came true—buying a wheelchair washer for the long-term care facility that will benefit residents and staff alike. It was perfect timing from an infection control standpoint, noted Rainycrest’s director of seniors services and administration, who showed off the new equipment […]
Duane Hicks As town council and administration get ready to begin their bi-weekly budget meetings Jan. 20, it already looks like there will be some challenges ahead. Council received the preliminary 2014 operating and capital budgets at its regular meeting this past Monday, with the former indicating a $360,075 shortfall. […]
Duane Hicks •Jan. 7, 2014—Several homes near the village of Plaster Rock, N.B. were evacuated after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire. •Dec. 30, 2013—A freight train carrying crude oil near Casselton, N.D. collides with one carrying grain that had derailed earlier. The result saw fireballs shoot […]
Duane Hicks Town council has given its support—in principle—to the development of assisted living facilities in Fort Frances as proposed by the Assisted Living Action Group. A.L.A.G. vice-chair June Caul spoke to council Monday night to ask for mayor and council’s formal support for the project, adding the group is […]
Duane Hicks Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. and Rainycrest Long-Term Care have branched out to provide convalescent care here. As of Monday (Jan. 13), the facility opened up four beds—two single-bed rooms and one two-bed room—for patients who no longer need to be in hospital but who still are unable […]
