Heather Latter Participants of the “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” girls’ retreat, held this past weekend at Hanson’s Hideaway Lodge in Nestor Falls, showed off the journals they decorated as one of their visual art projects—just one of many that helped to teach self-esteem and empowerment.
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Joey Payeur Defenceman Kyle Lipinski, centre, went all out in his first game with his new team as he laid a thundering hit on Braeden Foote of the Dryden Ice Dogs during the Lakers 7-4 win here Saturday night.
Staff For staging a “Mini We Day” last year, Rainy River High School will be awarded the “Recognition of Excellence” from the Rainy River District School Board during its regular meeting tonight. “We Days,” initiated across the globe by “Free the Children,” provide inspirational speeches and performances to youth. After […]
Staff Those women sure have some style. Breakaway Fashionistas pocketed a pair of victories in the women’s division of the Borderland Soccer Fall League last night at the east-end rink. Sara Kellar netted a hat trick in her team’s opening 7-2 pounding of Glitter Gals. Alina Eldridge notched a pair […]
Staff Erin Wood, owner of Simplicity Professional Hair and Body Care, and Kiwanian Robin Wright drew the winner of the October “Trip of the Month” draw this morning at International Travel Services. James and Holly Whitehead won a trip to London, England valued at $4,600. Next month’s trip is Whistler, […]
Heather Latter Grade 4 students from St. Francis School cooked up some bannock on a stick this morning during the Seven Generations Education Institute’s annual “Fall Harvest” preparations workshop at the Nanicost grounds here. Several new stations, including this one based in Métis culture, were added to this year’s workshop. […]
Duane Hicks As sure as the sight of falling leaves is a sign of fall, so is the smell of chili in the air. And this autumn will be no different thanks to the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Great Canadian Chili Cook-Off.” The community event is slated for […]
Staff Robert Moore School will host its second-annual spaghetti dinner tomorrow (Oct. 1) to help fund the popular breakfast program that has been running there since 2005. The program, which is available to all 460 students in the school, sees trays of food delivered to classrooms each morning to ensure […]
Duane Hicks Curator Sherry George admired “Heading Home,” a new painting by local artist Cher Pruys at the Fort Frances Museum. More than 40 pieces of Pruys’ work, including her award-winning aviation art, is on exhibit on the main floor of the museum, as well as some examples of her […]
Staff There currently are two active fires in the region. Red Lake Fire #69 is located about 80 km northeast of Red Lake. The 0.1-hectare blaze was listed as “being observed.” Sioux Lookout Fire #68, meanwhile, is a 0.1-ha blaze, also listed as “being observed,” about 50 km southeast of […]
Joey Payeur The previous weekend, it was the three-goal lead causing headaches for the Fort Frances Lakers. This past Saturday, the local Junior ‘A’ squad kicked that number up a notch but still managed to hit the afterburners when it needed to. The Lakers (2-1-0-1) blew a 4-0 lead, then […]
the MNR Two low-complexity prescribed burns tentatively were scheduled to be ignited yesterday on separate islands within the Lake of the Woods Conservation Reserve area. The prescribed burns were on Blaze Island, located directly south of Falcon Island near Sturgeon Channel, and directly south of Queen Island near Wiley Point. […]
