Joey Payeur Call them The Magnificent Seven. A group of riders saddled up for a good cause this past weekend as part of the Borderland Quarter Horse Association’s (BQHA) annual horse show at the Emo fairgrounds. Devlin residents Riley Caul and Rey Chartier were joined by Emo’s Paige McNally and […]
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Staff It was the race Steve Arpin wanted to be in. It wasn’t the result he wanted to have. The Fort Frances product, representing the OMSE2 team, made it into the feature of the Global Rallycross Championship tour stop at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday. But Arpin never made […]
Staff The Rainy River Future Development Corporation are able to get a start on their Regional Economic Diversification Project after receiving $270,750 in funding from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). The announcement was made Thursday afternoon at the Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre in Kenora by […]
Sarah Pruys The Northwest Business Centre will once again be holding “BizKids Camp” here in town from Aug. 19-23. Diane Schwartz-Williams, who organizes the program, noted that there are approximately 10 spots available and so parents are encouraged to sign their children up soon. Thursday at noon is the cutoff […]
Staff OPP Cst. Anne McCoy will be coordinating a group of community volunteers to help in the implementation phase of the “Kiss ‘N Ride” programs, which are set to start up at Robert Moore, J.W. Walker, and St. Francis Schools when the school year begins later this month. The “Kiss […]
Staff Have you got a song in you just waiting to get out? The Friends of the Fort Frances Museum, along with local musician and educator Shannon Darby, are hosting a youth song-writing workshop Sept. 7-8 and are looking for individuals aged 13-17 to participate. “I am truly excited to […]
Heather Latter With more than 55 participants, the “Out of the Darkness Memorial Walk,” which aimed to raise awareness for depression and suicide, was hailed as a success. “It went really, really well,” stressed Jaymee Fiset, 15, who organized the event held Saturday afternoon. “I’m really happy with the turnout.” […]
Sarah Pruys Two students from Fort Frances will enter the Northern Ontario School of Medicine this fall—a journey they both are excited to begin. Kerri Stinson first completed her Bachelor of Kinesiology at the University of Manitoba before starting a two-year’s Master’s program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. Out […]
Heather Latter Rainy River Resources, who has been exploring and developing the Rainy River Gold Project in Chapple Township, held it’s first open house in Fort Frances on Thursday at Confederation College. “I’m very happy with the turnout,” Kyle Stanfield, the company’s vice-president of environment and sustainability. “We’ve been having […]
Heather Latter Thanks to funding to the tune of $2 million from the provincial government, the Township of Emo will be moving forward with improvements to its water and wastewater systems. Couns. Ken Fisher and Anthony Leek, along with administrative staff, were on hand in Kenora on Thursday for the […]
Joey Payeur Jeff Gustafson was staring an impressive double right in the face. But when the weather calmed down on the final day of the Kenora Bass International (KBI) tournament on Saturday, the Kenora angler and reigning Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship (FFCBC) winner blinked. When Gustafson opened his eyes, […]
