Staff This year’s 4-H Clover Cruise 5k and 10k run at the Littlefork Fairground, which was supposed to be held on Sunday, has been cancelled. Event organizers said that they will be refunding any registration funds that have been received for the event, and that the run will return next […]
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Sarah Pruys Road work continues on Second Street East between Mowat Avenue and Central Avenue where the storm sewer system, watermains, sanitary sewer lines, and other pertinent infrastructure will be replaced and upgraded. The project, which also will include work on Mowat Avenue between Second and Third Street, is expected […]
Linda White of Atikokan won the $1,000 prize for the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s cash calendar draw for June 30-July 6. Amil Alexiuk (Atikokan) and Joanne Harris (International Falls) won the $100 prizes for that week’s draw. William Fedorak (Fort Frances), Shawn and Tracy Hyattt (Devlin), Ashley and […]
Duane Hicks A new opiate addiction treatment program being run at Rainy River First Nations is helping some community members there get their lives back on track. The suboxone treatment program started in late January, and currently has eight clients seeing success. “All of our clients right now are doing […]
Sarah Pruys Pulling into the Rainy River First Nations’ pow-wow grounds June 29, the gravel parking lot lined with boulders featured licence plates from Ontario, Manitoba, Minnesota, and numerous other provinces and states. The Anishinaabe have come from all over—following the “Pow-Wow Trail” and camping in a different place each […]
Lucas Punkari Players in the Fort Frances Youth Soccer leagues had a chance to learn and work on their soccer skills from members of the Thunder Bay Chill last week, as members of the team hosted a two-day clinic at the Struchan Gilson pitches on Wednesday and Thursday. “This was […]
Staff For the first time, Plaza Lanes bowling alley is open during the summer. “It was a decision I made when I took over as manager,” explained Jayson McFarlane, who took over the business back in February. “It started from the days when I would come home for the summer […]
Lucas Punkari After playing for their hometown team for the last two seasons, forward Colton Spicer and defenceman Jon Carlson are moving from the Fort Frances Lakers. The local players, along with goaltender Talor Joseph were traded from the SIJHL club to the MJHL’s Portage Terriers last Wednesday, in exchange […]
Lucas Punkari It’s not often that six members of the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame are under one roof, but that was the case during a get-together here on Friday afternoon. In an event that was hosted by 2012 Hall of Fame inductee Bill Selman at his cabin on […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances town council has jumped on board to support the local curling club’s bid in the “Kraft Celebration Tour”—and they are urging the public to vote for the cause as well. “It’s a real honour to be chosen as one of the communities across Canada,” said Mayor […]
Press Release The Community Garage Sale, originally set for Saturday, July 20 in conjunction with “Railroad Daze” in Rainy River, has been re-designed and re-scheduled to September as a charity auction. A veritable mountain of goods already has been donated for the event by members of the community, and the […]
Heather Latter Half a dozen people were on hand to support making the local community garden a permanent feature in the Town of Fort Frances during a public meeting held Monday night to consider the rezoning of the garden property. The Fort Frances Community Garden Planning Committee has requested to […]
