Ken Johnston Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., which oversees the hospitals in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Emo, as well as Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, held its annual general meeting last Thursday evening in Rainy River. The meeting was attended by a handful of people, unlike years ago […]
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Heather Latter The weather may have co-operated this year for the annual “Pulling for Peace” international tug-of-war yesterday, but it was not the outcome Canada wanted. The Canadian side was beaten by the Americans in all three matches—the “celebrity” pull, the “community” pull, and then the “power” pull, which is […]
Heather Latter Although the district has been without a resident judge for more than a year now, the Rainy River District Law Association and local municipal representatives refuse to let the issue go. The two groups met with Regional Senior Justice Marc Bode here last Wednesday to continue discussions about […]
Lucas Punkari Now that their bid has been selected as one of 20 finalists for this year’s “Kraft Celebration Tour,” Fort Frances Curling Club members Patrick Briere and Ron Silver are hard at work at getting the word about what is next. “What we are really focused on doing right […]
Members of Canada’s “power” team pulled with all of their might yesterday but did not have quite enough to win the tug-of-war match with the Americans. In fact, the U.S. side was on a roll during the annual “Pulling for Peace” showdown—coming out victorious in all three “tugs.”
Sarah Pruys Dragon Boat #1, crewed by the Fort Frances Dental Centre’s team, “Dragon’s Breath,” paddled in sync to pull ahead and beat “Gillons’ Slayers” from Gillons’ Insurance during the first race of the second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival here on Canada Day. “Dragon’s Breath” went on to take […]
Heather Latter There was plenty of Canadian spirit on display in Barwick on Saturday as people young and old participated in the fun-filled parade in conjunction with Canada Day. The floats paraded around the community, ending at the ball diamond where the annual fastball tournament was taking place.
Lucas Punkari Ken Rousseau was flying high Monday evening as he looked to be on his way to a second-straight Canada Day bathtub race title on Sand Bay. But he ran out of fuel with two laps to go, which handed the win to Len Bedard.
Sarah Pruys Team “Gillons’ Slayers” (from Gillons’ Insurance) paddled to the starting point of the 250-metre race in the second-annual Dragon Boat Festival on the upper Rainy River yesterday. But the team did not go on to win its first race against the day’s champion’s, “Dragon’s Breath” from the Fort […]
Staff Five new forest fires sprung up in the Northwest Region over Canada Day, with the number of active blazes jumping from 17 late Sunday to 22 as of this morning. Dryden District saw two new fires, as did Nipigon District. Red Lake District had one new blaze. There currently […]
Lucas Punkari Braeden Keast leapt into the air to smash the ball over the net Sunday afternoon while teammates Gavin Moorhouse and Justin Anderson looked on as they took part in a men’s beach volleyball tournament at Pither’s Point Park. “Slick Will and the Thrifty Three” team, which also included […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances is one of 20 communities that are finalists in this year’s Kraft Celebration Tour. Two bids were submitted from the Fort Frances Curling Club—one sent in by Muskie curler Hailey Beaudry and the other by club members Patrick Briere and Ron Silver. The latter […]
