Sarah Pruys Six-year-old Jordyn Oster, left, and Jade Belluz, seven, held up their coloured popsicle sticks listing what types of vegetables they had chosen to grow at the first-ever meeting of the Kids Garden Club at the community garden here yesterday afternoon. Led by the Northwestern Health Unit and meeting […]
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the MNR One new fire was confirmed yesterday in the Northwest Region. Sioux Lookout Fire #9 was located about two km east of Hudson, along the railway tracks. Additional fire reports were being looked into, but had not been confirmed. Fort Frances, Dryden, Red Lake, and Nipigon districts all recorded […]
Lucas Punkari The Muskie boys’ soccer team will miss out on the playoffs at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Stratford after suffering a 5-0 loss to the Holy Trinity Tigers of Bradford this morning. Although the setback dropped the black-and-gold’s record to 0-3 and put them at bottom of the […]
Heather Latter Laurel Basaraba placed a Fort Frances Nursery School bucket hat—instead of the typical graduation cap—on Lorelai Lake’s head during the school’s annual graduation ceremony at the Legion Park yesterday. The wind-up picnic featured activities, barrel train rides, and delicious food. The pre-school program, for children aged two-five, will […]
Staff The body of a missing Minnesota man was recovered yesterday in Basswood Lake within Quetico Provincial Park. Richard Barber, 78, of Minnetonka had been on a canoe trip with his wife when their canoe capsized around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Members of the Rainy River District OPP responded to […]
Press Release The Rainy River Future Development Corp. and the Town of Fort Frances have announced the location, time, and theme of this year’s Canada Day parade and kiddies’ bike parade. The parade will start at 9:30 a.m. on July 1, beginning at the Safeway parking lot. The floats then […]
Staff Grade 4 students in Debbie Jean’s class at St. Francis School here were concerned about child labour that is happening all over the world, so they decided to do something about it. Taking on the name of “St. Francis Donators,” the youngsters—with minimal help from their teacher—planned a bake […]
Heather Latter Grade 4 students from Debbie Jean’s class at St. Francis School showed off the rolls and rolls of pennies and nickels they collected during a drive held recently. The $253.50, combined with $316.15 raised from a bake sale, is going to “Free the Children” to help fight child […]
Sarah Pruys Eight-year-old Samantha Halliday, left, and her friend, Trinity Lee-Ward, seven, enjoyed giant freezies following their burgers at J.W. Walker’s annual family barbecue Tuesday evening. While it was chilly outside, the playground was full of families spending time together as school begins to wrap up for the year.
Staff The latest member of the SIJHL finally has its name set in stone, with the new franchise based out of Ear Falls to be dubbed the English River Miners. The franchise’s newly-formed executive opted to go with English River over Ear Falls, stating that “it will be the best […]
Heather Latter Author Neil McQuarrie read an excerpt from one of his earlier books during a “Meet the Author” event at the Fort Frances Museum last night. A small group stopped by to hear McQuarrie speak about the seven books he has written, including his latest, “The Forgotten Trail,” the […]
Staff When news hit many major outlets yesterday of New Zealand’s oldest driver, Bob Edwards, who still is on the road at 105 years old, Fort Frances resident Hubert Medhurst was intrigued. Medhurst, who turned 105 on April 25, also is a licensed driver. “I saw it on the news […]
