Press Release Join astronomy volunteer, Don Graves, Biology Professor at Hibbing Community College, for an evening of viewing the Perseid meteor showers. This event takes place at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center this Sunday (Aug. 12) from 9:30-11 p.m. Bring a lawn chair/blanket and insect repellant. This program is weather […]
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Staff The 2012 Borderland Soccer League season will wrap up tonight at St. Francis Field, with both the men’s and women’s championship games set to get underway at 6:30 p.m. In the men’s title game, the top two sides in the regular season will be going head-to-head, as the top […]
Staff The 2012 Borderland Soccer League season will wrap up tonight at St. Francis Field, with both the men’s and women’s championship games set to get underway at 6:30 p.m. In the men’s title game, the top two sides in the regular season will be going head-to-head, as the top […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have added another new face to the team’s blue-line, as the SIJHL club signed defenceman Owen Stauber on Tuesday. Stauber, who attended the Lakers’ prospect camp in International Falls last month, is from Hermantown, Mn. where he played for the Hawks high school program last […]
Duane Hicks April Parisien of Naicatchewenin Development Corp. Food Services cooked up some burgers Saturday the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market during “Canada Food Day.” The Market Kitchen was serving up meats from market vendors Cornell Farms, Rainy River Elk Company, and Rainy River Meats.
Press Release This Saturday (Aug. 11), Clover Valley Farmers’ Market will be hosting the annual Fort Frances Horticultural Society’s Flower and Vegetable Show. Society members have worked hard all season nurturing a bountiful harvest and wish to display it for the community. View the society’s prize plants and discuss the […]
Holly Kropelin The third-annual Nestor Falls Softball Tournament was held this past weekend at Bass Lake Park, with nine teams taking part in the event from Thursday to Saturday, with the final games taking place on Sunday. Although the weather on Saturday left little to be desired, with rain and […]
Dave Ogilvie With the middle of August around the corner, it’s time to start thinking once again, about the Rainy River Agricultural Fall Fair. Advance midway tickets can be purchased at the following location around the district: Wilson’s Stationary and Rainy Lake Sports in Fort Frances; Devlynn’s and Greensides in […]
Robin McCormick The annual Rainy River District Fair is being held Aug. 16-18 at the Emo Fair Grounds. The venue includes many old favourite; agricultural and 4-H events, stock car races, Fair Queen and Mini King and Queen Contests, loggers’ events, the exhibition hall, and much more. Come out to […]
Press Release Ontario and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation have settled a century-old flooding claim that will help build a new relationship between the province and the community while strengthening the local economy and creating jobs. The claim was settled through a collaborative and co-operative process between the First Nation and […]
Press Release Almost three years after a devastating fire, the Native Nurses Entry Program (NNEP) at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay will celebrate with a grand re-opening Sept. 5 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Braun Building. As we approach the 27th year of NNEP’s inception, we are calling on […]
Press Release Over the 2012 August civic holiday weekend, officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Rainy River District Detachment focused their enforcement efforts on drivers and boaters who continue to drink and drive, drive aggressively or drive while distracted and those who are not compliant with seat belt and […]
