Duane Hicks The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is aiming raise $650,000 to purchase a digital mammography unit by this fall through its new “Together We Can” campaign. Campaign co-chair Christine Ruppenstein and campaign director Nicke Baird spoke yesterday at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s spring general membership meeting […]
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Press Release In March, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at the Fort Frances port of entry processed 53,703 travellers in 29,478 vehicles, which represent a 7.5 percent increase in travellers and a 1.03 percent decrease in vehicles compared to March, 2011. Twenty-six charter buses carrying 557 passengers, 650 commercial […]
Heather Latter Rainycrest residents gathered around yesterday afternoon to hear music played on the alphorn and guitar by Ernst Banninger, left, and Lorenz Schwarz of Switzerland. The pair, who also sing and yodel, will be staging a concert this Saturday (May 5) at 7 p.m. at the Backus Auditorium in […]
Heather Latter Hannah Pope had a blast trying out the driver’s seat of one of the fire trucks at the local fire hall this morning. Youngsters from the Fort Frances Nursery School got an up-close look at the trucks and gear, and learned that firefighters are helpful people.
Duane Hicks Kiwanian Robin Wright, left, and Dan Cousineau of Cousineau Real Estate Ltd. read out the winning ticket for the May “Trip of the Month” this morning at International Travel Services. Ron Schindel of Fort Frances will be heading to sunny Montego Bay, Jamaica—a trip valued at $4,000. Next […]
Duane Hicks Local Salvation Army captains Angel and Marlene Sandoval will be leaving Fort Frances in two months and moving to Ariano Irpino, Italy. Capt. Angel Sandoval made the announcement Friday evening during a Salvation Army appreciation dinner at Knox United Church. “We enjoyed the work here. One of the […]
Staff The Thunder Bay Queens Midget women’s hockey team, which includes former Muskie forward Jillian Langtry, fell just short of their quest to capture the Esso Cup national championship. The squad fell 4-2 to the Pembina Valley Hawks (Morden, Man.) in the final Saturday afternoon in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Despite out-shooting […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team had a successful weekend at the annual St. John’s-Ravenscourt tournament in Winnipeg. The black-and-gold came home with the ‘B’-side crown after a 2-1 victory over the Glenlawn Lions (Winnipeg) yesterday afternoon. Brandon Sinclair and Gavin Moorhouse netted second-half goals for Fort High, which gave […]
Staff A “Relay-O-Rama” fundraiser is being planned for this Saturday (May 5) and organizers are looking for more vendors to participate to raise funds for the annual “Relay for Life” and to help fight cancer. “It’s a mix of ‘relayers’ and vendors who are looking to come together for the […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP responded to a single motor-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. The collision took place on Highway 622 about 14 km north of Atikokan. Brian Scott McDonald, 31, of Atikokan, the lone occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead […]
Heather Latter Bishop Fred Colli of Thunder Bay offered a presentation about “Angels in Our Lives” on Saturday afternoon during the 59th-annual Thunder Bay Diocesan Catholic Women’s League convention held over the weekend at St. Mary’s Church here. The convention saw nearly 200 delegates participate from across the region.
Duane Hicks Capts. Marlene and Angel Sandoval handed out pins to volunteers who helped out with the 2011 Christmas kettle and hamper campaigns, including Curt Summer, back left, Sharon Giavarini, Jill Pernsky, Angie Fraser, and Audrey Thompson, during Friday night’s volunteer appreciation dinner at Knox United Church here.
