Duane Hicks Marilyn Perrault, left, stood proudly by her brother and artist Wayne Yerxa last Thursday at the opening of the new exhibit, “This Place Where We Live,” at the Fort Frances Museum. The exhibit, which features paintings by both Yerxa and fellow local artist Connie Cuthbertson, drew a full […]
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Peggy Revell Aaron and Sekina Scheibler loaded up a trailer full of bicycles that were collected from across the district for the “Bikes for Humanity” project. In total, 273 bikes were collected by both the Scheibler family and Free Methodist Church of the Holy Spirit in Fort Frances. The bikes […]
Lucas Punkari Lakers’ forward Jordan Larson, left, watched as linemate Adam Wensley fired a shot from close range during last Tuesday night’s SIJHL showdown against the visiting Wisconsin Wilderness. While Wensley scored the opening goal of the game, thanks to a pass from Larson, the Wilderness skated away with a […]
Duane Hicks An ever-active community volunteer and a familiar face at the Sister Kennedy Centre here, Nick Wihnan has been named as Fort Frances’ “Citizen of the Year.” Wihnan was announced as the honouree this morning, and officially will be recognized at the town’s annual appreciation dinner this Friday (Nov. […]
Heather Latter Having recently received positive results from the latest Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of the gold resource at its site north of Barwick, Rainy River Resources now is ready to move forward with its Rainy River Gold Project. The objective is to have the mine and associated gold-processing plant […]
Staff How late is too late for little ghosts and ghouls to be out trick-or-treating on Hallowe’en? Local resident Jackie Lampi-Hughes has asked town council to look at a curfew for all Hallowe’en activity on Oct. 31 each year. In a letter received at last night’s meeting, Lampi-Hughes said she’d […]
Staff Discussions over establishing a joint transportation committee between the Northwest Catholic District School Board and Rainy River District School Board will continue at tonight’s monthly meeting of the Catholic board. At last month’s meeting, NCDSB trustees agreed the formation of a transportation committee was “necessary in developing a transportation […]
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Darcy Banman of The Bargain Shop, left, and Debra Bruyere, with the Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child & Family Services, finished setting up the “Adopt-an-Angel” tree at the Scott Street store as the annual campaign that helps collect toys and presents for children in need across the district kicked off for […]
Duane Hicks Jackie Lampi-Hughes spoke to council yesterday evening to request they consider instituting a curfew next Hallowe’en which would see trick-or-treaters going door-to-door only from 6-8 p.m.
Staff Girls earn home split The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams began their respective NorWOSSA seasons over the weekend. The boys opened defence of their league title with a narrow 4-3 win over the host Dryden Eagles on Saturday thanks to goals by Jeff Davis, Tyler Mosbeck, Nick Jourdain, […]
Staff The next “Citizen of the Year” in the Town of Fort Frances will be revealed at tonight’s regular council meeting. The honouree officially will be honoured during the town’s annual appreciation dinner this Friday (Nov. 18) at La Place Rendez-Vous, and also will be featured in the Santa Claus […]
Heather Latter Dorothy Quibell browsed the many holiday items for sale during the opening of “The Christmas Store” at Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Gardens (located on Highway 602) on Saturday morning. The festive shop will be open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., […]
