Heather Latter Liz Clark, left, and June Keddie were among those decked out in pink Saturday for the Rainy River District Breast Health Network’s “Luncheon of Hope” at La Place Rendez-Vous. The well-attended biennial event featured guest speaker Diane Davis, an author and breast cancer survivor.
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Heather Latter Liam Quast and his sister, Rowen, enjoyed an afternoon snack Saturday during the fall tea and bake sale at the Church of the Lutheran Hour here.
Peggy Revell Local artist Lindsay Hamilton led a brainstorming session with the dozen people who came out to the Fort Frances Museum on Saturday to discuss establishing a district art collective.
Heather Latter Samantha Halliday painted a pumpkin Saturday morning at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here.
Lucas Punkari Lyndsi Jo Wilson swam hard as she competed in the 100m butterfly event Saturday afternoon during the Boston Pizza Fall Frolic Invitational at the Memorial Sports Centre. Wilson completed the race in a time of 1:31.04 to finish in fifth place in the girls’ 13-14 age group. Donovan […]
Duane Hicks Ericka Tymkin, left, Payton Dolyny, and Shelby Tymkin were all smiles yesterday during the fall harvest fish fry at the Sunset Country Métis Hall. The sold-out crowd of about 140 people not only enjoyed a delicious dinner (with fish provided by Blaine Tucker) but music provided by Abbey […]
Staff Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. announced earlier this week that impressive gold assays have been discovered from its ongoing exploratory drilling campaign in the Pine Centre area of its Straw Lake project, located about 50 km north of Fort Frances. But given the company only is in the early stages […]
Peggy Revell Laura Chabot, left, with the Kenora-Rainy River District Child and Family Services, and local OPP Cst. Anne McCoy held up two of the many boxes of glowsticks that will be distributed to children across the district so the little witches, superheroes, princesses, and other costumed creatures will stay […]
Staff Having been snake-bitten around the front of the net since the start of the season, Byron Katapaytuk certainly threw the monkey off his back last night in Dryden. The third-year forward exploded with a four-goal outburst, which also were his first four goals of the campaign, to help the […]
Lucas Punkari Momentum clearly is on the side of the Muskie football team heading into the WHSFL playoffs next week. The black-and-gold nabbed their second-straight win with a 7-0 victory over the St. John’s Tigers yesterday in Winnipeg, which clinched fifth place in the Currie Division standings with a 3-4 […]
Press Release The new minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing will be conflicted when dealing with land claims as minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Couchiching First Nation charged in a press release yesterday. “We need an advocate, not a conciliator, “ said Couchiching Chief Chuck McPherson. “The most valuable undeveloped land […]
Lucas Punkari There’s no place like home. The Fort Frances Lakers can attest to that after beating the Dryden Ice Dogs 5-3 on Tuesday night for their fifth-straight win in the friendly confines of the Ice For Kids Arena. Leading 2-0 after 40 minutes, the Lakers were forced to go […]
