Lucas Punkari Although they weren’t the best team during the regular season, and certainly not the favourites to capture the Rainy River District Fastball League crown, the Sight & Sound Wolves once again have risen to the top of the heap. The Wolves, the third seed in this year’s double-elimination […]
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Staff Dr. Jeff Denis, a recent Harvard graduate and now assistant professor of sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, will be making a public presentation at 7 p.m. tonight at the Métis Hall (714 Armit Ave.) Dr. Denis, who conducted research in Rainy River District between 2007 and 2009, will […]
Staff The body of a missing Florida man has been found on Lake of the Woods. On Saturday, the Kenora OPP was advised of a missing person in the Obabikon Bay area of Lake of the Woods. The missing man was identified as 68-year-old Bill Amason, a resident of Florida […]
Duane Hicks Penny Faragher straightened out a piece of her digital artwork, entitled “Aspens prefer to sleep in the nude,” yesterday at the Fine Line Art Gallery on Mowat Avenue. Faragher’s “Eclectic Expressions” exhibit will run there until the end of September, and was made possible through a grant from […]
Heather Latter Anthony Andrusco, left, signed up his son, Eleazar, during registration at the Fort Frances Nursery School yesterday at Knox United Church. Those interested in signing up for the pre-school program (ages 2-5) can call 274-5653.
Staff Kiwanian Robin Wright, left, read the ticket after Don Cumming of the Fort Frances Times drew the winner of the “Trip of the Month” for September this morning at International Travel Services here. Jean Richards of Fort Frances won a trip to Varadero, Cuba valued at $3,300. Next month’s […]
Peggy Revell Local Confederation College support workers Evelyn Sletmoen and Kathy Egan hoisted their signs at the road entrance to the campus here this morning in support of a province-wide strike. The college remains open, though, with campus programs and classes still expected to run.
Robin McCormick Once can feel a big hole in their hart this week as we have lost one of our longtime residents. Helen Logan passed away Friday at the age of 96. And in those 96 years she has touched the lives of many with her dynamic friendly and energetic […]
Dave Ogilvie The Farm Progress Building was indeed a busy place during the recent Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair in Emo. One organization which was present for the two-day event was Safe Communities Rainy River District. Members of the group spent time at the fair handing out information about […]
Heather Latter Motorcyclists took to area highways for a road trip Saturday as part of the local Alzheimer Society’s ninth-annual “Ride for Memories,” with this year’s ride ending here in Fort Frances that evening. The fundraiser saw a total of 160 registered participants and brought in at least $31,000, said […]
Press Release The North West Local Health Integration Network, along with Ontario’s 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), is investing $1.23 million to enhance services for seniors who exhibit behaviours associated with complex and challenging mental health, dementia or other neurological conditions. The money will go towards local initiatives that […]
Staff Jake Rae was the driver to beat at the Emo go-kart track on Friday night, as the Advanced class competitor bagged a pair of heat race wins and then took the feature over Tristian Badiuk and Aaron Nelson. Badiuk and Cole Trimble won the other two heat races in […]
