Local News from Across the Rainy River District
In front of their largest audience in recent memory the Fort Frances High School Muskies shut down the St. John’s Tigers out of Winnipeg. Hundreds of FFHS alumni gathered at the game which marked the celebration of the 75th year of Muskie football. Ahead of the coin toss all of […]
Fort Frances council has agreed to back a campaign with Emo, to apply pressure for a new taxation deal with railroads and power companies. Emo council reached out to Fort Frances Council, seeking a resolution of support to continue petitioning the provincial government and the Ontario Ministry of Finance to […]
In a historic and traditional selection process held today in Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, Francis Kavanaugh, from Naotkamegwanning First Nation has secured his fourth term as Ogichidaa Grand Council Treaty #3 Grand Chief. The traditional selection process, guided by Anishinaabe cultural protocols, saw each First Nation exercising four votes in this […]
A volleyball coach from the Rainy River District is showing her coaching prowess once again. Amy Wilson is an assistant coach with the women’s varsity volleyball team at the University of Waterloo and has been chosen as an assistant coach for Team Ontario’s Women’s team at the 2025 Canada Games. […]
There was a great crowd on hand at Ice Fort Kids Arena for the Lakers home opener last Friday as the Fort Frances Lakers observed the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Attendance was reported as 654 people. After a 3-0 first period in which the Lakers struggled to clear […]
Riverside Health Care Hosts Public Mammography Blitz on Oct. 11, 2023 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Riverside Health Care’s Diagnostic Imaging team at La Verendrye General Hospital is holding a walk-in Mammography Blitz on October 11, 2023, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Women 40 and older are […]
The Ontario government is marking the 25th anniversary of Agriculture Week by supporting businesses across the supply chain through the Dine Ontario initiative. From October 1-8, the province is encouraging people to dine in at restaurants and choose a select Ontario food and beverage special. Participating restaurants will showcase a […]
The 2023 Homecoming King and Queen Jaxon Strachan and Danielle Schram proudly stand representing the Fort Frances High School. Jaxon was in full force at the homecoming football game, which the Muskie team won 46-0 competing with the St. John’s Tigers. It was a great game, the enthusiastic Muskie cheerleaders […]
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is calling out the federal government for what is sees as a lack of action on its own reconciliation goals. Today – October 4 – is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “CAP stands with the families […]
Northwestern Ontario LGBTQ organizations want to talk with Kenora’s Conservative MP about “transphobic rhetoric,” but he doesn’t seem interested. Eric Melillo has not responded in any way to a public request this week for him to meet and discuss threats to LGBTQ communities, Caitlin Hartlen of Rainbow Alliance Dryden said […]
Did you know that every year we celebrate world heart day on September 29th? This day is used to draw attention to one of the leading causes of death here in Canada, cardiovascular disease, and helps educate the public in the hopes of reducing cardiovascular disease across Canada. Cardiovascular disease […]
Ted DeBenetti of A Buck or Two in downtown Fort Frances pulled the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s All-Cruise Trip of the Month draw for October yesterday morning, October 2, 2023. Ashlee Hunsperger is the winner of a Cabo San Lucas Cruise, valued at $3,800. Next month’s […]
