Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club is holding a music BINGO fundraiser in October an event that should prove fun and entertaining. McKenna Begin is the president of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club she says the club is hoping to springboard off of the spring’s successful trivia night. “The idea was […]
FORT FRANCES, ON – The Fort Frances Lakers have announced the promotional schedule for the first half of the 2023/24 season. The Fall/Winter 2023 Promotional Schedule features six special events that will see the Lakers partner with community groups, organizations, and regional First Nations. The Lakers will partner with Seven […]
FORT FRANCES, ON – The Fort Frances Lakers’ Youth Development Camp begins tomorrow at the Emo LaVallee Community Centre. The five-day sports camp runs from September 13-17, and will include instruction from Lakers players and coaches. The camp will feature on-ice skills and development sponsored by New Gold, and off-ice […]
Sports is a family affair for Orrin and Makinnley McCormick. Both are Muskies this year. Orrin is playing his first year of football and Makinnley is in her second year of cheerleading. The Friday September 8 game left them both pumped for the season as the Muskies won their first […]
Walleye are one of the most popular species to catch in the Rainy River district, and for good reason – they’re one of the tastiest. The anglers in local tournaments make finding the big ones easy, but for notice anglers, walleye can be tricky to catch. Here are a few […]
The organizers of the Rainy River Walleye Tournament know that fishing and kids go together. So they’ve put together a line-up of fun family activities, that everyone can enjoy. It all takes place Saturday at the Big Tent, so pack up the whole family for a full day of fun! […]
After winning last spring’s Emo Walleye Classic, with a two-day total of 23.19 Lbs. long-time partners Doug McBride and Steve Ballan are hoping they can have a repeat performance this weekend in the Rainy River Walleye Tournament. Ballan says this is the pair’s 30th year fishing in tournaments together and […]
Helping with the Rainy River Walleye Tournament is one of the major activities the West Rainy River Lions Club keeps busy at, across our District Communities throughout the year. It all comes to a grand climax at the RRWT Big Tent in Hannam Park in Rainy River this coming September […]
What’s Missing? Just you! With a maximum of only 6000 tickets to be sold you couldbe the one sitting at the controls of this beautiful Princecraft Vectra 21 Pontoon Boat cruising our waterways next summer… but you’ve got to have a ticket to win. Just $20.00. Get yours before it’s […]
It’s passion that has brought them this far ,and it’s that same passion that will see Jay McFarlane of 2-Tone Music Productions under the big tent at the Rainy River Walleye Tournament this Friday night to keep spirits high and make sure everyone has a good time. While McFarlane isn’t […]
With the start of fishing only days away, there’s no better time than this weekend to make the trip out to the west end of the district to enjoy the 2023 Rainy River Walleye Tournament. This year’s event is scheduled to take place from Thursday, September 14, to Saturday, September […]
Bert Seguin and Ernie Seguin made an iconic team, two brothers known as “Sesame Street” who competed annually at the Rainy River Walleye Tournament (RRWT). To everyone’s surprise, following many years of partnership, Sesame Street will not be competing this year. News of their split was first revealed by RRWT […]
