Tyler Moffitt As 2010 arrived, the S.A.F.E. Baby (Smoke Alarms For Every Baby) program became 11 years old in Rainy River District. Parents of new babies work hard to prepare their child for the future. It’s difficult to imagine a cute little baby ever getting into trouble, much less a […]
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Staff Irene Harrison of Fort Frances was one of the $75 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar draw for January. Other $75 winners were Harold and Shirley McQuaker and Martha Siemens of Emo; Terri-Lin Jensson and Mike Oberg of Dryden; and Jim Sawers, Kathleen O’Flaherty, […]
Staff A pair of Fort Frances squads won the final games they played at an Atom girls’ hockey tournament in Emo over the weekend. The Rolling Lake Lightning captured gold with a 3-2 win over the Lake of the Woods Flyers while Kaemingh Esso tripped up the Emo Penguins 5-0 […]
Staff Things began well and ended well for the Fort Frances Pharmasave Wildcats Midget girls’ team at the 15th-annual Lake of the Woods tournament last weekend in Kenora. In between, though, the Wildcats fell in three-consecutive hard-fought battles. Fort Frances opened with a 6-3 victory over Lake of the Woods. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Canadians may have gone south over the weekend, but their play certainly didn’t. The local Midget ‘AA’ team captured gold at the Jr. Gold Tournament in Brookings, S.D., defeating foes from Fargo and Mounds View as well as their hosts. The Canadians got off to a […]
Staff Boston Pizza rolled to another win in local men’s basketball league action Monday night. BP steamrolled Rendez-Vous 86-55 on the strength of 24 points by Adrian Chapman. Chris Wiedenhoeft responded with 15 for the Vous in a losing cause. In the early game, Taggs beat the Muskies 76-49, with […]
Press Release A hunter has been fined $2,000 for illegal moose hunting. John Ireland, of Everett, Ont., was convicted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and fined $2,000 for unlawfully hunting cow moose. His firearm was seized and will be returned once his fine is paid. Court heard that […]
Duane Hicks Grand-opening tentatively set Construction of the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre is moving along slightly ahead of schedule, with a grand opening tentatively scheduled for the end of June, Community Services manager George Bell said Friday. “The interior stuff is ahead of schedule now, and […]
Heather Latter A year-and-a-half after their unsuccessful quest for funding on CBC’s “Dragon’s Den,” Andrew Atwell and Ron Allen of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation still are moving ahead with production of a wild rice popped cereal they invented. “We’ve already got the cereal patented, of course, and now we’re launching a […]
Dan Falloon Judy LaBelle can see all the way to Blind River. The local skip, along with her team of third Nancy Evans, second Mary-Beth Tkachuk, and lead Trudy Badiuk, finished tied for first with three other rinks at 3-2 at the senior women’s inter-region playdowns at the Fort Frances […]
Heather Latter After years of working towards building an abattoir to service area producers, the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir is set to open next month. An opening ceremony has been scheduled for Jan. 28 to commemorate the new facility and its start of operations. “It’s been a long time […]
Staff Will take effect for next term The next term for mayor and council will see somewhat better pay than the current one after town council approved a revised remuneration and travel policy for both town staff and members of council Monday night. The revised policy includes an increase to […]
