Peggy Revell All the hard work by the Fort Frances High School band has paid off as members finally head off on their long-awaited trip to Italy over the March Break. “I’m excited. I’m glad it’s finally here,” Fort High music teacher John Dutton said of the trip that will […]
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Mitch Calvert The Muskie boys’ hockey team punched their ticket to the all-Ontarios with a workmanlike 5-2 victory over the Dryden Eagles on Sunday to sweep their best-of-three NorWOSSA final. It will mark Fort High’s sixth-straight trip to OFSAA, which is taking place March 24-27 in North Bay. Mike Jourdain […]
Staff About 100 people attended St. Mary’s Church here Friday afternoon for World Day of Prayer 2009, joining millions across the world in praying for the women of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The hour-long service, organized locally this year by Gemma Lamonato, featured about a dozen representatives from area churches […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is in the process of gathering safety-related statistics and information in anticipation of its strategic planning session coming up Tuesday, March 31 at La Place Rendez-Vous here. “We’re in the process right now,” RRVSC administrative co-ordinator Grace Silander said Monday. “We’re gathering […]
Peggy Revell Scientists and researchers from both Canada and the United States are attending the sixth International Lake of the Woods Water Quality Forum taking place today and tomorrow (March 11-12) at Rainy River Community College over in International Falls. “It’s primarily a technical forum . . . for networking […]
Peggy Revell Plans already are underway for the second-annual Barwick Gun & Hobby Show, which is slated for May 2 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Barwick community centre. While the show is mainly about firearms, event organizer Scott Stafford stressed it’s also a family event with hobby tables featuring […]
Mitch Calvert Talk about tradition. Fort Frances resident Rob Sinclair recently returned from a trip-of-a-lifetime as part of a 40-person crew of Canadian curlers who travelled to Scotland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Canada’s participation in the Strathcona Cup. Lord Strathcona presented The Royal Caledonian Curling Club in Scotland […]
Mitch Calvert Too often people feel uncomfortable joining a gym because they think they’ll be judged negatively by other people in unfamiliar surroundings. They can come up with every excuse in the book not to go: from “lack of time” to “no energy.” But a personal trainer may just be […]
Peggy Revell Kenora-Rainy River riding will be seeing a lot more of MPP Howard Hampton now that he’s officially retired as leader of the Ontario NDP. “I’ll have more time than ever to focus on the issues in our part of the province,” Hampton remarked after Hamilton Centre MPP Andrea […]
Peggy Revell 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of Alberton’s volunteer fire department. “There was a house just north of me here that caught on fire and there were two fatalities, a little girl and her grandfather who had passed,” explained current fire chief Sandy Haney on why there was the […]
Peggy Revell The photos, names, dates, and stories that line the basement walls of Our Lady of Lourdes Church mark the almost 20 years that Glenn Jourdain has dedicated to piecing together the history of the people of Couchiching First Nation. Organized into church history, chiefs, community members, those who […]
Mitch Calvert What a difference a year makes. The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres exacted revenge on the Schreiber Diesels with a pair of wins here last week to close out their regular-season schedule and hold onto third place in the SIJHL standings. Last season, the Diesels stole three of four […]
