A large group of people gathered Tuesday morning to walk from the Fort Frances Senior Centre to the United Native Friendship Centre in memory and in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people. The walk was sponsored by UNFC, Sunset Country Métis, Northwestern Ontario Métis Child […]
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—Submitted photo
Sandy Beadle a well known familiar and friendly face at Riverview Hospital retired Friday (April 28th.) Sandy had worked as “executive assistant “ for twenty nine years ( and five years) at an earlier date at Riverside) Sandy turned 65 years old on April 22nd. Sandy was honoured with a […]
- Ken Kellar photos
The cast and crew of Muskies musical theatre have closed the curtain on another year, with a successful four-night run of Mean Girls. The audience reaction was overwhelming, with rave reviews through social media and word of mouth. The production was four months in the making, and drew out a […]
- Ken Kellar and staff photos
The annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Business and Community Expo was a huge success, with hundreds turning out to see a range of businesses, services and organiza- tions. Above, the Make a Big Splash Committee was on hand to show off designs. Top left, the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions […]
- Fort Frances High School
The Muskies FFHS Badminton team made their hometown proud, with a great showing at NWOSSAA, held last week at Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Payton Dolyny and Taryn Oster placed first in the Junior Girls Doubles. They were undefeated with a 5-0 record. Julia Guertin placed second in Sr. Girls […]
Junior Division Winners – Grades 5 & 6 1st Place – St. Mary Bentley Mainville Bryce Perrault Chiles Perrault Karen Papineau (Teacher) Cedar Bruyere Gabrielle Friday Taleah Mainville-Morrisseau Chase Bruyere Garrett Ellis 2nd Place – Donald Young Elementary Dreyson Bombay Dallas McGinnis Ronan Kuchma William Taylor Frank Szeder Trysten Bryant […]
Press release
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the April 50/50 jackpot is Heather Oltsher of Barwick, ON with the winning ticket number BB-3342466. Heather is the lucky recipient of $12,885 with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Friday, April […]
By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent
West End Correspondent
Last week, LaVallee Reeve Lucille MacDonald and councillors Badiuk, Loshaw, and Hyatt attended the Northern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) conference in Thunder Bay. MacDonald was more than happy to share the things she learned at the three-day event (April 26-28). She said taxpayers have a right to know why elected […]
- Allan Bradbury photo
New docking for the Sorting Gap Marina has made its way out of storage, and is being installed by crews. The new docks were scheduled for installation last year, but historic flooding washed those plans away. This summer is shaping up to be closer to normal, allowing the docks to […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast subscribers will be able to view the NFL Network after all. The cable company said Tuesday morning in a statement that there is a new carriage agreement. The old one expired Monday. The NFL is expected to announce its regular-season schedule on May 11. NBCUniversal, […]
Staff
A number of items will be forwarded to council, out of yesterday’s Community Services Executive Committee. New programming Recreation is about to get a boost, according to Recreation and Culture Manager Tyler Young. He was commended by the Community Services Executive Committee for the Spring Recreator, which sees the return […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 Outbreak for the entire facility Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. Previously, this outbreak had only affected the West and East Wings. Enhanced visitor restrictions are in place that permit two (2) visitors or caregivers at […]
