People were lined up last Saturday at Clover Valley Farmers’ Market during bulk honey day to have their containers filled by Rick Neilson from Seven Bends Honey Farm. This week at the market is “Back to School Week” with delicious supplies of fresh vegetables and tasty treats for students.
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Fort Frances’ representative for the Arthritis Society, Marie Grennier, left, was on hand with her daughter, Peggy Bruyere ,and Mayor Roy Avis for a flag raising at the Civic Centre on Friday to mark the beginning of Arthritis Awareness Month. Volunteers will be canvassing locally this month to raise money […]
Brian Yerxa held up his daughter, Emma, as she spotted her apple in the basket this morning at St. Michael’s School. Emma will be attending kindergarten in Angela Mitchelson’s class. Today was the first day of school for children across Rainy River District.
Greg Ward admired his long putt during the final round of the Heron Landing Men’s Open on Sunday. Ward finished second with a two-day score of 152, while Dave Bruyere took the title with a 149.
Rainy River Community College announced that it will host “The Ultimate Road Trip: Campus2Career,” a free success presentation for first-year college students, at noon tomorrow (Wednesday. Sept. 3) at RRCC Theater. The presentation will be delivered on campuses across the nation this fall to more than 350,000 students. The program […]
Marie Grennier and her husband, Buzz, dug into some delicious pancakes Saturday morning at the annual free pancake breakfast hosted by NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton.
A tentative agreement reached on Sunday has averted a possible province-wide strike by college support staff. As members of OPSEU, college support staff have been negotiating with colleges for several months over such things as job security, benefits and yearly rates for wage increases. Earlier in the summer, they voted […]
The water restriction put in place so renovations could be done on the town’s water tower has been lifted, reported Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown this morning. “As of Monday, Sept. 1, the water tower went back on line,” said Brown. “As a result, the modified water restriction has […]
Artist Burton Penner of Vermilion Bay put the finishing touches on his mural that was installed Friday on Scott Street. The mural, which is placed on the outside wall of Nirvana within the museum courtyard depicts Rainy River as the original “Great Canadian Main Street” for the traders, settlers, and […]
Jaycee Bump dove into a slice of watermelon at the United Native Friendship Centre’s “Family Fun Day” which was held out at Kiwanis Sunny Cove Camp yesterday afternoon. The day was aimed at family support programs, such as Li’l Eagles, pre-natal care, and Healthy Babies. Some families even spent the […]
Volunteers are still needed to get this year’s Terry Fox Run going. Six to eight people are needed to help with running the water sites along the run, setting up the hall, providing technical assistance, and handling the barbecue after the run, and clean up said run organizer Debbie Bayzylewski. […]
Wal-Mart Canada announced this week the winners of the 2008 Wal-Mart Canada Associate Scholarship. Across the country, a total of $112,000 was awarded to 75 students entering their first year of post-secondary education. Each applicant was evaluated based on academic achievement, community involvement, extracurricular activities and financial need. The Wal-Mart […]
