Dan DeGagné, owner of Sunset Lock and Security here, checked out the keypad on a new home security system he installed in a Fort Frances residence last week.
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Laura Godbout was busy cooking up local food for “The World’s Longest Barbecue” event on Saturday at the local farmers’ market.
Christine Jourdain pointed out her father, Glenn, in one of the old hockey team photos from St. Marguerite’s School during the opening of the museum’s exhibit on local residential schools last Thursday morning.
June Etienne, Lloyd Wheatley, and Freeda Carmody took part in their weekly SAGE (Sage Advice and Gentle Exercise for Seniors) class at Guthrie United Church in Devlin. The group, sponsored by the Emo-La Vallee-Chapple Healthy Commnuities Coalition, meets once a week for activities such as Tai-Chi.
Local Youth Action Alliance leaders Tiffany Whalen and Andrew Morrish have been working hard to organize a Regional Day of Action here Aug. 12. The duo also want to work with town council to implement more “butt stops” at town parks and beaches.
Jim Jackson spent a good part of Saturday morning giving people rides around the Both Farm in a 1927 Whippet, which once was owned by his father. Jackson said he remembers learning to drive in the area which is now the site of Sturgeon Creek School.
Bugsy Morrisseau gave it a good stroke as teammates Harry and Sandra Morrisseau watched her putt eventually drop into the cup for a par save during the Treaties 1-11 fundraiser golf tournament Monday at Heron Landing. Twenty-two teams participated, with the foursome of Colin Drombolis, Brian Beers, Shane Bliss, and […]
FORT FRANCES—Almost a quarter-of-a-million dollars to repair and maintain social housing units across the district has been given to the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board by the provincial government. “The province is recognizing that a lot of the buildings are starting to get older, and a lot of […]
While tick season seems to be dragging on a little longer than usual this summer, there’s been few signs of their Lyme disease-causing cousins, the deer tick (or black-legged tick), in the Kenora-Rainy River catchment area. Al Mathers, environmental health officer with the Northwestern Health Unit, said they’ve been on […]
Some people just really dig plants. One such person is Donna Wasykowski, who will be judging the Fort Frances Horticultural Society’s annual Flower and Vegetable Show taking place tomorrow (Aug. 7) at the old CN station. Wasykowski has been involved with the local horticultural society for 38 years, and been […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship puts just as much stock in the live release of tournament fish as anglers do in catching them. To ensure smallmouth bass are returned to the lake with the best possible care, an intricate system backstage at the annual tournament is carried out by […]
Their heads are a little lighter, but participants in the “Cuts for Cancer” fundraiser in late June have made the purses for the fight against cancer a little heavier with a final tally of $3,166. That’s $1,166 more than an original goal of $2,000 that Tania Cox started out with […]
