Sons of Norway Vinland Lodge in International Falls will host a potluck dinner and celebration of Scandinavian heritage this Sunday (Sept. 17). The Scandinavian Club of Fort Frances will be providing the program at Vinland’s beautiful Nyland Huset lodge building on the shores of Rainy Lake. Youth member Dorothy Johnson […]
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Need to know how to write a successful proposal for funding? How about learning what the Carver model for governance is and how boards operate? Then now is the time to sign up for workshops on these two subjects, which will be held later this month and next at the […]
Council approved the town’s timetable for the 2007 budget process Monday night, with a public meeting slated to kick things off on Monday, Sept. 25. Citizens or organizations are encouraged to present council with their suggestions and comments on what municipal services and projects they want to see in the […]
Having already been postponed once due to a lack of ticket sales, a fundraising event for the district handi-transit van scheduled for Sept. 23 still may see just a small crowd. “Ticket sales are going slow,” admitted Kim Lauzon, chair of the Meals on Wheels handi-transit committee. “We have a […]
With the nomination deadline in a little over two weeks, more nominees for the local municipal and school board elections are coming in. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft filed his nomination papers Monday, being the most recent addition to the list of those running for seats on town council. That list so […]
This past weekend would have marked the 11th-annual “Freedom Ride” at Joyce Young’s Trail’s End Riding Stables north of Devlin. But due to some discrepancies with the business licences Fort Frances instituted this year, Young decided to cancel the event. She noted she doesn’t have the money to pay for […]
Retired teachers David Ogilvie and Wayne Barron have talked about starting up a men’s choir for the past couple of years—and finally are getting the idea off the ground. “We’d like to start a men’s choir for the Rainy River District,” Ogilvie noted. “It came to me because various guys […]
FORT FRANCES—Although not monitored, Linda Wall, Rainy Lake area supervisor with the Ministry of Natural Resources here, said it’s possible there are slightly more skunks and raccoons in the area this year. “I haven’t had any reports that would indicate to me that there are more than usual, but we […]
Jaxon Haldane, a member of the popular Winnipeg-based band “D. Rangers,” played the banjo and belted out a tune Saturday night in the barn at the Cornell Farm in La Vallee. Often described as “mutant bluegrass” and “arm-swinging hillbilly-stomp,” the group kept the audience entertained for hours despite the chill […]
Sgt. Ryan Wood, left, and Sgt. Jordan Manty of the 908 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron checked out a Piper PA16 Clipper which was flown into the Fort Frances Airport from Kakabeka Falls on Saturday for the seventh-annual “Fly-in, Drive-in BBQ.” A record-setting crowd of about 400 people came out […]
Joelle Campbell had her dog, Pebbles, all decked out and ready to ride Saturday morning, just prior to the start of the local Alzheimer Society’s fourth-annual “Ride for Memories.” About 30 district riders went to Dryden via Highway 502, where they met up with motorcyclists from there and Kenora. They […]
Alysha Shields, a Grade 4 student at Robert Moore, helped put together the school’s snack trays on Monday morning. Student and parent volunteers are an integral part of the program, which recently received provincial funding. —Melanie Béchard photo
