Bruce Lidkea, director of the Fort Frances School of Celtic Arts, lead the piping students in their performance to open the Evening of Scottish Music and Dance last night at the Townshend Theatre. The evening included several piping performances as well as traditional Highland dancing. The third-annual Fort Frances School […]
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The forest fire hazard throughout the West Fire Region has risen to “high” to “extreme” this week. All crews and aircraft are remaining on red alert in the anticipation of new fires. Although some rain is in the forecast, lighting could cause an increase in fires over the next 24 […]
A hole was dug in the first inning by the Aces and there was no climbing out of it for the Deuces in the annual Rainy River District Fastball League’s All-Star game held Tuesday night in Rainy River. The Deuces faced the pitching of Sight and Sound’s (Fort Frances) Bob […]
Boise Cascade announced today that the company has reached a definitive agreement to sell the stock of its Minnesota, Dakota & Western (MD&W) railway in International Falls, Minnesota, to Watco Companies, Inc. The sale of the railway will include MD&W’s portion of the International Bridge, a rail and toll bridge […]
Greg Tighe hit a long drive yesterday during the Senior Men’s Open Tournament at Kitchen Creek Golf Course. Tighe was one of 102 golfers who braved the heat to participate in the event. International Falls’ Dennis “Poncho” Krantz shot the round of the day, a 73, to capture the title. […]
The Kiwanis skate park committee got a helping hand from the Town of Fort Frances on Monday evening, after council voted in favour of a bridge financing agreement with them. Under the agreement, the town will pay the outstanding invoices, in the amount of $107,473.82, to contractors, and the Kiwanis […]
Terry McClymont and Jaret Horbaiuk stood nervously next to emcee Lionel Robert this past Sunday as they waited for Day One “Castin’ For Cash” bass tournament leaders Pat Steele and Ralph Galusha to be towed into the weigh-in area. Steele and Galusha were the last remaining challengers in the sixty […]
After continuous development for several years, the first phase of the Cranberry Peatlands Interpretive Trail, located about 12 km west of Fort Frances, officially was opened to the public by the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists on Thursday evening. “It’s a great educational opportunity for students to come here and […]
Northridge Funeral Home, an endeavour which has been in the works for some time now, is finally ready, licensed, and open for business. The new establishment, which is located on highway 11 just west of Emo, is owned by experienced funeral director, Jason Lilley. “I began working in the funeral […]
Two weeks before their departure from Fort Frances, 14-year-old Rebecca Geense and her 13-year-old-sister Jessica can barely speak about moving, leaving their friends and the home they grew up in, without tearing up. The two youngest daughters of Tony and Gloria Geense have spent most of their childhood in Fort […]
One of the perks of living near Rainy Lake is boating access to its uninhabited, remote sandy beaches where swimming and camping are popular during the summer months. Visitors come and go from these places, and are supposed to be responsible stewards of the Crown land they enjoy by picking […]
With renovations underway at the Fort Frances Museum on Scott Street, an interpretive development intern has been hired to get a new exhibit ready for when it re-opens next year. Emily Carr, from Whitby, Ont., just started the job last week but already is aware she has a lot of […]
