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 […]
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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
Muskie fullback Allen “Gus” Hunsperger ran over the Kildonan East Eagle defender last Friday during Fort High’s season opener. The Muskies moved the ball effective on the ground en route to the 24-0 win. —Alex Cruickshank photo
FORT FRANCES—Three district schools received funding this week to help run their nutrition programs, which provide free, healthy snacks to all students. Robert Moore, J.W. Walker, and Mine Centre schools all received funding from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services through the Northwestern Health Unit, which is the lead […]
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 […]
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 […]
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—The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is working to make a landing pad for helicopters to transport people for emergency purposes a reality here in the next year. Dan McCormick, the board’s health services manager, updated town council Monday night on what’s been done—and what still needs […]
FORT FRANCES—A group of 50 Grade 5 boys from across the district went camping this week. But besides exploring the wonders of nature, they also discovered the joys of reading and writing. The Rainy River District School Board hosted a literacy camp at Sunny Cove on Monday and Tuesday to […]
Town council got an update Monday night on upgrades being done to the war veterans’ cenotaph site in the Fort Frances Cemetery. The upgrades began last month after parks and cemetery staff met with members of the local Royal Canadian Legion to ensure the proposed upgrades were agreeable to all […]
FORT FRANCES—Twelve Fort High students who wrote special exams back in May to give them a leg up at university now are faced with having to rewrite the exams—or simply accept a refund—after their original ones were lost. “All of our exams were lost,” said Fort High principal Gord McCabe. […]
