It will be a night of remembrance and celebration as the Fort Frances Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society hosts its annual candlelight service on Sunday at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church. “It is for everyone to celebrate and remember the lives of loved ones lost to cancer,” spokesman […]
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The Borderland Thunder is a team on the rise. Riding a 6-0-2 start in the early going of the Superior International Junior Hockey League season, the first-place Thunder have moved into the No. 10 position in this week’s rankings by the Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League (CJAHL). Borderland forward Matt […]
If you build it, they will come—even to the planning meeting. Up to 200 people packed the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium Wednesday night to discuss design ideas for a proposed skateboard park, scheduled to be built on the old arena ball diamond. Darren Brown, promotions director for the project, said […]
The positive efforts of young people in the community will be saluted at a special dinner here Friday night. The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team is sponsoring the dinner, which is slated for 6 p.m. at the Joy of Life Fellowship Church (714 Armit Ave.) “We’re honouring youth […]
With only two weeks to go before little ghosts and goblins take to the streets in search of treats, the organizer of the fifth-annual “Scott Street Scare” said the event is shaping up to be as good as, if not better than, last year. “This is the first time in […]
Members of the local School Violence Prevention Team got a shock at their meeting last week when they received a provincial award of excellence in crime control. “The award came as a complete surprise,” committee chair Patti Jo Reid said yesterday. “This summer, they told me about it and wanted […]
The arts community may lose its biggest showcase with organizers warning the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts may not go ahead this year. “There is a serious chance the festival won’t go next year if we don’t get more help,” stressed John Jankiewicz, president of the […]
What started as simply delivering newspapers and books to hospital patients has blossomed into a fundraising machine. The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary will celebrate its 50th anniversary with its annual tea this Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the Red Dog Inn here. “We had friends in the hospital who liked […]
Fort Frances Nursery School is ready to sit down with the public school board this week to discuss its possible future in the expan-ded J.W. Walker School. “I’m getting excited. A lot of people are excited right now because this can really happen,” enthused Sandra Weir, vice-president of the Fort […]
Fire Prevention Week has wrapped up for another year, with the Fort Frances Fire Department giving away prizes to nine local youngsters who had shown their fire smarts. This year’s winner of a GT bike and helmet from Skates & Blades, as well as a “Your Safe Home” kit, T-shirt, […]
Grab your dancing shoes and reading glasses for the annual “Friends of the Library” dinner/dance next Friday night (Oct. 25) at La Place Rendez-Vous. The evening kicks off with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7. Tickets cost $30 each, which can be purchased from “Friends of the Library” […]
Backus Auditorium in International Falls will be a busy place in the weeks ahead with a host of concerts and events aimed at raising money to keep the facility open. Margarett Patnode, spokeswoman for “Citizens for Backus-AB,” said last week the group is eagerly working to complete grant applications as […]
