The Rainy River Future Development Corp. was awarded $147,000 for the installation of draining tiles on agricultural land in the area as part of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.’s announcement of more than $2.7 million to Northwestern Ontario last Friday. “By improving community infrastructure, by helping expand opportunities in […]
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With smiles and hugs, 30 students from Quebec City were welcomed to Fort Frances over the weekend. This week, they’re on a cultural exchange with students at St. Francis School, practising English and learning about life in Northwestern Ontario. “It’s very small,” said Helene Maquennetian just hours after arriving in […]
“I am excited about the new product coming to Scrap-A-Bit,” noted Meredith Croswell, adding they have a request for stamps just about every day at her store and decided it would be a great avenue to pursue. “The new stamps arriving, any day in fact, are from Magenta in Quebec,” […]
The boys are back in town. Four years after disbanding, the Rainy River Legion fastball team made an official return to the Rainy River District Fastball League last week. “We had about 14 guys in town who wanted to play and we just wanted to be closer to home,” said […]
When it comes to bowling, Mildred Ouellette is her own biggest critic. Being the oldest bowler in town at 91 (or as she puts it, “so they tell me”) gives her that right. “I’ve been up and down this [season],” said Ouellette, who plays in the Thursday afternoon ladies coffee […]
The Fort Frances Museum now owns a piece of district police history after S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis donated the 1913 journal of Cst. Kenneth Campbell—one of the area’s first provincial police officers—on Monday morning. “It’s fascinating in the sense that here we had a fella who policed the entire district, travelling […]
The North Western Ontario Tourism Association is hoping the end is in sight to a border-crossing issue that cropped up last year. “We’ve been working with [Canada] Customs. A lot of the problems we’ve had last summer we’ve worked on,” said NWOTA president Tom Pearson, who also owns Camp Narrows […]
Despite a stellar start to the season here last weekend, both the Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams know this weekend’s tournaments in Winnipeg will be their first real test. “It’ll be our toughest challenge. There are no weak teams in the field,” said Muskie boys’ co-coach Rick Chambers about […]
No disrespect towards their NorWOSSA counterparts but this year’s Muskie girls’ soccer team is keen on fielding a squad that can get over the hump and return to the all-Ontarios. The Muskies—who have amassed 11 NorWOSSA titles while carrying only 13 league losses in 15 years—have been knocked out of […]
Golden Age Manor in Emo held its annual meeting last Thursday (April 25) in the Common Room, with an excellent turnout of residents, the executive, and public on hand. Ted Burgoyne read the minutes from the previous annual meeting while the financial report was presented by secretary/treasurer Grace Hettinga. Committee […]
Two district townships each were awarded $100,000 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. for road upgrades and other infrastructure projects. Lake of the Woods will use the funding for upgrades to Luft Road, Tote Road, Frenchman’s Rock Road, and Lakewood Drive. A better well water supply also will be […]
While various vendors—particularly Lowey’s Greehouse—have been on site since mid-March, the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market hasn’t officially opened its doors yet for the season. That will all change this Saturday. “We’ll be starting our 18th year,” said Deb Cornell, who manages the farmers’ market along with Pat Clysdale-Cornell. She noted […]
