Four floats entered in the district fall fair came home with a first place win. Four floats were entered and four first’s were won. The Devlin/LaVallee municipality entered a float for the first time, they took “the best decorated event.” Freda Carmody would like to thank all the folks who […]
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The women’s soccer season wrapped up last week with MEC putting the bow on the league title, their first since 1996. MEC defeated Gillons’ 4-1 last Thursday in the one-game final at St. Francis Sportsfields. Keira Main scored two goals and Jodi Johnson and Liz Leischman added the other markers. […]
Steve Arpin put on two breathtaking performances during the Borderland racing season’s biggest two nights at last weekend’s Rainy River District Fall Fair. The 17-year old Fort native captured feature wins in both Friday and Saturday’s feature, fighting through the 22-car field, a bevy of out-of-town drivers looking to take […]
An annual fall fair without a parade of some kind is just not a fair! This year, thanks to committee chairperson Lois Caul and other participants made sure another awesome parade was delivered to the public. It all assembled along Front Street at the Golden Age Manor and Emo Health […]
The Fort Frances Nursery School is on the move and teacher Laurel Basaraba is looking forward to a change. Originally located on the second floor of Robert Moore School, Basaraba and her students will now be attending classes at Alexander MacKenzie, across from Legion Park. “We are going to be […]
The historical sites at Pither’s Point Park have been cleaned and boarded up for the year after another successful season. Saturday was the last day for visitors to wander around the three sites, including Fort St. Pierre, the Hallett (a historic tugboat), and the Lookout Tower. “It was a good […]
Prospective home buyers in the area now have greater access to a service that may soon be considered indispensable–professional home inspection. Robert Peters, a local contractor and certified building inspector, has been hired by New Jersey-based home inspection company HouseMaster to inspect properties in the Fort Frances, Atikokan, Rainy River […]
Organizers of the Fort Frances Little Theatre have taken steps towards solving a potential shortage of actors for their fall production: they will be mounting a play that only has two characters. Auditions for “The Gin Game,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy by D.L. Coburn, will take place Thursday, Aug. […]
Construction is once again underway at the Couchiching golf course as protesters there have taken down their camp and gone home. A group of residents had blockaded construction, setting up tents in the path of heavy machinery and tying ropes to some vehicles, to protest what they claim was a […]
It was early Friday when I contacted Farm Progress Building convener Mrs. Linda Armstrong. She said, “We had 43 booths for 2001 ready when participants arrived.” There was everything you could expect, from commercial to farming (dairy and beef cattle), financial institutes, two church groups, OPP, and district ambulance representatives. […]
The small stage on the fairgrounds saw several local talents singing on it, as well as a guest comedian fiddler “The Old Guy” Arnie Strynadka and “The Kid” Candace Strynadka with their brnd of old-time country music. Candace handled the electric guitar while Arnie had his reliable violin. When looking […]
Tony Marinaro can’t help it. He can’t help but wince every time his son, T.J., turns a fast corner on the go-kart track at the Emo Speedway. You can’t blame dad. After all, this is the younger Marinaro’s first experience on the go-kart circuit this year. “Before I couldn’t even […]
