Several familiar faces will be behind the bench this coming season as the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association announced its coaches for the three boys’ ‘AA’ rep teams at their monthly meeting in June. The board of directors chose Dave Egan and Pat Dittaro to coach Tagg’s (Bantam) while Tony […]
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At its annual meeting Tuesday, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care welcomed John McTaggart and Rod McLeod to the board. McTaggart is a local businessman who also served as chair of the “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign. McLeod is a local lawyer and supporter of the Foundation. “We are […]
Steam is missing above the Abitibi-Consolidated kraft mill these days as it is shut down for three weeks for annual maintenance and repairs. The paper mill is still up-and-running but some Abitibi employees have taken their holidays while the kraft mill is closed from July 9-26. “We’re into our annual […]
The Northwestern Health Unit re-opened Morley Beach at Stratton on Wednesday after having declared it “unsafe for swimming” on Friday due to high bacterial counts found during routine sampling. Morley Beach was the most recent of district beaches to be closed due to high levels of bacteria. These levels most […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board chose its new director of education during an in-camera session at Tuesday night’s special meeting here. “The board has completed the process and the chosen candidate’s name will be released in the near future,” said Education Director Carol-Lynne Oldale, who is leaving her position […]
Six Rainy River First Nation residents spent last Friday picketing at the reserve to demand the opportunity for more community involvement in council decisions. “We haven’t been getting any community meetings, we haven’t been getting any information and the council has been meeting in Fort Frances,” complained Agnes Saderwasser, one […]
Chapple Day gets underway Friday, Aug. 10 with a bonfire and wiener roast at 7:30 p.m. at the Both Farm north of Barwick (across from Sturgeon Creek School). Everyone is welcome. Then on Saturday, Aug. 11, activities will include an old-time threshing and other events at the Both Farm. The […]
Fifty teams left the Lake Despair shore bright and early last Saturday and Sunday in hopes of catching the “big one” (or rather, several big ones) as they competed in the first-annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass tournament hosted by Nell and Bill Godin of Lake Despair Lodge. And from all […]
When you’re driving down Front Street by the Sorting Gap Marina later this week, you might have to look twice. A large 12’x16’ sign featuring a map of Rainy Lake will be standing next to the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship sign the bass committee erected last July. “The first […]
The fifth meeting of “The United Beef Club” was held at Anthony and Erica Boersma’s house on Monday, June 11 at 7 p.m. Club president Matt Neilson called the meeting to order and we recited the 4-H pledge. Then all the members said roll call, which was, “Name the breed […]
The Rainy River 4-H exchange club held a meeting July 3 at 8:30 a.m. at the Devlin municipal building. We had a great turnout for the meeting as we were finalizing arrangements for our departure on an exchange visit to La Belle Province. We were slated to land at Dorval […]
Rebecca Dodd is hoping to get a good response for the Rainy River First Nation Watershed Program’s annual “Adopt-A-River.” “Basically, this program was designed to promote awareness and involvement of different groups in the maintenance of our watershed,” Dodd said Monday. “Surprisingly, there is a great deal of waste that […]
