The Fort Frances Museum will open its doors for an afternoon of reminiscing and refreshments tomorrow from 1-4 p.m. in conjunction with Ontario Heritage Week. To commemorate the week-long event, the museum also has honoured six recipients for their dedication in the preservation and promotion of local heritage. In the […]
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Continuing their mission to make every town resident feel like they’re all part of one big neighborhood, the local “Good Neighbours” council recently supplied La Verendrye hospital with six “comfort kits.” “We contacted the hospital and they were happy to have them,” said council chair Vivian O’Donnell. The kits–intended for […]
After going 3-0 in round-robin play, Pollard’s Scarifiers captured the the Novice division of a girls’ hockey tournament here last weekend with a victory over Kenora Royal Purple in Sunday’s final. After going scoreless over the first two periods, Kali Hamilton and Sahe Lynn Smith (assisted by Haven Labbe) tallied […]
The president of the Rainy River Music Festival Association is very pleased with the number of entries received this year for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. “I am very happy with all the entries we have,” John Jankiewicz said Monday. “We have a number of entries […]
The once controversial “gap” in emergency fire dispatch services in the district finally has been closed. The “gap”–a 10 to 15-minute break that would occur in the dispatch service whenever the dispatcher already was on a call–has been filled by Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. The “gap” was discovered about […]
The Emo Thunderbolts were firing on all cylinders in recent minor hockey action, winning both their games in PeeWee action. Against the visiting Sharks (Fort Frances), the Thunderbolts scored twice in each of the first and second periods en route to a 5-1 victory. Tyson Romyn led the way with […]
The Emo Rockets racked up 28 goals in a Novice tournament last weekend but fell short by two in the ‘A’ final. Rockets’ coach Shane McDonald was impressed with his players, saying they all worked hard and had no problem hitting the net. In their first game Saturday morning, the […]
For an area already becoming popular among birding enthusiasts, Rainy River District now has one more attraction. The area around the mouth of the Rainy River, in the west end of the district, has been named an “Important Birding Area.” “It’s been recognized by the Canadian Important Bird Area Program, […]
Two members of the local Border Figure Skating Club have qualified for the all-Ontario’s in Fort Erie next month. Shane Katona qualified for the senior silver men’s division while Sarah McComb will compete in the junior silver ladies’ category. The top three skaters from each category advanced. The skaters had […]
In the spirit of the annual Community Benefit Dinner here, the family of the late Amanda Jerry gave back more than $23,000 from her trust fund for several community causes. “On the way to Fort Frances for this event, we were talking about what to do with this money,” Jerry’s […]
This is the second in a series of articles to share information on issues of importance to parents and other members of the Fort High community. Today’s topic is school attendance, and is designed to provide some important information for parents about Fort High’s attendance procedure. School attendance is a […]
A massive census of Ontario’s breeding bird population is being launched across Ontario and local bird enthusiasts are gearing up to take part. “The more, the better. The way it works is the volunteers get involved and go out and search in designated areas,” noted Mike Cadman, co-ordinator for the […]
