Good weather, tons of people, and a bit of a profit combined to make the annual Nestor Falls Lions Club’s Winter Carnival a “great success” last weekend. Nadine Johnson, one of the organizers, said they couldn’t have asked for a better weekend to stage the carnival, with a slight wind […]
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With the deadline for input on proposed changes to water level management on Namakan and Rainy Lakes coming up Friday, those downstream of the dam at Fort Frances are wondering what all this will mean for the river. And it’s a question Jennifer Mercer hasn’t been able to get much […]
First Nations students from around the district will be at the Couchiching Bingo Palace later this month to test their know-how in aboriginal matters in the first-annual “Knowledge Bowl.” Slated March 25 from 9:30 a.m. to about 2 p.m., aboriginal, Métis, and Inuit youth in grades five to eight will […]
If you want a sneak peek at this year’s crop of bulls that will be up for sale later this month from the Rainy River District Bull Test Station, you should check out its annual open house Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Charolais, Simmental, Hereford, Angus, and Gelbvieh are the […]
Amid positive feedback about the food, entertainment, and silent auction, the biggest buzz surrounding Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s second-annual fundraiser dinner here Friday night was the more than $25,000 it raised. “I think it far exceeded our expectations,” enthused Foundation director Wendy Frattolin. “We raised more than last year […]
It isn’t official yet but the feeling is “positive” that the Northern Ontario Heritage Funding Corp. will approve a $1.75-million loan to provide a cellular phone corridor from Thunder Bay to Rainy River, and as far north as Morson and Nestor Falls. Vic Prokopchuk of Sapawe, who’s been working with […]
It was a packed house at the Legion here Saturday night as local residents, and some from International Falls, came out to enjoy the traditional food and song of Ireland. Billed as a pre-St. Patrick’s Day party, sponsored by the Rainy Lake Multicultural Association, about 145 people came out to […]
Since January, the Multicultural Youth Council, in affiliation with the United Native Friendship Centre here, has been making cross-cultural understanding among local teens its top priority. Now the council has been given the chance to really shine when it brings youth groups from across the region to the Northwestern Ontario […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. has been given another extension for submitting its budget to the Ministry of Health, it was announced at the regular monthly board meeting here last Thursday night. “The Ministry of Health had originally required us to submit our budget on Feb. 1,” noted Riverside CEO […]
Lorne Elliott doesn’t like to tout his own talent. Fortunately, others are more than willing to do it for him. When the host of CBC Radio’s “Madly Off in All Directions” was asked what people could expect from his stand-up comedy routine being staged here Friday night at Robert Moore […]
The local Sears outlet will soon join some 100 others across Canada as a dealer store. And with that comes plans to expand the retail space here to include the front portion of the Scott Street building which formerly housed Wood’s Sewing Centre. Within the next few weeks, the front […]
Fort Frances entrepreneur Mark Faragher of Nova Body Works, located in the town’s industrial park, has given people easier access to some of his locally-made fibreglass products by setting up shop downtown. Known as “Factory Outlet,” the store–located at 509 Portage Ave. (formerly Cripes, It’s a Castle)–already is attracting customers […]
