It was a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Or in Joan Fenner’s case, being somewhere else at the right time. The Montreal woman and her two-year-old son, Ian, came to Fort Frances on Jan. 2 to celebrate Ukrainian Christmas with her parents, Nick and […]
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For Stephanie Carroll and her family, the battle is almost over. The eight-year-old Fort Frances girl has made it through eight chemotherapy sessions and two surgeries in her fight against cancer. Just one more surgery–a bloodstem transplant–is left. After that, her cancer should stay in remission. “We’re hoping,” noted Carroll’s […]
To say “The Arrogant Worms” are an off-the-wall kind of group is a bit of an understatement. Adjectives like zany, wild, even crazy would describe their onstage antics to a T. But a crowd of almost 400 people fell for their act hook, line and sinker last Wednesday night as […]
If you’ve ever had somebody tell you to “paddle your own canoe,” it mostly likely was a blunt piece of advice on how to live your life. But for Owen Johnston and Guy Donaldson, the old adage means putting their homemade cedar-strip canoes to glide on Rainy Lake. Johnston, an […]
The Rainy River District Municipal Association working group will meet with unincorporated area residents next Tuesday in Emo to try to come up with an agreement for the local area services board proposal. That came after district municipal reps met with Joe Spina, parliamentary assistant to Northern Development and Mines […]
The Northwestern Health Unit will continue the fight to keep its doors open when it makes a plea at the Rainy River District Municipal Association annual meeting next Saturday for payment beyond February. And Dr. Pete Sarsfield, chief medical officer with the health unit, admitted he expected things would get […]
Community members on the Big Grassy First Nation, near Morson, have good reason to smile these days after the official opening of a housing project there last week. The nine-unit structure, including four single family homes and one five-unit complex, was built by the community. “This was a unique project […]
At Friday’s annual meeting, members of the Rainy River District 4-H Association will be discussing the same problem that’s plagued it for the past several years–finding new leaders. Local 4-H president Ellen Chojko-Bolec said the association only had 18 active leaders last year. “We’re really low,” she stressed. “We really […]
The tanks may be empty but Joe Hunter and Lorraine Cupp have their hands full as they try to complete the upgrades on the Manitou Rapids sturgeon hatchery by the end of February. Hunter said things were “still on target” to have the new water circulation and filtering system installed […]
Both Muskie girls’ volleyball teams had impressive showings at tournaments last weekend, with the juniors taking top spot in Dryden while the seniors placed third in Kenora. The juniors cruised to a 9-1 record in the 10-game round-robin, then won the championship with a 15-6 and 15-11 win over a […]
The Aquanaut swim team hosted a development meet for its younger swimmers Saturday, giving them a chance to compete against another swim club from Kenora. “It gives [the swimmers] a chance to compete at their [own] level,” said Aquanaut head coach Debbie Murray. “The whole purpose is to give the […]
Fresh off a third-place finish at a Kenora tournament last weekend, the Muskies senior girls’ volleyball team went into yesterday’s match against Kenora here on a high. But after the dust settled, the team had reached a season low. The Broncos dominated the Muskies in three-straight games, running away with […]
