Mysterious, but uplifting, Post-it notes featuring encouraging messages have recently popped up on lamposts and other surfaces all across Fort Frances. The post-its have been spotted downtown, in the Walmart parking lot and almost everywhere in-between. Different messages seem to have different handwriting, suggesting a well organized, but secretive, collective […]
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Annie VanRozen holds up some of the produce she had available at the Rainy Lake Market last week. There are only a few weeks left in the season, to buy local crafts, baking and produce. – Merna Emara photo
United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC) staff gift a flower and breakfast to a patron during their annual BreakFASD pancake breakfast this morning at Rainy Lake Square. The event is in recognition of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day, which is today. The event is aimed at raising awareness of FASD, […]
Members of the Bear Clan Patrol Fort Frances weathered a rainy, but successful, day as they held another BBQ fundraiser outside the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau on Friday, September 3. Bear Clan’s James Eastman said that this would be the last BBQ fundraiser for the year unless the fall sees […]
The days may be getting cooler, but there’s still plenty of time to enjoy the Rainy Lake Market, before winter sets in. The Market hosts produce, crafts, baking, live music, and during election season, even candidates have been popping by for a visit. The Market is open each Thursday from […]
The Big tent is up. On Saturday September 18 at the close of ceremonies the WRRD Lions will draw the winners of its 2021 Princecraft Vectra 21 Pontoon Boat. Will you be the lucky winner? Make sure you get your ticket today! Only $20.00 each
Last month, a group of local motocross competitors took part in a double header event in Kekabeka Falls. The two day event resulted in several top finishes for local riders. – Submitted photos
Chantal Derendorf of Batter and Cream Baking Co. was just one of the vendors on hand at the farm market put on by Emo Feed on August 28. the market ran two Saturdays and saw a handful of local crafters and artists attend. –Megan Walchuk photo
Bodie Crowe joined hundreds of kids across the District who are making the trek to school today, for the first day of the 2021/22 school year. It’s the first time Ontario’s students have had in-person learning since a province-wide move to remote learning last Spring Break. With school busses and […]
World skeet champion Brad McRae is giving shooting tips and tricks to local chiropractor Jeremy McGuire during a clinic held a few weeks ago. These skills will be put to practice during the shoot-off will take place on September 11 at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club Skeet Range. There will […]
Jesse Carmody of NCDS pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club Trip of the Month draw for September this morning. Dawson Mihichuk was the winner of a Newfoundland Self- Drive trip valued at $3,800. October’s draw is for a Banff Ski Package ($3,800). –Ken Kellar photo
Ontario Premier Doug Ford embarked on a whirlwind tour of the Rainy River District on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, that took him from Fort Frances to Rainy River and almost everywhere in-between. Ford and Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford started off the day in Fort Frances with a tour of […]
