Fort Frances mayor Andrew Hallikas, left, and Kenora-Rainy River Alzheimer Society client services coordinator Mary O’Connor worked together to raise the Alzheimer Society flag at the Fort Frances Civic Centre yesterday afternoon to officially kick off Alzheimer Awareness Month in town. Each January the Alzheimer Society supports and leads Alzheimer […]
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– Ken Kellar photo
Highbury Energy Inc. CEO Len Bykowski, left, and Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski spoke to media regarding a proposed biorefinery that the Wanagekong-Biiwega’iganan Clean Energy Corporation (WBCEC) is planning to build and operate in Fort Frances. The project is expected to see waste biomass and wood product from around […]
Allan Bradbury photos
From Jan. 2-5 the Curl Fort Frances Community Centre hosted the Northern Ontario under 20 Provincial Curling Championship. The teams participating came from across the region to participate coming from as far away as Sudbury, Timmins, and North Bay to compete as well as some from closer like Thunder Bay […]
By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent
West End Correspondent
The West Rainy River District Lions Club (WRRD Lions Club) generously made a donation to Rainy River and Emo Hospitals plus Rainycrest Long Term Care. The funds were raised at the WRRD Lions Hunters Supper in Stratton this past fall. Each facility received memory pillows, toss games, plumbers pipe kit […]
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A warm welcome to Baby Saylor-Lynn! Riverside Health Care is happy to announce the first baby born in 2025 at La Verendrye General Hospital – a baby girl! Baby Saylor-Lynn made her debut on January 1, 2025, at 3:45 p.m., becoming the first member of Generation Beta born in the […]
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Sweet Cinnamon was just one of the Christmas miracles which took place over the holidays, thanks to the work of Best for Kitty. The local cat rescue took Cinnamon and her sister Clove – dubbed the Spice Girls – off the streets, where they were living at just eight weeks […]
- Allan Bradbury photos
Music, cake and a visit from Santa Claus were all on the bill for the annual Christmas Partyfor the residents of Rainycrest hosted by the Rainycrest Auxiliary, on December 20. Santa ar-rived bearing gifts, which were generously supplied through the Tree of Giving program, wheremembers of the public selected an […]
- Tirzah Baird photo
Tirzah Baird spotted this rooftop visitor on 6th Street. Snowy owls are native to the arctic tundra, but fly south for the winter months. Unlike other owls, snowy owls are active during the day, when they hunt for small prey, like mammals and birds. They also eat carrion, when they […]
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The Cridland family and volunteers load trays at the Flint House restaurant, to create hundreds of ready-made holiday meals for the Community Christmas Dinner this past Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 2024. The Cridland family, along with a plethora of helpers, have been preparing food for the take-out and delivery […]
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Blake Carlson of Sight & Sound in downtown Fort Frances pulled the first winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club’s 2025 Trip of the Month draw this morning. Mike and Terri Mihichuk are the winners of a Costa Rica – Nature’s Paradise trip, valued at $4,200.00. Next month’s draw is for […]
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The Cridland family and volunteers take a quick break in a busy morning at the Flint House restaurant to fit in a group photo before getting on with the big task of seeing hundreds of ready-made holiday meals out the doors for the Community Christmas Dinner this past Christmas Eve, […]
This info-graphic has been provided by the Northwestern Health Unit to gauge the risk of frostbite under different wind and temperature conditions. Get outside and have fun this winter – but keep safe!
