Jamie Mountain Brennan Jourdain got up in a hurry as he fired a jumpshot over the arms of his Kenora Broncos’ defenders during the second half of the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team’s 46-38 win in NorWOSSA ‘AA’ action on Thursday afternoon at Fort High. Jourdain scored a team-high nine […]
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Jamie Mountain Aelise Lucas-Engberg skated the puck over the offensive blueline and looked to get the Emo Express Green’s offence going during the second period of Emo’s 4-0 loss to the International Falls Squirts in the ‘B’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Atom ‘A’ tournament on […]
Allison Cox, left, held up the early work from her beaded mitten project at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre’s workshop on Thursday. A similar event is being held again this Thursday (Jan. 23) from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the historical centre. -Submitted photo
Jamie Mountain Muskie Peyton Avis caused his Kenora Broncos’ opponent to stumble as he tried to skate the puck up the ice from behind his own net during the first period of Fort High’s 16-1 romp on Tuesday night at the Ice For Kids Arena. It was also the Muskies’ […]
Jamie Mountain Abbie Kenny looked to corral a rolling puck at the right side of the net and get a scoring chance on Kenora Broncos’ goalie Carlee Holmstrom during the first period of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s 7-1 romp in NorWOSSA action on Tuesday night at the ’52 Canadians […]
Couchiching First Nation Chief Brian Perrault, standing, spoke following Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford’s announcement of more than $152,000 in funding to the Rainy Lake Tribal Area Business and Financial Services Corporation to help and strengthen the organization’s support to Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs. The funding is part of an […]
Rainy River Future Development Corporation (RRFDC) chair Gordon Armstrong thanked Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford for providing the RRFDC with $18,000 to explore the feasibility of a modular home manufacturing facility in the district, following his announcement at council chambers last Thursday. -Sam Odrowski photo
Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford announced $2.25-million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corportation for Seven Generations Education Institute’s “Connected Classroom” project during a stop at their Fort Frances campus on Friday afternoon. The new project will see several rooms in SGEI campuses across the region outfitted with hightech and […]
Ken Kellar CMHA geriatric mental health worker Sarah-Lynn Klassen, left, handed off some of the Seniors Companion Project’s new promotional material to Riverside Community Sports Services and Assisted Living supervisor Nicole Egan during a stakeholder meeting for the project at the Fort Frances Library yesterday morning. The promotional pamphlets and […]
Owner of Ink Spotz Apparel, Scott Kreinke-Turvey, gave a short presentation to council on why he objects to the single-use plastics bylaw that the town unanimously approved at Monday night’s council meeting. His primary concerns are the environmental impacts of reusable bags, that the bylaw will hurt tourism, and negatively […]
Submitted Kenora Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford and Seven Generations Education Institute CEO Brent Tookenay posed for a photo with a number of the district First Nation chiefs and executives who helped to secure the $2.25-million in funding for the “Connected Classrooms” project through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation […]
Ken Kellar Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford stopped by the Fort Frances Senior Centre on Friday for a quick lunch and to announce more than $68,000 in funding that will be going towards seniors in Fort Frances. More than $52,000 for upkeep and programming will be going to the Senior […]
