Jamie Mountain It was all a matter of who was going to retrieve the ball first as the Muskie and Rainy River Owl girls’ soccer teams renewed their rivalry on Thursday afternoon in exhibition action at Fort High. The black-and-gold prevailed in both games, with the girls’ squad winning 2-0 […]
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Sam Odrowski The 908 Rainy Lake Air Cadets were selling for their meat and BBQ draw at their booth during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business & Community Expo on Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The funds raised from the draw will be used to offset the […]
Sam Odrowski Kathy Foy, left, and Pam Rittau of the United Native Friendship Centre invite members of the public to come to their main building located on 516 Portage Ave. and view their display honouring indigenous women for “Red Dress Day.” If anybody would like to honour an indigenous women […]
Staff Chantal Derendorf, left, Jaana Georgeson and Sheri Georgeson chose where to put their tickets at the penny table during “Mama’s Gone Country Chic,” this year’s spring fundraiser luncheon for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, which was held Saturday upstairs at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. All funds from […]
Sam Odrowski Donald Young School students tested their skills at the Mazinibii’an gaye Nisidotan station during the 20th-annual “Quest for Knowledge” event yesterday at Rainy River First Nation. The station’s English translation was “Draw it and Understand it” and it was in a Pictionary-style format where teams had to guess […]
Jamie Mountain Sean Huziak powered up and leapt through the air during the boys’ long jump event at the Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet at Falls High School on Tuesday. Huziak finished seventh with a jump of 16′,4″.
Ken Kellar A crane lifted another section of roof truss into position at the site of the new consolidated catholic school on Flinders Avenue. Some areas of the roof on the southern end of the new school have already been shingled, and preparations are being made for the slab in […]
Ken Kellar The Fort Frances High School Grade 8 Band, led by Jody Bonner-Vickers, performed this morning for the final day of the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The afternoon and evening instrumental sessions today will conclude the adjudicated portions of the festival. The annual highlights concert […]
Ken Kellar Marcy Loveday watched as Myla Perreault tries out some homemade fudge at the “Oh For FUDGE Sakes!” table at the Easter Market on Saturday. The annual market, held at the Copper River Inn, saw dozens of vendors set up to sell their goods to those who were looking […]
Ken Kellar Stakes have been planted to mark out the dimensions of the new OPP detachment set to be built at 200 McIrvine Road. The $18-million building is expected to be built by the fall of 2020. Funding for the project comes from the provincial government’s commitment of $182-million to […]
Ken Kellar Chase Ableman posed with Buddy, the CBSA Easter “Bunny” at the Easter “Egg-Stravaganza” in downtown Fort Frances on Saturday. Buddy and a few other more traditional Easter mascots were out for the event.
Ken Kellar Francis Logue got some candy, a stamp on a map, and a toothbrush from Richard Boileau at McTaggart’s on Saturday during the Easter “Egg-Stravaganza.” The map could be stamped at each participating business and then entered into a draw at the Rainy Lake Square. Boileau said all three […]
