Jamie Mountain The Muskie football team had some of its members show up for an extra practice session Sunday afternoon at Fort High in order to get some prep work in for tomorrow’s home game, which slated for 4 p.m. against the Maples Marauders. Those on hand worked hard on […]
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Submitted Greta Fedoruk was among the top performers for the Muskie cross-country team at the Evergreen Classic in Kenora last Thursday. Fedoruk ran to a gold-medal finish in the senior girls’ 5.4-km race, clocking in with a time of 24:47 at the second meet of the NorWOSSA season. The Muskies […]
Jamie Mountain A new banner can be seen hanging from the rafters of the Ice For Kids Arena this season. The Fort Frances Lakers held a special pre-game ceremony ahead of their SIJHL home-opener Friday night in which they honoured the Humboldt Broncos, a junior ‘A’ team that plays in […]
Duane Hicks Brooke Lelonde, left, and Cadance Sinclair, right, made sure Emma Wilson’s newspaper wedding apparel, complete with bouquet, was ready to be modelled on the runway during “Tween Club” yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library. Tweens used their imagination to put on the library’s first “Project Runway” […]
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St. Michael’s School students, educational assistant Mrs. Hamilton, and teacher Mrs. Vamdanbrand showed their support for “Orange Shirt Day” by wearing orange yesterday.
Staff Kiwanian Dr. Bob Lidkea and Carmen Ou, an optometry intern working at Lidkea Optometry here, drew the October winner of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” at International Travel Services yesterday. Pia and Brian Beers from Fort Frances won a trip to New York City valued […]
Sam Odrowski St. Michael’s students walked laps around the school yard Thursday during their walk for Terry Fox. The “Terry Fox School Run” was held at schools across Canada, including here in Rainy River District, during which students exercised and learned all about the Canadian hero.
Sam Odrowski Bob Saunders hauled some cedar planks over fellow Rainy River Valley Field Naturalist Club member Mike Hammond, who drilled nails into the boards to keep them in place on Saturday. A handful of club members and volunteers worked on their project of adding just over 300 feet of […]
Sam Odrowski Fort High teacher Joshua Spooner shared a smile as he got his hair cut by Kim Daley this morning at FFHS to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation. Spooner got the most votes from students to be selected to have his head shaved. Runner-up Owen Johnson later […]
Raya Lebel (at left) held a solid stretch before getting into the yoga activity that was part of the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It)” retreat held at Sunny Cove Camp from Sept. 20-23. The yoga was held inside a sealed tent to keep everyone dry due to the […]
Jamie Mountain Bill Godin of Devlin tossed out some candies to the spectators on hand during the top-five boat parade of the RRWT held under the big tent at Hannam Park in Rainy River on Saturday afternoon. Godin and his partner, Leroy Wilson, wound up in seventh with a two-day […]
Jamie Mountain Doug McBride and Steve Ballan were nothing but smiles and full of jubilation after claiming the 20th-annual Rainy River Walleye Tournament title on Saturday. The district duo topped the 100-team field with a two-day haul of 24.02 pounds, giving them the $20,000 first-place cheque and their first win […]
