Duane Hicks Grade 1 student Abby Gosselin (top left) painted 100 dots–10 dots of 10 different colours–in a pattern during a “100 Days” activity yesterday morning in teacher Jennifer Burns’ class at Robert Moore School. Students across the district were doing all sorts of creative activities tied to their 100th […]
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Tourism, Culture and Sport minister Daiene Varnile, left, congratulated Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre CEO Caroline Goulding, Atikokan town councillor and library board member Mary Makarenko, local librarian Nadine Mutz, Atikokan Public Library CEO Tracey Sinclair, and Fort Frances Public Library board chair Andrew Hallikas on receiving the Minister’s […]
Duane Hicks Mary O’Connor, left, local Client Services co-ordinator for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, and executive director Rossana Tomashowski enjoyed their meals during the annual “Forget Me Not” fundraiser dinner Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here. See story, more photos on page A5.
Duane Hicks They call it “Sunset Country” for a reason. Despite the recent cold spell, Borderland continues to offer up beautiful sights, like sunlight filtered through this prism-like lantern hanging from a tree near the lower river in the west end of Fort Frances. Even better news is that the […]
Submitted Portable shelters are great for making expeditions into back-country lakes.
The sister-brother duo of “Entyrely Mac” (Danette and Wayne McIntyre) entertained “Forget Me Not” dinner guests with some lovely, low-key music perfectly suited to the spirt of the event.
Monday was an extremely busy day for district paramedics, as seen here with four ambulances on the emergency entrance ramp at La Verendrye Hospital here. Paramedics have been doing their best to get patients into the hospital ER as quickly as possible. –Photo submitted by Rainy River Association of Professional […]
Duane Hicks Maureen Belluz took her chances trying to win prizes at the penny auction tables during Saturday evening’s “Forget Me Not” dinner. Volunteers Pete and Ellen Gagné collected the prizes along with Alzheimer Society staff.
Johnathan Price of 93.1 The Border volunteered his time to be emcee at Saturday evening’s “Forget Me Not” dinner. Price has done so each year since 2014.
Duane Hicks Alzheimer Society volunteers Isabella Planes and Tyler Tomashowski sold penny table tickets to guests during Saturday evening’s “Forget Me Not” dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous.
Jamie Mountain Kayli Machura (21) and Jaida Norris stumbled their way in an attempt to finish with an identical time in the 3K skate race Sunday at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s first-annual Rainy Lake Loppet on the Rocky Inlet trails. The pair was successful in accomplishing their goal, […]
Jamie Mountain Meghan Spooner looked to stop her momentum as she finished up her run during the 1K classic race Sunday at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s first-annual Rainy Lake Loppet on the Rocky Inlet trails. Spooner finished in third with a time of 32:26.







