Nicholas Donaldson Following some safety information and a short video, Max Moen was ready to ride the bus during the Rainy River District School Board’s annual “First Rider” program held this morning at the Education Centre. Children then were driven around to each of the Fort Frances schools to gain […]
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Nicholas Donaldson Laura Horton and Doug Sinclair stopped across from La Verendrye Hospital to offer tobacco for the Rainy River yesterday morning during the Youth and Elder Water Walk, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of local waterways and the responsibility to keep them clean and healthy. The […]
Joey Payeur Fort Frances Her-icanes’ base runner Sarah Noonan was pointed in the right direction by third base coach Aaron Caul to head for home after Dana Ward’s two-run double put the ‘Canes up 2-0 in the third inning of their Winners’ Side final against the Dawson Tigers in Rainy […]
Duane Hicks Alison Ouelett dropped donated crayons, markers, and glue sticks into a cart during the “Stuff-A-Bus” drive, done in conjunction with Iron Range Bus Lines to collect school supplies for the annual “Backpacks for Kids” campaign, on Saturday morning at Walmart. The public can continue to donate supplies, backpacks, […]
Joey Payeur It was a night for reminiscing for the second class of inductees into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Among those honoured were the quartet of Leonard McQuarrie, left, Bob Grattan, and Peter McLeod, who captured the 1958 Manitoba Schoolboys […]
Duane Hicks Lyla Moen carefully unwrapped her piece of dyed fabric yesterday afternoon at the Point Park during the weekly “Open Air Art Studio” organized by Community Living Fort Frances and District. The day’s activity was Japanese Shibori dyeing–a traditional method using indigo dye, and pleating and binding techniques. The […]
Joey Payeur Garnet Cornell found the back of the net with the final salvo for Centra Pipelines past goalkeeper Cole Kowalski of CJ Contracting in last night’s thrilling Borderland Soccer League men’s division final at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. The teams played to a 1-1 tie through regulation […]
Joey Payeur Hockey Night in Canada’s legendary play-by-play announcer Danny Gallivan would have admired this cannonading shot by Jess Caul that gave La Place Rendez-Vous/Taggs a 1-0 lead in the first half of Game 2 of the best-of-three Borderland Soccer League women’s division final against Al’s Racquet Stringing last night […]
Duane Hicks Sydney Martel demonstrated that her Blizzards passed the thickness test yesterday during the 15th-annual “Miracle Treat Day” at the local Dairy Queen. Martel and other DQ staff were kept hopping all day long, making a whopping 1,051 Blizzard Treats for local residents–about 50 more than last year. Proceeds […]
Duane Hicks Nancy Armstrong, left, Adam George and Candice Kadikoff were just a few of the Dairy Queen staff who were extremely busy this morning preparing orders of Blizzards at the local DQ for the 15th-annual “Miracle Treat Day.” Proceeds from every “Blizzard Treat” sold today at the Dairy Queen […]
Staff The public can keep an eye out for these “Owandem” collection boxes in local businesses and give a donation to help refurbish the small tugboat (or “bug”) which one day will join the “Hallett” on the riverfront. The boxes, handmade by Friend of the Museum Eric Fagerdahl, currently are […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Métis Nation of Ontario’s 2017 canoe expedition made its arrival in Fort Frances yesterday as a part of the journey along historic fur trade routes by nine Métis youth. During yesterday’s welcoming event, which was moved inside La Place Rendez-Vous due to weather, the voyageurs presented a […]
