Joey Payeur Muskie junior basketball player Alina Eldridge raced up the court during practice in preparation for today’s NorWOSSA season-opener against the visiting Kenora Broncos. The senior girls’ basketball team, as well as both boys’ volleyball squads, also were in action.
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Duane Hicks Celina Caprini tried her hand at silk painting a suncatcher during a “Sip & Paint” workshop yesterday evening at From the Grind Up here. The event, which was sponsored by the Fort Frances Museum and the “Friends of the Museum,” saw 12 participants get tips from local artist […]
Joey Payeur Muskie quarterback Brandon Whitecrow held off the pressure from the likes of St. Norbert Celtics’ defensive lineman Michael Green to have one of his most productive days of his high school career in a 45-29 loss in Currie Division (‘A’) play here Friday afternoon.
Duane Hicks Marc Delorne, of Miller Environmental Corp. from Winnipeg, sorted through a box of spray paint dropped off during the annual Municipal Hazardous or Special Waste Day on Saturday at the Public Works building here. The event once again was popular—a total of 277 vehicles dropped off loads of […]
Joey Payeur The two-time defending champion MNR “Smokey’s Bears” mounted a furious push over the final 100 metres to pass the New Gold “Miners” in Heat ‘D’ of the fifth-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. “Smokey’s Bears” surrendered the title, though, settling for […]
Joey Payeur Participants both tall and small gathered at the Sorting Gap Marina yesterday to take part in the annual Terry Fox Run here. A total of 51 participants turned out, raising a total of $3,907 towards cancer research.
Heather Latter Joey Payeur, co-organizer of this year’s Terry Fox Run here, showed off one of the 2016 T-shirts that will be sold on site during Sunday’s event at the Sorting Gap Marina. A fundraiser breakfast will take place there first from 9-11 a.m., with the annual 5K event getting […]
Duane Hicks The town put up a new permanent electronic speed sign earlier this week at the corner of King’s Highway and Holmes Avenue to remind motorists just how fast they’re going. The $5,000 sign was purchased by town council as requested by the local Police Services Board. The sign […]
Duane Hicks Ed Kaun & Sons are in the process of giving Tim Hortons here a facelift. Starting today, the lobby will be closed for about a week for interior renovations. Once these are done, the lobby will be re-opened but the drive-thru will be closed temporarily to do some […]
Joey Payeur Kamryn Sandelovich was taking Rainy Lake fun to new heights Saturday while exhibiting her wakeboarding skills. She was one of several local youths who took part in the “Summer Splash!” event hosted by For the Love of the Lake, which is planning to open the Sunset Water Sports […]
Duane Hicks Paramedic Robin Pollard showed Brady Morrisseau first-hand how the Rainy River District EMS’ Power-LOAD system, which lifts and lowers the stretcher into and out of the ambulance, works during the third-annual community barbecue celebrating safety at Point Park on Saturday. About 250 people turned out for the free […]
Heather Latter Kate Baird, right, and Heather Watts checked out a display about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder on Friday at the United Native Friendship Centre here during the event marking FASD Awareness Day. Hosted by the FASD Community Partners of the Rainy River District in conjunction with the UNFC, the […]
