Heather Latter Mandy Lahti was among those giving the gift of life Monday night during the first day of Canadian Blood Services’ donor clinic at Fort High, which also ran again there yesterday. A total of 301 people turned out for the two-day clinic, with 230 units of blood collected—just […]
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Joey Payeur Wyatt Cota’s version of “The Hustle” left Ryan Hron of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs doing his own rendition of “The Bird Dance” on this second-period rush during the Lakers’ 5-4 win here last Tuesday night.
Heather Latter Dressed up as a pirate, OPP Cst. Anne McCoy explained to St. Michael’s School students yesterday the importance of wearing reflective material while trick-or-treating in order to be visible to drivers. The local OPP detachment partnered with members of the local Community Policing Committee to deliver the “Doing […]
Heather Latter Sarah Marusyk was among those giving the gift of life last night during the first day of Canadian Blood Services’ donor clinic at Fort High. A total of 116 people turned out, with 85 units of blood collected—a few short of their Day 1 goal. The clinic continues […]
Joey Payeur Rainy River Community College Voyageurs’ captain Shelby Tymkin, right, was one of five locals to make their U.S. collegiate debuts this past weekend at the Voyageurs’ Can/Am pre-season tournament at Bronco Arena in International Falls. The home team finished fourth with a 2-2 record.
Duane Hicks Geoff Gillon, client services manager with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., chatted with Deb Cornell of the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market and Rainy River Elk Company during an open house Friday at the RRFDC’s new office at 601 Mowat Ave. (above the Northern Lights Credit Union). The […]
File Kathy Kaemingh was among those who gave blood during the Canadian Blood Services’ donor clinic held here back in August. CBS is back again with another clinic being held at Fort High today from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and again tomorrow from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Book an appointment online […]
Heather Latter Ziigwan Smith, a Grade 1 student at St. Michael’s School, showed off the school bus safety poster he created there yesterday. Since this is National School Bus Safety Week, the Rainy River District Transportation Services Consortium is hosting a poster contest with the theme “The Bus is a […]
Heather Latter Jo-ann Waytowich (“Ivanka”) from Thunder Bay posed with bra models from last night’s “Bras for a Cause” event hosted by the Rainy River District Breast Health Network. Following a comedic routine by “Ivanka,” the seven models strutted down the runway and onto the stage to show off the […]
Duane Hicks Curator Sherry George showed St. Michael’s Grade 2/3 students some of the equipment carried by Canadian soldiers during a tour of the Fort Frances Museum yesterday. The students got a close look at “We Remember Them,” the exhibit which marks the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI […]
Submitted A Fort High student asked a question of the three Fort Frances mayoral candidates—incumbent Roy Avis, Coun. Andrew Hallikas, and former mayor Dan Onichuk—during a debate held yesterday at the Townshend Theatre for students in the Civics classes. It will be known Monday night which of the three is […]
Joey Payeur Laker Wyatt Cota and Matt Houston of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs were embroiled in a feisty face-off fight during the first period of Fort Frances’ 5-4 victory here Tuesday night.
