Heather Latter The Olympic lounge, decorated with handmade Olympic rings and a Canadian flag, opened at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre this morning as the figure skating team event got underway—with several moms and their infants stopping by to watch before heading to the “Mother Goose” program. While […]

Heather Latter Bruce Hamilton was among more than 130 people who stopped by New Gold’s open house last Wednesday at La Place Rendez-Vous, which was held to share the details of the Environmental Assessment report for its Rainy River Project north of Barwick. An open house also was held the […]

Heather Latter Kassidy Gurniak, left, and Isabelle Meeks were among the students in John Cousineau’s Grade 1 class and Carla Harris’ Grade 1/2 class at St. Michael’s School who celebrated the 100th day of class Monday by donning spiffy “100th day” glasses and taking part in a variety of classroom […]

Heather Latter Mary O’Connor, Client Service co-ordinator with the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, left, along with Alzheimer volunteer Micaela Jensen (second from right) donated seven touch quilts to residents at Rainycrest, such as Esther Fedoruk (second from left), and Activation co-ordinator Heather Hudson (right) there Thursday afternoon. The […]

Joey Payeur Cody Wickstrom decided to test the glove hand of English River Miners’ goalie Greg Harney in the second period of the Lakers’ 7-3 win here Saturday night.

Heather Latter Layne Bruyere, left, and Mardina Morrison were among the students in John Cousineau’s Grade 1 class and Carla Harris’ Grade 1/2 class at St. Michael’s School who celebrated the 100th day of class yesterday by donning spiffy “100th day” glasses and taking part in a variety of classroom […]

Heather Latter Three-year-old Emma Fyfe put a sticker on her “passport,” with help from her mom, Heather Watts, while touring St. Michael’s School yesterday during the first day of JK registration. Schools across the district began accepting registrations this week, although students are welcome to register anytime.

Joey Payeur Kamryn Singleton, left, and MacKenna (Boo) Watson, right, put the clamps on Dryden forward Hailee Lundmark during the first period of the Fort Frances Girls/Women’s Hockey Association’s PeeWee ‘B’ final yesterday. But it was Dryden that skated away with a 4-2 victory. Meanwhile, the Fort Frances ACO Chargers […]

Joey Payeur Bryce Lipinski got everything on this shot in the third period against the English River Miners here Saturday night in the Lakers’ 7-3 win.

Heather Latter Traffic was re-routed for about an hour yesterday afternoon due to a vehicle that caught fire on the 100 block of Second Street. The driver stopped the vehicle and got out before it burst into flames. Firefighters had the blaze under control in about 10 minutes and once […]

Heather Latter Mary O’Connor, Client Service co-ordinator with the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, left, along with Alzheimer volunteer Micaela Jensen (centre) donated seven touch quilts to residents at Rainycrest and Activation co-ordinator Heather Hudson (right) there yesterday afternoon. The lap-sized quilts, made by local community members, help to […]

Submitted Voyageur Lion member Diana Larocque, left, and Boston Pizza general manager Laureen Luchka recently made the Voyageur Lions’ monthly 50/50 draw at Boston Pizza. A total of $110 was split between the Salvation Army food bank and Brian Norris. Toonie draw boxes are set up at Boston Pizza, From […]