Duane Hicks Jeremy Nussbaumer hoisted a tree onto the trailer along Armit Avenue on Saturday during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up. Teams spent the afternoon combing the curbs to pick up trees and take them to the wood chipper—while also collecting donations to give to a […]
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Joey Payeur Cayden Onagi of the St. James Canadians was in perfect shooting position against Fort Frances Canadians’ goalie Spencer Murphy during the first period of the ‘A’ final of the local PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament yesterday at the Ice For Kids Arena. Murphy made the stop but St. James skated […]
Joey Payeur Stratton native Trevor Bonot, now curling out of Thunder Bay, gave his sweepers an emphatic order to “whoa” during the second end against Dan Lemieux of Sault Ste. Marie in the opening draw of the Travelers 2014 Men’s West qualifier here Friday morning. Bonot beat Lemieux 7-2 but […]
Heather Latter Luke and Josie Schill enjoyed their main course Saturday night during the Kenora-Rainy River Alzheimer Society’s annual “Forget Me Not” dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous here. The charitable event also featured a silent auction and entertainment.
Joey Payeur Adam Bolen, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, fell 11-6 to Jim Cummine (Sioux Lookout) in this morning’s opening draw of the Travelers 2014 Northern Ontario Curling Association Men’s West Qualifier here. Bolen and his rink of third Lorne Jackson, second Neil Haw, and lead Andy McCormick next […]
Duane Hicks Rainycrest administrator Darryl Galusha and Kayla Caul-Chartier, director of resident care, showed off one of the new convalescent care rooms there. Starting Monday, the home will open up four beds—two single-bed rooms and one two-bed room—for patients who no longer need to be in hospital but who have […]
Heather Latter A variety of unique jewellery—known as “Adornments” by Sal Beck—is now on display at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The jewellery, which includes rings, earrings, and bracelets, are made from different materials, such as silver flatware, trinkets, copper pieces, beads, leather, and glass. Also on display […]
Duane Hicks A backhoe with a ripper tooth dug through five feet of frozen earth to get to a water service line which broke Tuesday at Third Street West and Keating Avenue, leaving 22 homes without water. The cold has been taking its toll on infrastructure recently. Crews have to […]
Sarah Pruys FFHS Travel Club students Mason Whatley and Jenny Hammond plunged into the icy waters of Rainy Lake on New Year’s Day to help raise money for their spring trip to Italy. Fellow students Shawn Brady and Jonah Cawston, along with teacher Owen Johnston, were right behind them. The […]
Heather Latter Robyn and Tyson Dennis of Fort Frances welcomed their newborn daughter, Jasper Isla Dennis, who was the first baby of 2014 in Rainy River District. She was born Jan. 1 at 8:37 a.m., weighing in at seven pounds, 15 oz. Big brother is Blase Dennis. The family will […]
Sarah Pruys It was minus-15 C on Friday, the warmest temperature Borderland had seen all week, but it came with a lot of snow as a winter storm blew through the area, bringing upwards of 15 cm (six inches) by the time it was all over. The mercury then plunged […]
Lakers’ forward Bryce Lipinski (24) had a mostly empty net beckoning him—only to have English River’s Spencer Johnston (8) deny him the easy marker in the late stages of the third period of Saturday night’s 3-1 win over the visitors at the Ice For Kids Arena.
