The Muskies football team held its season opener on Friday, to a roaring crowd of sup- port. It was a close match-up, but the Dryden Eagles bested the Muskies with one touchdown and point after in the second half, for a 7-0 score. The team hits the road now, for […]
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The Muskies Football Team has been in training almost daily since last month, and now they’re set to put their skills to the test. The team will be facing off against the Dryden Eagles tomorrow (Friday) at the Fort Frances High School field. Kick-off is at 3 p.m. GO MUSKIES! […]
Salvation Army corps officer Arthur Heathcote and Fort Frances Museum curator Kayleigh Speirs hold up a box snack kits that were given out to summer programs participants this year. The snack kits were supplied through the After the Bell program from Food Banks Canada and 280 of them were distributed […]
The family of the late Chauncey Grover III, above, and local experts on drug addiction began the events of International Overdose Awareness Day with speeches. Participants were asked to wear purple and bring photos of loved ones lost to drug addiction. The event saw a large turnout, with plans to […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the August Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Betty Godin of Fort Frances, ON with the winning ticket number U-4503411. Godin takes home $10,905, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Wednesday, August […]
It was a strange and soggy summer, but life always finds a way back on track. To the horror of kids everywhere, normalcy came in the form of a fleet of school buses. Today is the first day of classes for all students in the Rainy River District School Board […]
Hundreds of residents made their way from the Couchiching multi-use facility to Seven Oaks, to take a stand against the opioid crisis. The Overdose Awareness Walk featured drums, speeches, healing, Noloxone training and an urgent call to end the stigma surrounding drug addiction. Northern Ontario is one of the worst […]
The Town of Fort Frances’ Linda Carmody pulled the winning ticket for the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s Trip of the Month draw for September this morning. Chris Hayes of Fort Frances is the winner of a trip to Cuba, valued at $4,000. Next month’s draw is for a trip to […]
Volunteers and Kenora and Rainy River Districts (KRRD) Child and Family Services staff take a moment to show off some of the roughly 209 backpacks collected as part of the annual Backpacks for Kids donation drive on Monday morning. The drive has been going since early July and is the […]
This week we sat down with Keelan Hall driver of the #3H Wissota Midwest Modified. What is your favourite race track food? From the canteen it’s smokies but if I’m making food after the races it’s definitely BBQ steaks. At what age did you start racing? I started when I […]
By Ken Kellar
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
Staff writer
kkellar@fortfrances.com
One Alberta man is crossing the country by horseback to help raise awareness of myriad issues facing Indigenous people. Dean Cunningham is from Gift Lake Metis Settlement in Alberta. Since May, he has been making his way towards Ottawa to bring awareness of Indigenous issues to more people and demand […]
Little Muffin (AKA Mika) was rescued off the streets and adopted by a loving family, thanks to Best for Kitty. However, without help, he may be one of the last. Best for Kitty is putting out an urgent call for foster homes – without help, the rescue organization may be […]
