Heather Latter Local MPP Sarah Campbell visited with Bert Smeeth and Ruth Caldwell during the free Labour Day pancake breakfast she hosted Saturday morning at the Sister Kennedy Centre here.
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Duane Hicks OPP officers, such as Cst. Elaine Barr (seen here), will be targeting aggressive drivers and conducting R.I.D.E. checks throughout Rainy River District this Labour Day long weekend
Duane Hicks Maryam Seid served up some butter pecan ice cream yesterday at the Sorting Gap Marina. Sunday will be the last day to get the frosty treat—as well as other goods and services—there.
Heather Latter CTV senior producer Ken Katigbak filmed a group of Dexter Fichuk’s friends on Tuesday afternoon as they folded programs for the “Bullying Awareness Concert” held at the Townshend Theatre that evening. Fichuk, 17, head of the Fort Frances Mob(ilizers) group at Fort High, was being taped for a […]
Lucas Punkari Kiera Kowalski drove towards the basket yesterday afternoon at Fort High as she participated in a lay-up drill during the Muskie junior girls’ basketball tryouts. Both the junior and senior hoops teams opened their training camps yesterday, with the junior and senior boys’ volleyball teams starting their tryout […]
Heather Latter Adrienne Lake yesterday registered her three-year-old daughter, Lorelai, for the pre-school program at the Fort Frances Nursery School (located upstairs at Knox United Church). For ages 18 months to five years, parents were able to choose any of the morning or afternoons sessions running Monday through Thursday. Those […]
Duane Hicks Evan Strain, a Grade 2 student at St. Michael’s School, and his mom, Charlene, made sure he had everything in his backpack he would need for the first day back at school yesterday morning. Children across Rainy River District returned to classes for a new year.
Heather Latter About 20 motorcycles departed from The Harbourage here Saturday morning for the local Alzheimer Society’s 10th-annual “Ride for Memories.” With start locations also in Kenora, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout, the event ended in Sioux Lookout. The 165 riders brought in a total of $40,026.
Duane Hicks The new bridge on Highway 602, just before Bone Road, was close to spanning the creek as of Friday. Work by T&K Sharp Construction, including paving, is on schedule to be done by the end of the day tomorrow (Aug. 30) and the highway should be re-opened to […]
Lucas Punkari Luc Desserre of the Stratton Eagles slid hard into third base to beat the tag by Jeremiah Windigo of Beef’s Warriors during the Rainy River District Fastball League semi-final last Thursday evening at Couchiching. The Eagles won 9-4 to advance to the final against the Big Grassy Braves, […]
Duane Hicks Lyla Moen got a goodbye hug from her mom, Faith, before the bell rang and she headed into her SK class this morning at St. Michael’s School here. Today marked the first day of the new school year for students across Rainy River District.
Duane Hicks Ashley Payne and Gracie George gave Minnesota children’s author Phyllis Root a helping hand during a reading of her book, “One Stuck Duck,” yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Root read the children and adults there several books, and also talked about the creative process […]
