Lucas Punkari Sight & Sound Wolves’ pitcher Marcel Pagee prepared to fire a pitch towards the plate as his team took on the Stratton Eagles last Thursday evening at VanJura here. The defending league champs cruised to an 11-0 victory to improve their record to 1-1 on the young season […]
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Heather Latter Dozens of people turned out Saturday afternoon to join local MPP Sarah Campbell’s rally at the former Ontario Travel Information Centre (OTIC) here in support of tourism and to show the provincial government that the OTICs in Northwestern Ontario are not for sale. Campbell is urging the public […]
Duane Hicks Aaron Meyers enjoyed a walleye dinner Friday during the 42nd-annual Manitou fish fry at the Rainy River First Nations’ pow-wow grounds. Despite the heat, more than 800 people from across the district came out to eat fried walleye, smoked sturgeon, fried potatoes, bannock, wild rice, coleslaw, and macaroni […]
Sarah Pruys Krista Nielson, left, a health promoter with the Northwestern Health Unit here, helped avid volunteer Vivian Callaghan measure out garden plots Saturday at the community garden. Located on Lillie Avenue in the north end, the site has expanded this year and now contains two large gardens. Volunteers have […]
Sarah Pruys Emma Dykstra (Donald Young School), left, captured third place with her speech, “The Titanic,” during the annual Rainy River District Speech Contest yesterday evening. She was joined by Anne Jean (St. Francis), who finished second after speaking on “Reaching for Your Dreams,” and Dylan Ossachuk (J.W. Walker), who […]
Duane Hicks Local artist Eric C. Keast set up his wares to sell yesterday on Scott Street for the opening of the BIA’s “Market Thursdays Downtown” for the season. Vendors are welcome to participate, and can book their table now by calling Richard Boileau at McTaggarts (274-5371) or Doug Anderson […]
Lucas Punkari RJ McDonald of the Stratton Eagles slapped a ball just foul as he and his teammates squared off against the defending champion Sight & Sound Wolves during Rainy River District Fastball League play yesterday evening at VanJura here. The Wolves rolled to an 11-0 victory to improve their […]
Lucas Punkari Montana Plasky of the Piranhas took control of the ball while her teammate, Ashton Barnes, gave chase close behind as they took on the Eels in Division II (under age nine) action in the Fort Frances Youth Soccer league yesterday evening at St. Francis Field. League play will […]
Sarah Pruys Rainycrest residents Vincent DeGagne, left, and David Bliss were among those making a trip to La Place Rendez-Vous on Tuesday evening for a night out. The annual event saw many of the residents enjoy dinner together on the warm spring evening.
Sarah Pruys Following Storytime yesterday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library, where a group of youngsters learned all about manners, a tea party was held. Making sure to say “please” and “thank you,” Blair Cross, left, along with Rachel Ste. Croix and Jorja Fournier, enjoyed cookies and tea together.
Lucas Punkari NASCAR driver Steve Arpin autographed the back of one of his T-shirts while Reggie Jewell, middle, and Nolan Faragher looked on during a meet-and-greet session with the Fort Frances native at Boston Pizza here last Thursday night. Arpin currently is preparing for his second Nationwide Series race of […]
Sarah Pruys Lily Matthews, nine, and her friend, Hunter Rice, seven, took turns trying to move a miniature helicopter across a rope from one log to another using a portable water pack. More difficult than it looked, the game still was very popular amongst the youngsters attending Emergency Services Day […]
