A prayer and drum circle was held in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day, held annually on May 5. The event took place at Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services on Kings Highway. The day is to raise awareness and pay honour to Indigenous women […]
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Husband and wife duo Whitehorse closed out the Tour de Fort regular season last week. The concert series was able to bounce back from Covid restrictions, to offer a full line-up, including make-up shows forced to cancel during the pandemic. With restrictions easing, the concert series has decided to return […]
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Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the April Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Ab Desrosier of, Rainy River ON with the winning ticket number Q-8014859. Desrosier takes home $11,220, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Friday, April […]
Hundreds of hunters and enthusiasts gathered at the Fort Frances Gun Show on Saturday, to see nearly 100 dealers, crafters and vendors, at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Hunters were able to check out the offerings of dozens of gun dealers, top. Artisan Cindy Gauthier, centre, was on hand selling […]
Fort Frances High School students are busy putting the final polish on this year’s musical production “Cry-Baby, the stage adaptation of the 1990 John Waters film. The show runs from tonight, Wednesday, May 11, through Saturday, May 14. Each performance begins at 7:30 p.m., with tickets available for $12, or […]
Shoppers Drug Mart in Fort Frances showed its support for Bear Witness Day, in honour of Jordan’s Principle, honoured each year on May 10. Jordan’s Principle ensures all First Nations children living in Canada can access the products, services and supports they need, when they need them. Jordan’s Principle is […]
May marks Community Living Month. To celebrate the outstanding work of Community Living Fort Frances and District, the Town of Fort Frances has installed at Community Living flag, which will will fly at the Civic Centre throughout the month. Community Living provides supports for people with Developmental Disabilities and their […]
About a dozen classes at the Fort Frances High and Intermediate Schools pitched in to help clean up a winter’s worth of debris around the school’s lawn yesterday. Their efforts were appreciated by many. Thank you from the community! – Daniel Adam photo
Election day is June 2. The above are the candidates of record as of press deadline. More candidates are likely to join in the coming days. For details on how and where to vote, visit elections.on.ca.
Today is the first full day of the provincial election campaign. Voting day is June 2. The Kenora-Rainy River riding has two confirmed candidates as of press time. Left, Greg Rickford is representing the Progressive Conservative Party. On the right is Catherine Kiewning, who is running under the Green Party […]
Pianist Gemma Klassen performed at the Townshend Theatre during the Rainy Lake Festival of the Performing Arts Highlights Concert. Dozens of performers across multiple disciplines took part in the festival workshops, and were able to benefit from in-person adjudication. For more photos from the concert, see A10. – Allan Bradbury […]
Spring may have been a little slow in coming this year but the WRRD Lions pontoon boat was not. The Princecraft Vectra from Nestor Falls Marine complete with a 115 hp Mercury is now on display at Norland Oil in Emo and will be at other business locations across the […]
