Submitted This tractor trailer suffered extensive damage in a crash Sunday on Highway 11, about 20 km west of Atikokan.
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Zoey Duncan Richard Boileau of McTaggarts, right, drew the winning ticket for the August “Trip of Month,” with help from Evan Wright as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on at International Travel Services here. Allan Mott of Winnipeg won a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico valued at $4,200. Next month’s is […]
Lucas Punkari Gavin Paull (#16) and Dwayne Pelepetz battled it out for position during the heat race for the WISSOTA Modified class at the Emo Speedway on Saturday night. Paull would capture the checkered flag in the heat race and would go on to capture his eighth straight feature victory, […]
Zoey Duncan The fountain at the Lions Millennium Park on Second Street East was overflowing with soap suds this morning thanks to unidentified vandals. The fountain will have to be shut down for the long weekend since the town does not have a crew available to dedicate to the full […]
Lucas Punkari Travis Tom of the Big Grassy Braves prepared to take a swing during the Rainy River District Fastball League’s annual all-star game yesterday evening in Barwick. Tom was the winning pitcher for Team 1, which cruised to a 7-0 shutout over Team 2 in a game that featured […]
Heather Latter Local author Fran Shelfantook signed a copy of her recently-published novel, “Sophia’s Journey,” for her great-granddaughter, Vanna Abbott, yesterday afternoon during the official launch of the book at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The novel tells the tale of her own great-grandmother’s journey from Sweden to […]
Staff Randy Carmody, of Mike Carmody Contracting, dug away just west of the intersection of Portage Avenue and Third Street East yesterday. Crews have moved on to tearing up the west end of the block today, with work proceeding east in the weeks to come. Wagner Construction Canada ULC, which […]
Zoey Duncan Plastic bottles and candy wrappers are among the most common scraps of trash that get caught along the La Verendrye Parkway riverwalk due to litter bugs.
Submitted Davis Wielinga and Tyrell Kempf roasted marshmallows to make s’mores earlier this month during a summer learning program called “Camp Read S’More” at St. Michael’s here. The two-week program, a pilot project run by the Ministry of Education which focused on literacy, saw 12 students participate.
Peggy Revell Matt Marx, with the Rainy River District School Board’s IT Department, worked to plug in a phone and other technology last week as staff moved their offices from the old Robert Moore School and into the newly-renovated Education Centre. Staff began working out of the new space Monday, […]
Peggy Revell “Granny” Janine Madill gave a huge wave to the crowd while riding along with Chad Buist and Rick Cooper, whose float was decked out as the “Rainy Lake Hillbillies” for last Wednesday’s annual parade of boats through downtown Fort Frances as part of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass […]
Peggy Revell Family members of the late Gloria Gadd looked on as Rainycrest administrator Edith Bodnar extended a big “thank-you” during yesterday’s ceremony to dedicate the new fountain in the entrance lobby in memory of the long-time volunteer with the Rainycrest Auxiliary.
