Staff Allen Raoul, field geologist for Bending Lake Iron Group Ltd., spoke at a well-attended mining information event, hosted by the local Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Fort Frances economic development office, at La Place Rendez-Vous yesterday. Bending Lake and Rainy River Resources gave presentations to update the […]
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Peggy Revell With prayers and thanks, participants in the annual “Mother Earth Water Walk” offered tobacco last Wednesday afternoon to the waters at the Ranier rapids, where Rainy Lake flows into the Rainy River. The walk—which has seen a copper pail filled with water from the Hudson Bay travelling by […]
Heather Latter Scott Jolicoeur tried out the pilot seat of Patrick Langevin’s Grumman Tiger four-seater plane Saturday during the 12th-annual “Fly-in, Drive-in BBQ” at the Fort Frances Airport. The event—designed to showcase the local airport by having private pilots fly in here for the day—featured a number of planes as […]
Jack Elliott This robin, which is largely white, was first sighted last year in Rainy River by Frank Books, who saw this bird, along with another partially-white robin, near his home. The birds then disappeared but regularly were spotted along the river a few blocks south. This bird apparently has […]
Lucas Punkari Christopher Leek lost control in turn #3 on Saturday evening while battling for the lead with Chuck Lambert during the WISSOTA Midwest Modified feature at the Emo Speedway. Leek fell out of the race a couple of laps later as a result of damage suffered in this incident […]
Heather Latter Connie Calder, president of Wahkaihgnun Futures Corp., and Janet Hope, assistant deputy minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, staged the ground-breaking for a 10-unit apartment complex for aboriginal people living off-reserve during a ceremony this morning at the United Native Friendship Centre here. Originally planned to be held […]
Heather Latter Nina Bird accepted her certificate from Confederation College vice-president Judi Maundrell during yesterday’s convocation ceremony for the local campus at the Townshend Theatre. About 40 graduates particpated in the ceremony, which saw students earning their diplomas in areas such as human resources, early childhood education, and practical nursing.
Heather Latter Kian McEvoy, seven, enjoyed being in the driver’s seat of Ed Halvorsen’s 1930 Model A Roadster on Saturday during the 12th-annual “Fly-in, Drive-in BBQ” at the Fort Frances Airport. The event, designed to showcase the local airport by having private pilots fly in here for the day, featured […]
Lucas Punkari Don Bowman (#38) and Richard Visser battled for top spot in a Street Stock heat during the twice-delayed season-opener at the Emo Speedway on Saturday evening. Bowman, who resides in Bemidji, Mn. captured the checkered flag in both the heat and feature rac. Visser, meanwhile, finished second in […]
Lucas Punkari Dale Kaemingh of Emo watched his drive off of the first tee head down the fairway as the 26th-annual Fort Frances Law Enforcement golf tournament got underway at Kitchen Creek this morning. Some 88 golfers are taking part in this year’s event, with all proceeds going to the […]
Lucas Punkari Local MPP Howard Hampton cut the cake while Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, left, and employees at the Ontario Travel Information Centre here waited for a piece as Tourism Week was kicked off Friday. Officially running today through Sunday, a number of events will be held across the […]
Heather Latter A gigantic, colourful quilt featuring footprints of each student at Robert Moore School has been hung in the foyer there. The school held a grand-opening of its new facility Friday to celebrate being in the building for nearly year.
