“My wife, Lori, gave me quite a big surprise about a month ago. She handed me a letter and it said I had won.” That’s what Darcy Kavanaugh remembered about the moment he first found out he had been chosen as one of the role models honoured at the Celebration […]
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After a hiatus of almost four months, the Border Concert series resumed Friday, March 24 when troubadour Bill Schustik appeared on stage at Backus Auditorium in International Falls. Schustik combined his rich baritone voice with a variety of folk instruments–including the guitar, banjo, dulcimer, and harmonica–to serve up a rich […]
March was a busy month for the Toddler Room at the Fort Frances Children’s Complex. Themes during March were Big and Little, Spring Break Fun, Spring, and Weather. To coincide with the Big and Little theme, we discussed big and little during all areas of the program. We took big […]
Having already raised about $400,000, Rainy River First Nation Chief Jim Leonard said he’s certain the Aboriginal Dialysis Acquisition Drive will reach its goal soon. “We will definitely get it. Our goal is $500,000 and it will be raised,” he stressed Tuesday. Starting in early February, the campaign–chaired by Chief […]
It’s “business as usual” for the Sunset Country Travel Association despite word from the province that core funding to all Ontario travel associations will be cut. “The funding structure is changing,” SCTA executive director Gerry Cariou said. “We used to receive some core funding from the province of Ontario.” At […]
The Rainy River Social Services Administration Board is going back to square one in the choice of an apportionment formula that will dictate each municipality’s share towards its budget. One formula already had been chosen by the board but a misunderstanding in the voting process forced it to put all […]
Doug Cridland of Fort Frances doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to talking about manic depression–the mood disorder he’s journeyed through life with for 18 years. He could care less about the stigma that surrounds it, but he does care very much about helping himself and others who bear […]
After only three years of shared ownership, Manitou Forest Products at Rainy River First Nation (Manitou Rapids) is looking at the possibility of a half-million dollar expansion. It already has re-invested $750,000 over the last five years. “We’re always expanding, trying to put up new buildings. Right now, we are […]
Some 43 badminton players participated in the Fort Frances Badminton Club Junior Open tournament at the Fort Frances High School on March 18. The athletes ranged from nine to 18 years old. A considerable number of local players was complemented with entries from Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Rainy River. Play […]
Playing a style that got him to the provincial playdowns earlier this year, Raymond Roy used his defensive strategy to perfection Sunday in beating Rob Sinclair Jr. 6-1 in the ‘A’-event final of the annual men’s bonspiel here. Roy never trailed in the game, opening up with a deuce in […]
Muskie head coach Glen Edwards had said before the OFSAA tournament that it didn’t matter how good you were if the bounces didn’t go your way. And it was a bad bounce that jumped up and bit the Muskies in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Upper Canada Blues (Toronto) […]
Chants of “Muskies, Muskies, Muskies” or “Go Muskies Go” shook the walls of the Countryside Arena in Sudbury before the start of the black-and-gold’s quarter-final showdown with the Upper Canada College Blues of Toronto. The cheering grew even louder by the roughly 100 or so Muskie faithful on hand as […]