The visiting children from Belarus began their fourth week in Rainy River District at something many of them were not familiar with–summer camp. Joining the United Church Intergenerational Camp at Sunny Cove, the Belarussian youngsters quickly got into the swing of things Saturday, participating in activities and making new friends. […]
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After more than half a century of use as a privately-owned getaway, Campfire Island turned the page on a brand new chapter last week. Located on Rainy Lake just south of the Noden Causeway, Campfire Island is now in the hands of Wayne and Pat Howard of Emo, and his […]
“Go get a mammogram” is the one message breast cancer survivor Bonnie Thomson of Winnipeg hopes to get across to women when she speaks at the annual “Luncheon of Hope” here Saturday. “If I could affect just one person, I would be thrilled,” stressed Thomson, 53, in a phone interview […]
When LaJemeraye beached his canoes at “the Point” in the fall of 1731, he was accompanied by LaVerendrye’s eldest son, Jean Baptiste, 25 voyageurs and a guide. When the Town of Fort Frances was incorporated in 1903, the resident population was only “approximately 650 souls”. The town’s expansion paralleled its […]
Large Crowd Attends Plaque Ceremony Ontario Premier John P. Robarts joined on the speakers stand at the West End Community Park Wednesday, by D. J. Sleeman, Patrick Ried M.P.P., Mayor Almo Marshall, Dr. E. S. Rogers, curator Ethnology Branch, Royal Ontario Museum, Mrs. Anna Smith, historian, Historical Branch, Toronto, former […]
Construction of Highway No. 11 between Fort Frances is and investment in the future, Prime Minister John P. Robarts, Q.C. emphasized in Fort Frances on Monday at ceremonies opening the 80-mile $20 million dollar Fort Frances-Atikokan highway and the naming of the $6.5 million causeway across Rainy Lake as the […]
The Chamber of Commerce ceremonies to officially mark the commencement of work on the five million dollar Rainy Lake causeway went off with a bang at three o’clock yesterday afternoon- a Big Bang- literally, as well as figuratively. About 175 to 200 persons, representing communities throughout the whole district of […]
