Heather Latter Having received a portion of the $27 million the province has invested over three years to provide new services and supports to post-secondary students as part of a comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, Confederation College, in partnership with three other northern colleges, has initiated a program called […]
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Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board will focus on improvement, and continue to work toward student success, when it comes to the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) Grade 9 assessment of mathematics and the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT). The 2012-13 results were released last week […]
Duane Hicks Just as every good zombie movie demands a sequel, the second-annual Fort Frances Zombie Walk will rise from the grave this Saturday (Oct. 5). Ghouls of all ages are encouraged to put on zombie makeup, or dress up like a warm-blooded zombie hunter, and come to St. John’s […]
Duane Hicks Organizers will be trying out a fresh concept for this year’s Christmas parade—a stationary one. Instead of being a procession going down Scott Street after sunset, the parade (which has been set for Saturday, Nov. 30) will see a series of floats parked along there during the day. […]
Duane Hicks Safe Communities Rainy River District continues to rate very well among other communities across Canada. The recent Safe Communities 2013 Report from new umbrella organization, “Parachute to Safety,” has replaced the National Report Card from Safe Communities Canada, which SCRRD had aced for the past six-straight years. While […]
Staff Dust off your glad rags and mark Thursday, Nov. 7 on your calendar! That’s when the Friends of the Fort Frances Museum will hold its second-annual fall fundraiser gala. Tickets for the wine-and-cheese gala, which will run from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the museum, cost $35 each or two for […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board will activate the “Safe Welcome” program at its elementary schools this Monday (Oct. 7) as a way to provide a safer learning environment for students. The program, which received funding from the Ministry of Education, saw security access devices installed at the […]
Heather Latter The first “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It!)” retreat for girls aged 10-14, which ran this past weekend at Hanson’s Hideaway Lodge in Nestor Falls, was just that—awesome. “It was inspiring to see the young girls come out of their shells over the course of the weekend,” […]
Joey Payeur Going into her final dive, it was all or nothing for Molly Carlson. When she emerged from the water afterwards, the Fort Frances native knew she had won it all. Carlson, 15, earned her first gold medal in national or international competition by winning the girls’ age 14-15 […]
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Evelyn Bernice Brown, 97, with her family by her side, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 at Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. in Fort Frances, Ont. Evelyn was born June 4, 1916 in Burriss, Ont. to William and Anne Hill and […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Margaret Mary McPherson announces her passing, with family by her side, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Marg was born Aug. 18, 1965 in Mount Carmel, Nfld. to the late Francis and […]
Sophie Van Drunen, 85, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 at the home of her daughter, Judy, and son-in-law, Steven, in Quesnel, B.C. She was predeceased by her husband, Neal Van Drunen. Sophie enjoyed playing cards, dancing, and her many friends. We laughed, cried, […]
