Peggy Revell Local Confederation College support workers Evelyn Sletmoen and Kathy Egan hoisted their signs at the road entrance to the campus here this morning in support of a province-wide strike. The college remains open, though, with campus programs and classes still expected to run.
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Robin McCormick Once can feel a big hole in their hart this week as we have lost one of our longtime residents. Helen Logan passed away Friday at the age of 96. And in those 96 years she has touched the lives of many with her dynamic friendly and energetic […]
Dave Ogilvie The Farm Progress Building was indeed a busy place during the recent Rainy River Valley Agricultural Fall Fair in Emo. One organization which was present for the two-day event was Safe Communities Rainy River District. Members of the group spent time at the fair handing out information about […]
Heather Latter Motorcyclists took to area highways for a road trip Saturday as part of the local Alzheimer Society’s ninth-annual “Ride for Memories,” with this year’s ride ending here in Fort Frances that evening. The fundraiser saw a total of 160 registered participants and brought in at least $31,000, said […]
Press Release The North West Local Health Integration Network, along with Ontario’s 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), is investing $1.23 million to enhance services for seniors who exhibit behaviours associated with complex and challenging mental health, dementia or other neurological conditions. The money will go towards local initiatives that […]
Staff Jake Rae was the driver to beat at the Emo go-kart track on Friday night, as the Advanced class competitor bagged a pair of heat race wins and then took the feature over Tristian Badiuk and Aaron Nelson. Badiuk and Cole Trimble won the other two heat races in […]
Submitted by Ontario Stewardship Rangers
Greetings from the OSR crew! We ended our summer last week (Aug. 22-25) with a bang! On Monday, we headed out with Ralph Hill, a council member of Rainy River District Stewardship, to put up pine marten nesting boxes along Wasaw Road, north of La Vallee. We spent the day […]
Peggy Revell Students heading into the new full-day Junior Kindergarten program at St. Michael’s School will see a slight delay this week as construction wraps up on newly-renovated classrooms. The school will be ready for children, noted Northwest Catholic District School Board director of education Mary-Catherine Kelly, explaining that for […]
Heather Latter For Tylyn Silander, words cannot express her experience working with children in Peru over the past month. “I can’t even describe it,” voiced the 18-year-old Fort Frances resident. “It was amazing. It was definitely life-changing. Just how something little like a sticker totally makes a child’s day.” Silander […]
Lucas Punkari After a highly competitive three day training camp, the Fort Frances Lakers have cut their roster down from 39 players down to 24 as they get ready for their four game pre-season schedule, which will get underway on Thursday, Sept. 8 in Sioux Lookout against the Flyers. As […]
Peggy Revell After years of anticipation, Confederation College celebrated the opening of its new multi-million dollar, 40,000 square foot Regional Education Alliance for Community Health (REACH) building Thursday morning in Thunder Bay. “This is the true embodiment, I believe, of our vision which is to enrich lives through learning, and […]
Duane Hicks Motorists will be clearly reminded to mind their speed and watch out for pedestrians and cyclists starting this school year with the establishment of a “community safety zone” along King’s Highway, from just west of the Fort Frances Cemetery to just west of the McIrvine Road intersection. With […]
