Duane Hicks Is your family prepared? Next week is “Emergency Preparedness Week” in the Town of Fort Frances, and the public is being encouraged take a little time to think about having a plan in case of a crisis. The Municipal Emergency Control Group has put together an information sheet, […]
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Staff Four new fires were reported in the Northwest Region over the past two days. Yesterday evening, a new fire was reported in the Thunder Bay District, with both the City of Thunder Bay and the Thunder Bay MNR Fire Management Headquarters responding. Thunder Bay Fire #4 currently is classified […]
Instrumental Division (April 28) •CLASS B812(II) 1. Hailey McEvoy 2. Justis Gauthier •CLASS B105 1. Robert Moore School, Grades 4 and 5 (Mrs. Donald director) •CLASS B300 1. Robert Moore School, Grades 7 and 8 (Karen Peltomaki director) •CLASS B302 1. Fort Frances High School Intermediate Band (Lisa Loney director) […]
Staff A pair of local squash players have dropped down to the “silver” group in the girls’ U15 division after the first day of competition at the Canadian Junior National Squash Championships in Calgary. Anika Alexander opened play yesterday afternoon with a win over Laura Huck (Medicine Hat) in the […]
Heather Latter Students from the drama club at St. Francis School rehearsed their rendition of “Sleeping Beauty” during a dress rehearsal there yesterday. They will be presenting the fairy tale on Monday at 9:30 a.m., and again on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend […]
Duane Hicks With the 23rd-annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce Home & Leisure Show starting at 4 p.m. today at the Memorial Sports Centre, Jewell Beaudry helped decorate Badiuk Equipment’s showroom in the ’52 Canadians Arena this morning. The show runs until 9 p.m. today and again tomorrow from 9 […]
Peggy Revell More than 50 people from both sides of the border set out yesterday from the Backus Community Center in International Falls for the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event. It was organized to call for the communities to work together to put an end to violence towards […]
Duane Hicks Rainycrest Auxiliary president Margaret Ann Hudson was among those who wore a hat and colourful clothing yesterday for the volunteer appreciation luncheon at Hallett Hall. The theme for the annual lunch was “garden party.”
Peggy Revell Renowned Canadian musician Andrew Craig, embarking on a solo career for the first time, impressed the crowd at the Townshend Theatre on Tuesday night for the final “Tour de Fort” performance of the 2010-11 season. Despite skaky passport sales which had put last season in doubt, organizers have […]
Peggy Revell NDP incumbent John Rafferty (foreground) and Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff answered questions from those who attended the all-candidates’ debate yesterday at Rainy River First Nations which aimed to increase aboriginal participation in Monday’s federal election. Two of the four seats were empty, though, as both the Conservative and […]
Peggy Revell Education, the environment, resource-sharing, local governance and accountability, and a host of other issues important to local aboriginal communities were on the table yesterday as Rainy River First Nations hosted an all-candidates’ debate prior to Monday’s federal election. But it ended up being a debate minus half the […]
Staff The local Seniors and Law Enforcement Together (S.A.L.T.) group is hosting a presentation, entitled “Building a Better Relationship: Working to prevent elder abuse,” this Saturday (April 30) at 10 a.m. in the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. “Elder abuse affects more people than we are aware of because it is […]
