Dear editor: Living in Northwestern Ontario, we have become accustomed to some degree of decreased access to health care. We have a shortage of family physicians that often necessitates long wait times for appointments. We often wait for long periods, and travel long distances, to receive access to specialized tests […]
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Peggy Revell Sarah Vandermeer added her name alongside others to an anti-bullying pledge that all students from St. Francis School signed last Wednesday. The students, along with many others in the district and across Canada, also donned pink as a symbolic act to stand up against bullying.
Duane Hicks Rainycrest Family Council members Renee McDonald, left, and Grace Roy relaxed in the comfy environment of the recently-renovated east-wing respite room there.
Dave Ogilvie Amber Gibson was one of two people who had their head shaved for “Cuts for Cancer,” which was held Saturday at the Hair and Body Care Shoppe in Emo in conjunction with “Spring Fever Days” festivities. Besides collecting $200 to donate to the cause, Gibson also generously gave […]
Dan Falloon Romeo Duguay took advantage of the beautiful spring weather as he lined up a putt at Kitchen Creek golf course earlier this week.
Of all the challenges facing Fort Frances these days, surely the saddest is watching Pither’s Point Park slowly wither away while its future remains in legal limbo. The Hallett and Lookout Tower were relocated from there to the La Verendrye Parkway by the Sorting Gap Marina last year, and now […]
Peggy Revell There were rockets, plants, potatoes, maple syrup, tornadoes, and more as students from as far away as Red Lake were at J.W. Walker School here Saturday to compete in the 2010 Sunset Country Regional Science Fair. And of these 25 students from Grades 4-8, three now will be […]
Vocal Division Monday, April 19 •CLASS V100 First–Joelle Bruyere •CLASS V101 First–Star Jewell Martin Second–Carmen Hebert •CLASS V102 First–Ali Jackson/Maggie LeMesurier (tie) •CLASS V103 First–McKenna Begin Second–Anne Jean •CLASS V145 First–Isaac Firth Second–Faith Pollard •CLASS V146 First–Alyssa Vandrunen Second–Natasha Peters •CLASS V106 First–Taylor Shouldice •CLASS V168 First–Jade Green Second–Emma Dykstra […]
Staff Mixing drumbeats and comedy, members of the percussion group “BAM!” entertained hundreds of children yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre. This was the the final “Kids & Co.” show for the 2009-10 season. Find out about the next season at www.kidsandco.ca
Staff Fort Frances may lose one of its three seats on the Northwest Catholic District School Board after a vote tonight on trustee determination and distribution for the upcoming election. While the board was granted an additional trustee by the Ministry of Education following the amalgamation of the Atikokan Roman […]
Staff Those wanting to attend “Dinner with Dr. Vergidis & Friends,” a new educational fundraiser for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care slated for this Friday evening, had better act fast if they haven’t got tickets yet—it’s almost sold out. Foundation director Teresa Hazel said a handful of the 150 […]
