The Fort Frances Power Corp. is in the hunt for a new chief executive officer after current president and CEO Jim Kibiuk submitted his resignation, effective June 22, to the FFPC board last week. Kibiuk assumed his role with the FFPC three years ago after former president and CEO Mark […]
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The Rainy River District School Board approved a balanced budget of nearly $38 million for the 2007/08 school year at Tuesday night’s regular meeting here. Laura Mills, the board’s superintendent of education, noted the budget is smaller than in years past—largely due to declining enrolment. Generally, the board’s enrolment drops […]
The local agriculture community is seeing some new faces around the area this year after three industry positions were filled in recent weeks. Michelle Denys, who just graduated from the University of Guelph, has taken over the position of intern for the Rainy River Soil and Crop. Improvement Association while […]
The season is over for Fort High’s golfers after they placed sixth out of eight teams at a tournament in Sioux Lookout on Thursday with a total score of 366. That left them tied for second with Dryden in league standings with 20 points, well behind top-ranked Red Lake, which […]
Four members of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team came home winners from the NBA 3-on-3 tournament held in Winnipeg over the weekend, topping their eight-team division. “They really enjoyed it. It worked out well,” said Paul Noonan, coach of the Muskie team and part of the tournament’s quartet, which […]
Dear Mike: Several weeks ago, I received a very nice letter requesting monetary assistance to help fund construction of a new library in the Town of Fort Frances. My wife and I are now, and have always been, supporters of the library. I sat on the library board as a […]
Dear editor: Last week on CBC news from Winnipeg, the sports reporter had an item about a young man from Boise, Idaho trying out for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ football team, who is on probation from the U.S. courts for five years for being involved in a car racing incident […]
Dear Mike: Having recently been a patient at La Verendrye General Hospital here in Fort Frances, I have come to know the operation of it well. The “girls,” as they collectively and respectfully refer to themselves, make up the heart of the operation, whose absence would render the hospital mere […]
Full credit must go to the group of people in Emo who are spearheading the construction of a water spray park there. After months of initial discussions and legwork, the committee is now set to launch its fundraising campaign this Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo. Raising […]
The local Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Fort Frances soon will crown its first Mini-King. The Chamber will be holding a Mini-King contest for the first time in conjunction with Mall Days on June 28. “We are really excited about the contest because we have had a […]
On Saturday around 7:30 a.m., Emo OPP officers investigated a motor vehicle collision on Highway #502, five km north of Cedar Narrows Road. The driver of a northbound truck trailering a boat crossed the centre line and collided with a southbound truck trailering a boat. A 55-year-old Kenosha, Wis. man […]
Third time wasn’t a charm at the Emo Speedway on Saturday as the weather again was the big story, with the modified feature set to cap off the night being cancelled due to rain. The rain—postponing the race until this Saturday—came after last week’s rain-out and a bitterly cold opening […]
