The Fort Frances Aquanauts shot out of the blocks in their first competitive swim meet of the season, dominating the field at the Kenora fall invitational over the weekend. The Aquanauts posted first-place finishes in 32 of the 101 events in which the competed. But what was perhaps more impressive […]
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Premier Dalton McGuinty was in Thunder Bay on Monday to unveil an energy rebate plan for northern pulp and paper mills, but the response in the north has been lukewarm at best. “The solution that they announced today is much too little and much too late,” Ontario NDP leader and […]
Though heavily involved in volunteering with everything from the day hospital and chemotherapy unit at La Verendrye Hospital to St. John’s Anglican Church and the Canadian Cancer Society, June Keddie never expected to be named the 2006 “Citizen of the Year.” So when she got the phone call from the […]
The local Business Improvement Association will be holding the 49th-annual “Parade of Lights” this Saturday (Nov. 25) and this year’s holiday event is shaping up to be one of the best of late. “I think we’ll get a good turnout and it will be a lot of fun this year,” […]
The “Old Bags Lunch” originally scheduled for Sept. 30 now will be held in the spring. Joan Allison, with the special events committee for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, noted a suitable date could not be secured before Christmas and therefore it would be held in the spring. Stay […]
The parishioners of St. John’s Anglican Church here are holding their third-annual St. Andrew’s supper at the church hall on Thursday, Nov. 30. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland so the dinner will feature traditional Scottish fare, such as haggis and neeps, roast beef and all the trimmings, […]
FORT FRANCES—With the Ministry of Education having designated three of its schools as potentially “prohibitive to repair” (PTR), the Rainy River District School Board is moving forward with the PTR process and will be submitting a business case to the ministry proposing the consolidation of Robert Moore and F.H. Huffman […]
For many, one of the greatest joys of Christmas is the sense of wonder children experience when they see a present under the tree with their name on it. But sadly, some youngsters go through the holiday season without getting a chance to have that kind of magic moment. Family […]
Voyageurs National Park’s Rainy Lake Visitor Center will be closed tomorrow (Nov. 23) for Thanksgiving Day. It will be open Friday, Nov. 24 through Sunday, Nov. 26 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Visitors are invited to come to the visitor center over the weekend to view exhibits, watch the park film, […]
FORT FRANCES—Local swimmer Alex Parent hopes the road to Beijing, China leads through Durban, South Africa. Parent left Tuesday for the 2006 International Paralympic Committee’s world championships being held Nov. 27-Dec. 12 in Kwazulu-Natal province’s largest city. The Aquanaut will represent Canada while competing against the world’s top swimmers in […]
GRENNIER–Born to Todd and Tracy, nee Allan, of Emo, Ont., a boy, Kalin Edward Allan, weighing 9 lbs. 9 oz. on October 29, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
KREGER–Born to Troy and Georgia, nee Jarvis, of Rainy River, Ont., a girl, Nina Helena, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. on November 3, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
