The Legion Br. #29 Ladies Auxiliary reminds everyone that their annual Remembrance Day tea will be held this Sunday (Nov. 5) from 2-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Legion. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for kids under 10. Refreshments will be served in the upstairs hall while downstairs […]
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The spirit of community service is alive and well at Robert Moore School. The school’s Builders Club—a junior version of the Kiwanis Club—held its installation of officers Thursday night. Tanner Bell was named president, Carra Onichuk vice-president, Jenna Wilson secretary, and Alexa Lesperance treasurer. Also installed into office were Paige […]
FORT FRANCES—An immigration study completed by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. has been reviewed by the Regional Economic Development Committee (REDC), and the RRFDC now will move forward with some of the recommendations in the report. “The primary step is to put together some kind of immigration committee to […]
FORT FRANCES—A slight delay in the availability of a new transformer for the Fort Frances Museum means staff won’t be moving back into the building until early January, instead of next month as originally planned. “The contractors will essentially have everything else done by then,” museum curator Pam Hawley noted. […]
EMO —It’s a country club, but not the elite, exclusive, social retreat that may come to mind. Instead, the Emo Community Country Club, hosted by the Emo-La Vallee Healthy Communities Coalition, is an initiative enabling district senior citizens to explore the world by gathering to hear residents speak about different […]
Born to Dan Hegdahl and Lauren Gepp on October 5, 2006, a 6lb. 7oz. baby boy, Jason William, in Hibbing, MN. Pleased to welcome a grandson are Claude Gepp and Jeannette, and Carla Gepp of Fort Frances.
Born to Zerlina Whitecrow and Justin Handorgan, of Seine River, Ont., a boy, Corneilius Stanley Johnson, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz. at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Born to April Perrault and Ashley King, of Rainy River, Ont., a girl, Gianna Noalani, weighing 9 lbs. 10 oz. on Oct. 26, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Back on Sept. 25, Treasury Board president John Baird and Finance minister Jim Flaherty announced $1 billion in spending cuts to the federal government—on the same day they announced a $13.2-billion surplus for 2005-06. Despite this generous surplus, they are making cuts to programs that have been proven effective and […]
Happy belated Hallowe’en. Over the next few months, I would like to use this column to discuss some subjects which often are not mentioned in student handbooks or information nights. The first topic is one that most parents hope they never have to deal with—suspension from school. As a school […]
What is it that Rainy River District wants from this year’s municipal elections? I ask this question because many of the issues that will be faced by councils in the next four years still are not on the horizon or on anyone’s agenda. Four years ago, was anyone clearly predicting […]
Quite often the box score doesn’t tell the full story. At first glance, the Winnipeg High School Football League quarter-final game between the Muskies and the Tec Voc Hornets on Friday would appear to be a pretty cut and dry affair. A quick peek at the final score—27-13 for the […]
