Child witness groups will be starting in Fort Frances in September. These groups are beneficial to children and their moms who have witnessed violence in their homes. Community service providers are encouraged to speak to their potential clients about participating and offer referrals. There is no cost to attend. Meals, […]
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“Something to Sing About” has announced the launch here of its new semester classes of Kindermusik—the world’s leading music and movement program for children from birth to age seven. Kindermusik fosters the total development of young children through a combination of music and movement. Parents with newborns, toddlers, and children […]
FORT FRANCES—With the committee of adjustment having approved applications from Abitibi-Consolidated to sever the dam property here from the rest of the mill with the aim to start a separate hydro-generating asset, town council had to tell local union reps Monday night that it can’t stop the process at this […]
FORT FRANCES—With a split vote, town council Monday night defeated a recommendation from the Administration and Finance executive committee to waive landfill tipping fees for the purposes of contaminated soil disposal. The recommendation, made in response to a request from Glenn Witherspoon to waive tipping fees at the landfill to […]
You can’t win them all. That was the sentiment expressed by Heron Landing member Mike Dick following the inaugural Senior Men’s Open golf tournament there last Thursday. Dick—the heavy favourite heading into the tournament—had an uncharacteristically inconsistent round of one-over 73 to finish in second place behind Bill Hughes. “Off […]
The hot lunch nutrition program proposed earlier this year for students at Donald Young School in Emo is moving ahead. Beginning the week of Sept. 18, students there will be able to purchase healthy meals every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. “A number of local businesses have come on board offering […]
MOSE–Born to Shane & Leanne, nee Hahkala, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Nelson William, weighing 6 lbs. 9 oz. on August 22, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Sunday, July 30, 2006. Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays should write this date down on a piece of paper and save it. Why you ask? It might very well turn out to be one of the most important dates in the club’s recent history. That particular Sunday marked the […]
It was the perfect late August weekend at the cottage. The mosquitoes have been gone for several weeks. And although the sun was out, it wasn’t the scorching heat of July days. For many cottage families, last weekend marked the final one that their college-bound children would spend at the […]
A few weeks ago, Tim Flannery’s book, “The Weather Makers,” landed on my desk. That same week, someone from a local environmental group noticed it in my office and commented, “A book that gets the facts straight on climate change has finally arrived.” With that endorsement, I opened the cover […]
I’m not difficult to wake in the morning. In fact, I know my faculties slam into high gear even before my eyes open. Therefore, Mother Nature (should you be reading this), my day doesn’t need a further jump-start from a big, ugly spider staring at me from the bathtub when […]
Junior and senior kindergarten teachers Cathy Richards, left, and Charlene Gustafson prepared their classroom yesterday at Crossroads School in Devlin. The classroom underwent a transformation as it was the Grade 8 room last year. —Heather Ogilvie photo
