With the local Alzheimer Society’s fourth-annual “Walk for Memories” slated for Sunday, May 28, organizers are encouraging those who haven’t already done so to pick up pledge forms. “It’s not a long walk, not a marathon—just a nice Sunday afternoon walk for a good cause,” said Margaret Schonewille, executive director […]
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While supporting it in principle, council will give further consideration to a request from the local Economic Development Advisory Committee to participate in a provincial community exchange program in order to get input on the town’s strengths and weaknesses from an outsider’s perspective. Jane Gillon, with the local Ministry of […]
After months of negotiations followed by strike action, the Rainy River District School Board and local secondary occasional teachers reached a tentative four-year agreement on Monday morning. Members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B Occasional Teachers’ Bargaining Unit will vote on ratification this week—in Fort Frances on […]
Now in its sixth year, the Household Hazardous Waste Day continues to be a successful means of letting district residents dispose of materials they otherwise wouldn’t be able to get rid of at the landfill. In fact, Adam Scott, co-ordinator of the Rainy River Watershed Program, said Monday that the […]
Joe Sletmoen of Crozier is a young farmer who recently took on his first big year of calving on his own, which he said went “very well.” “This is the first year that I’ve done a real big swing,” he noted. Not only did Sletmoen end up with 40 calves […]
The Lake of the Woods Sustainability Foundation, which was formed last year, is seeking support from local communities and stakeholders near the basin in order to protect the water quality of the lake. “We need to keep it as a gem,” Todd Sellers, the Foundation’s executive director, stressed during the […]
HAMILTON–Born to Justin Hamilton and Chelsey Armstrong, a boy, Evan Dominic Joseph, weighing 9 lbs. 1oz. on April 24, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario. A little brother for Logan.
HAMILTON–Born to Justin Hamilton and Chelsey Armstrong, a boy, Evan Dominic Joseph, weighing 9 lbs. 1oz. on April 24, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario. A little brother for Logan.
Why not find happiness this spring? Happiness and spring go together like a cup and saucer. There is so much hope in the spring. The trees are leafing out. Yellow daffodils, red and pink tulips, and purple lilacs bloom in rapid succession. The days are longer and the nights shorter. […]
This Sunday marks one of the most important days of the year on the sporting calendar. No, it isn’t a possible Game 5 in the Oilers-Sharks series. It isn’t one of several NBA conference semi-final playoff games being played that day. Rather, the important sporting event taking place this Sunday […]
A wise editor I know once told me to always start with the most important thing first. Okay. Sometimes I just don’t know what to write about—and it’s all Pete’s fault. If I’ve learned anything about how my world turns when he’s away, it’s that things around here just go […]
I have a love-hate relationship with my dentist. I really like going there when I won’t be having any work done on my teeth. And I really hate going there when there is work being done. I’m “lucky” to have been blessed with teeth that seem cavity prone. I also […]
