Award-winning singer Susan Aglukark delivered the keynote address at a special conference at Quetico Centre on Monday, combining her gift of song with some powerful messages regarding pain and abuse. The Child Witness Conference, hosted jointly by the Atikokan Crisis Centre and Family Services Thunder Bay, opened Monday and wrapped […]
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Pam Hawley, curator of the Fort Frances Museum, is sharpening her argumentative skills for the end of March, when she will be a panelist in CBC Radio’s third-annual “Northwestern Ontario Reads” debate. Hawley will be one of five people to participate in the regional debate, which is slated for Friday, […]
A mixture of nerves, excitement, and financial burden weigh on the minds of the Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team as they prepare to represent Fort High at the all-Ontarios on March 6-8 in Dryden. Even though they were swept 25-14, 25-14, and 25-22 in the best-of-five NorWOSSA final to the […]
Building an abattoir for Rainy River District has been discussed off and on for years, but the most recent plan was proposed at a public meeting in Barwick last Wednesday night—and it was stated this could be the last chance for the project. “This is a very important meeting for […]
The vice-president of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) was in Washington, D.C. last week to participate in an ongoing lobby effort against passport requirements being ushered in by the U.S. government. Representing the North Western Ontario Business Partnership, Jerry Fisher, who also owns Grassy Narrows Lodge, was among […]
If NDP MPP Peter Kormos has his way, hospitals in Ontario soon could be harvesting organs from deceased people before moving their bodies down to the morgue and then on to funeral homes. A private member’s bill Mr. Kormos is planning to re-introduce at Queen’s Park would, in effect, change […]
ANDERSON–Born to Alexis Anderson and Clint Williams, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Alya Jane, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on February 10, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
STATES–Born to Shannon Wilson and Trevor States, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Ava Clara, weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz. on February 12, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
LITTLEDEER-SPADE–Born to Marissa Spade and Josh Littledeer, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Natheniel Sunny Travis, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz. on February 16, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Anyone who grew up here as I did, but has not been back recently, owes us a visit for a fresh look around today—maybe before our community changes beyond recognition! Touring the town almost completely and daily this winter can make even me believe it’s no longer the place I […]
As long as I can remember, I have been an avid reader. I started school at age four and from the beginning, I loved books. My mother was wonderful about fostering my interest in reading. When I came home from high school, I often went to my upstairs bedroom and […]
At the top of the hour, I have been tuning into CBC Radio to learn what is happening with Canadian athletes at the Winter Olympics in Turin. My enjoyment of winter Olympic events normally is relegated to sitting on the couch with my wife as we watch the national, U.S., […]
