There are many new faces joining the students and staff at public schools across the district this year. The Rainy River District School Board has hired a total of 25 teachers for the 2005-06 school year—12 elementary teachers and 13 secondary. In addition, the board has hired 17 occasional teachers—13 […]
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With children back in classes yesterday, the Town of Fort Frances is taking special precautions to ensure those attending schools in the west end are safe while during the construction on King’s Highway. Manager of Operations and Facilities Doug Brown noted there are wooden planks on the gravel for students […]
We can count ourselves safe from the extremes of weather that television brings into our homes from around the world. We may experience cold, ice, high winds, but the disasters that reach out and touch others across the world, we are immune to. We can count our blessings for where […]
They couldn’t help themselves. Like kids on the sandlot, a few Sight & Sound players schemed and giggled when discussing how they would “get” Derek McKinnon and decided the best way would be by pouring a Gatorade jug filled with cold water over their manager. While Harvey Flamand was preparing […]
As the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship has shown over the years, the secret to running a successful tournament is to provide plenty of off-water activities to keep the crowds interested until weigh-in time. The recently concluded International Falls Bass Championship was quick to pick up that lesson and reaped […]
World class golfers like John Daly, Phil Mickelson, Chris DiMarco, David Toms, Bernhard Langer, and even Tiger Woods, have all teed off from the La Quinta Golf Club, and a local quartet of golfers will do the same. Brian Johnstone, who is the professional out of the Heron Landing Golf […]
It was a game they wish they hadn’t been playing in, but it was a game they had to play in. It’s been almost two weeks since the untimely and unfortunate passing of Struchan Gilson, and his former players couldn’t think of a better way of honouring the coach that […]
They were coming all afternoon, into the evening and by the time it was all over around 9 p.m., over 1,000 people had the made the trip to Mud Lake City. The seventh-annual Mud Lake City Music Fest turned out to be the biggest ever, even though rain threatened to […]
This Friday during the high school’s lunch hour is when hopeful players for the Muskie girls’ hockey team will file into a classroom and thus begin the tryout process. “It’s not going to be anything to crazy, but we want them to start thinking about things,” said assistant coach Chris […]
The Muskie train that will be gearing towards OFSAA will be boarding passengers next week—and letting some off the week after—as the team has set the dates for their tryouts. But that train won’t have to travel far to reach the all-Ontarios—in case you’ve had your head stuck in a […]
Fort Frances residents will be welcoming an old friend on Friday. Dr. Gerald Niznick, son of Ed and Sadie Niznick who owned Niznick’s clothing store on Scott Street, will be in town to attend a dedication ceremony at La Verendrye Hospital. Dr. Niznick donated $100,000 to the “Care Close to […]
One hundred and thirty unionized employees at the Ainsworth Barwick OSB mill may be hitting the picket lines at one minute after midnight tonight if ongoing negotiations break down today. Plant manager Mark Alderson said yesterday negotiations are still going on, but declined further comment. The employees, members of the […]
