Heart of gold Dear sir: Nellie is the youngest of seven girls. An older sister residing in Brandon, Man. turned 96 last month and her older, older sister will reach her 100th birthday Dec. 4. She recently moved to Fort Frances from Edmonton—a 22-hour drive that she said was hard […]
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It seems the newly-renovated J.W. Walker School here, which held its official grand opening last Wednesday evening, is a big hit with all concerned. True, there still may be hard feelings among some parents that three smaller schools—namely Alexander MacKenzie, Sixth Street, and Alberton Central—were closed for the sake of […]
Football can be described as orchestrated chaos. With every down, each player is given an assignment, with a starting point and a destination. And when they work together, a football team can be as precise as an orchestra performing a Mozart classic. But when they aren’t, they can be as […]
Emo will be looking to the private sector to help keep the district’s special-needs transport vehicle on the road, it was learned last week. As a result of discussions with officials from other district municipalities attending a meeting of the Northern Ontario Municipal Association in Thunder Bay, Reeve Russ Fortier […]
If you were given one chance to live out your childhood dream, would you take it or let it pass you by? When that situation arose for Sean Douglas, it didn’t take long for the former Fort Frances resident to contemplate the question, and in the end, he chose to […]
How does it sound when you’re told that you are still undefeated after five games? “It sounds so good to hear that,” Andrew Dault said after the Borderland Thunder beat the Dryden Ice Dogs 6-3 last night at the Ice for Kids Arena, which extended the team’s unbeaten streak to […]
It was an historic night for the students and families of J.W. Walker School last Wednesday night when the Rainy River District School Board celebrated the grand opening of the newly-renovated school. About 700-800 people packed into the school for the official opening ceremonies. Parents and children who could not […]
The president of the Ontario Public School Board Association paid a visit to Fort Frances on Tuesday on a short tour of Northwestern Ontario. Rick Johnson, who was named president back in June, said he hoped to make relations between the association and school boards more personal. “We’re trying to […]
While members of Locals 92 and 306 of the Communications, Energy and Papermakers Union of Canada ratified a new five-year deal with Abitibi-Consolidated back in July, some workers at the mill here still are working without one. Len Robinson, Human Resources manager and negotiator for the local mill, said Monday […]
While it wasn’t looking like many people would show up for it just days before, organizers were encouraged by the turnout at the Valley Adult Learning Association’s inaugural “Laps for Literacy” fundraiser Saturday morning at Pither’s Point. “We ended up with 25 people. It turned out be successful,” VALA literacy […]
Just an exhibition game? Don’t tell that to the Manitoba Moose and Hamilton Bulldogs, who will be squaring off in a so-called “exhibition game” here Friday night. The Moose and Bulldogs, who play in the North Division of the American Hockey League, still are in the process of finalizing their […]
People from all over the district, and as far away as London, Ont., came out in droves Saturday for what turned out to be an opportunity to say a last farewell to one of the area’s best-known and well-liked characters. An auction was held in Morley Township for the estate […]
