Town council approved financing for improvements to the north diamond at the St. Francis Sportsfield during its regular meeting Monday night. The approval is subject to there being requests made to contractors for competitive written bids for the work. The job—which involves converting the diamond to baseball regulation standards—will be […]
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Last Thursday afternoon, Grade 5/6 students at Donald Young School received their certificates for completing the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. Twenty-one students participated and graduated, witnessed by their teacher, Andrea Lee, principal Lucinda Meyers, and their parents. OPP Cst. D. McLean welcomed everyone and introduced the program. D.A.R.E. […]
It’s been said it takes a whole village to raise a child and if that’s the case, there are children in Rainy River District who are benefitting on a global scale. Last week, Crossroads School in Devlin celebrated an annual affair which demonstrates that concept as well as any likely […]
A fundraiser for the “Li’l Eagles,” Urban Multicultural Aboriginal Youth Centre, and the OPP’s D.A.R.E. program, the United Native Friendship Centre’s four-day “canoe-a-thon” slated Aug. 4-7 already is shaping up to be bigger than ever. “After last year’s success, this year it’s been pretty easy to get people participating,” said […]
With word last week that Saras Enterprises Ltd. of Winnipeg had been awarded the $1.34-million contract to build a new dam on Footprint Lake northwest of here, all seems to be on schedule for now. “They plan to move in next week,” said Allen Chow, the MNR engineer for the […]
Offering up an entire day of sights and sounds, the “Centennial Celebration of the Arts” attracted a steady flow of people to the Townshend Theatre on Saturday. “It showed we have a pretty vibrant arts community,” said Pam Hawley, chairperson of the centennial committee. “We had a good response from […]
At last month’s Chapple council meeting, Gerd O’Sullivan had been appointed alternate CEMC. But O’Sullivan respectfully declined due to the possibility of the clerks from Emo and Chapple being away at the same time and so the chance that a CEMC would be required in both communities at once was […]
In an example of sharing and co-operation that Sesame Street characters would be proud of, two local groups vying to bring broadband to Rainy River District joined forces last Friday and submitted a joint proposal to a federal program for infrastructure dollars. The Rainy River Future Development Corp. and Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing […]
A walleye can cover five km pretty quickly, but there was nothing fishy about some local pavement-pounders going that distance themselves Saturday in Baudette. Four of five Fort Frances participants finished in the top three of their respective age groups at the “Willie the Walleye Day” 5K road race. Don […]
Here is a complete list of the award winners from the Muskie athletic banquet last Wednesday night at La Place Rendez-Vous: Individual awards •Douglas Morrow Memorial Award (Grade 12 boy for academic and athletic achievement)—Eric Mosbeck •Brent Ogden Memorial Trophy (sportsmanship and perseverance)—Amanda Allan/Vern Pham •Female rookie of the year—Katie […]
Watch out, world, here comes Raymond Bedard. The Fort Frances resident will be one of 58 athletes sporting Canada’s colours when he leaves this Friday for Dublin, Ireland to compete in the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games on June 20-29. Bedard qualified at last year’s national championships in the […]
The bishop of the Free Methodist Church of Canada made a stop in Fort Frances last week, during a tour of Northwestern Ontario, to meet the congregation and discuss the possibility of the local church gaining full society status. The Church of the Holy Spirit has been an affiliated member—the […]
