The Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre welcomed its new co-ordinator, Jennifer (Jen) Miedema, replacing Josette Vargas, who has secured employment elsewhere. April Siemens is her assistant. “October means Hallowe’en,” said Miedema, adding they will be having parties for all of the children. The Playgroup party will be held Oct. […]
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Sen. Ron Duhamel’s commitment to his family, lifelong learning, and Canada was praised Saturday when more than 1,000 mourners packed St. Boniface Cathedral in Winnipeg for his funeral. Duhamel, who had passed away a week ago Monday after a long battle with cancer, was remembered fondly by many throughout Rainy […]
“We had a lovely surprise anniversary party arranged by our children,” said Shirley Brown of Barwick. A come-and-go tea was held at the Chapple Community Hall to mark their 35th anniversary, and the couple wants to say thanks to all their family and friends for the wonderful cards received and […]
University athletic programs normally suffer growing pains in their infancy, with success only coming in later years after numerous early failures lay the groundwork for an eventually solid foundation. But Christin Thomson and the St. John’s University Red Storm women’s golf team have no time for the waiting game. In […]
The local Kiwanis Club is encouraging the public to attend a special meeting next Wednesday (Oct. 16) on a proposed skate park here. “We have a vision of where we want to go. It’s now a matter of the community getting into it,” said Steve Maki, past president of the […]
As the River Walk Condominium project inches closer to completion here, the Fort Frances Non-Profit Housing Committee is working on marketing plans to help sell the remaining 12 units. “From a construction point of view, this is one of the busiest times in the project. They’re well into everything on […]
Unless you were visiting another planet, or stranded on a deserted island here on this one, you know the big controversy gripping Canadians from coast to coast to coast last week was the heart-wrenching saga over whether Ron MacLean would be back as host of Hockey Night in Canada. That’s […]
Bullying is not acceptable in any form was the message students at St. Francis School here got Tuesday from the Fort Frances OPP. “At any school in the Rainy River District and here at St. Francis School, there is a zero tolerance towards bullying,” Cst. Al MacDonald said sternly as […]
The chili was named “Pwi-Di-Good.” And obviously judges Laurie Walsh, Marla Thomson, and Ala Dulas must have thought so, too, as they chose Connie Kress and Angela Bombay of Pwi-Di-Goo-Ziing Ne-Yee-Zhing Advisory Services as this year’s Times Great Chili Cook-off champs last Friday. “It was cold out, but it was […]
Test results for a second horse in the district thought to have succumbed to the West Nile virus came back positive late Friday. “I wanted to know there was nothing I could have done. I wanted to know for sure,” said Faye Flatt, the owner of the Arabian horse which […]
Dear sir: In response to Harry Vandetti’s column in last Wednesday’s paper. Whether we’re selling our house or not is nobody’s business but ours, and it certainly isn’t important enough to write about in a gossip column. Having said that, it shouldn’t take a brain surgeon to figure that out […]
Starting next week, there will be new students eagerly filing into Fort High as the school kicks off its new evening education program. The Rainy River District School Board will be offering a number of adult education classes on everything from automobile basics for women to acquiring your G.E.D. adult […]
