Dancers from Dancemakers Studio here had the chance to hone their skills last weekend at a workshop in Thunder Bay under the tutelage of Corrina (Corrie) Mae Rolf of Brooklyn Center, Mn. Rolf, who comes with an extensive dance repertoire, directed the group in four different styles of dance: jazz, […]
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Paul Anderson, who was born and raised in Devlin, recently had the honour of capturing a Gemini Award. As art director for C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, Anderson and a team of animators and writers won the best animated series award for their children’s show, “Angela Anaconda.” Currently residing in Toronto, Anderson, […]
He can huff, he can puff, but he won’t blow this house down. Sitting along Highway 611 North in Miscampbell is the home of Ken and Amy Boles–a home they’ve painstakingly built with bales of straw. With a low budget but a knack for construction, Ken Boles began building their […]
Dear sir: Well, more changes coming–yippee! The government must really be working or wanting to make it look good. I guided Americans in the ’70s and now, we pass up many six to eight-point bucks looking for the elusive “big ones,” which we didn’t get. But the American hunters were […]
Dear editor: I swore that I would not do this again but I must vent my anger someplace, lest I take out my frustration on the nearest Mike Harris look-alike. Last week, the Harris government discussed a possible 42 percent pay raise for Ontario MPPs, citing a prolonged 10-year drought […]
Dear editor: I am an OAC student at Fort Frances High School and last week I was told, after asking a number of people, that there would not be a Remembrance Day assembly held at the school this year. I was given several reasons for this, the first being that […]
Hours of volunteering has paid off for Bill Gushulak, who last week was selected as the Citizen of the Year for 2000 in Fort Frances. The Citizen of the Year committee chose Gushulak for his community involvement over the years–culminating this past July with the Fort Frances High School “Millennium” […]
Details of the $700,000 pilot project at Walker/MacKenzie schools here are expected to fall into place next week as a request for proposals is due back Monday. “The request for proposals is out right now. We want to see what vendors come back with what,” said Stephen Danielson, computer systems […]
Dr. Gerald A. Niznick is a former Fort Frances resident who has made it big in the world of dentistry, or prosthodontics to be precise. Dr. Niznick’s company, Paragon Implant Co., which specializes in selling dental implant inventions, recently was purchased by a Swiss orthopedic company, Sulzer Medica, for $100 […]
A pigeon control program conducted at the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here over the past three months has not caused any ill effects on the overall bird population, several sources told the Times. Linda Wall, a supervisor with the Ministry of Natural Resources here, said she was unaware of any recent trend […]
In an effort to curb the spread of blood-borne diseases like hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, the Fort Area Exchange is now offering a needle exchange for local intravenous drug users. A partnership between the Northwestern Health Unit, Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, Riverside Community Counselling, and Gagne Pharmacy, used needles can be […]
As if Jerry O’Leary isn’t busy enough these days as the principal of three district schools, he’ll soon by at the helm of a municipality. O’Leary was elected mayor of the newly-amalgamated municipality of Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls on Monday night, narrowly beating Sioux Narrows Reeve Dick Motlong by a […]
