The “Envirothon” competition is a relatively new event in Ontario, and this year Fort Frances High School’s team were crowned the Northwestern Ontario champs. The competition has only been held for five years and this year was the first time it was hosted by Fort Frances (it actually was held […]
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Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. is still waiting approval of its plans for renovations at the Emo hospital submitted in early April. “We’re hoping to get the letter from the ministry [of Long-Term Care] this week,” CEO Wayne Woods noted Tuesday. “Then we’ll be going out for tender as soon […]
A final tally on proceeds from the 22nd-annual Kiwanis TV Auction, held Saturday afternoon on Videon Channel 11, won’t be known for another week or so as the local club wraps up some loose ends. “I think [the proceeds] are close to $13,500 but that’s not our profit–we still have […]
“I did pretty good holding up the rain,” said Dave Debungie, traditional native watchman and interpreter, as he stood in a smoking field of charred grass. “I had a ceremony,” he remarked calmly as a few hundred metres behind him, a line of fire still burned across a second field […]
Festival awards handed out at highlights concert •Ralph Whetstone Band Trophy (Best Band)–Fort Frances High School Senior Band (“River of Life”) •Harper Simmons Trophy (Best brass solo performer)–Jason Godin and Christine Sletmoen •Highlights Concert Award (French Choral Speaking)–St. Michael’s School, grade three-five (“Le Crabe”) •CWL Award (Choral Speaking, Primary Level)–Robert […]
Mentoring for teachers, use of math exemplars, and summer school are all strategies the Rainy River District School Board plans to use to improve math performance in grade 3/6 testing, assistant superintendent Betty Ann LaRocque told trustees at last night’s regular meeting here. After seeing grade six students score four […]
If you ask Lori Caul of Fort Frances what she thinks about the quality of care given at the Continuing Care Unit of La Verendrye hospital here, don’t expect a brief reply–and don’t expect anything less than oodles of praise. “Oh, I couldn’t say enough [good] about it,” Caul, whose […]
A special celebration was held last Wednesday and Thursday at Big Grassy First Nation to mark the long-awaited land claim settlement involving the bridge over the Big Grassy River. Festivities included a hoop dancer, a drum ceremony, outdoor activities, a fish fry, and fireworks. Community members also were honoured with […]
Students from the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program in Stratton flagged down vehicles passing by Canadian Tire here Saturday for a fundraising car wash. Students from grades 10-12 raised more then $1,100 washing vehicles and selling baked goods to fund a week-long trip to Minneapolis. “We’re hoping to do some stuff […]
In February, my column outlined the “top 10 trends” identified by the Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y. They examine more than 300 social, economic, philosophical, and political topics all the time. The following areas show the biggest recent changes in social, economic, and political structures: I earlier wrote about […]
One of the very first places I look and concentrate my efforts is on the flats. Flats are the least interesting types of structure in a lake. There are no breaks, holes, edges, and just flat bottom. But seemingly featureless flats hold most of the active walleyes during most yearly […]
Buntings are small birds, about the size of a sparrow or a bit larger. There are four species of buntings in Canada. Two are resident of the west (Lazuli and Lark), and one comes to us only in the winter (Snow Bunting). The fourth is the only one which nests […]
