Dear sir: According to your article of April 13, 1999, council has approved a plan by CN to remove a fuel oil contaminant that leaked from a storage facility on CN property on to town property in the area of Central Avenue. It is good to see such co-operation about […]
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The 1999 Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival went off without a hitch this year, culminating in a spectacular Highlights Concert featuring 36 performances, and two Rose Bowl winners. “I’m so surprised,” related Stephanie Gartshore, who has competed in the festival for many years, honing her vocal skills to […]
When St. Jude’s Convent closed its doors as a functioning residence for the “Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions” Saturday afternoon, a chapter in Fort Frances’ history closed as well. The landmark residence at 335 Nelson St. had been a convent for the religious order since 1919, with 90 […]
Imagine you are a skilled handyman but you can’t find work anywhere. Now add in a family, including a wife and three children to feed, and a set of circumstances where you fail to qualify for any unemployment benefits. What would you do? Such is the quandary facing Ivan Sieveking, […]
Call him a poet, a story teller, or guy who just gets a kick out of old records, audience members will tell you Stuart McLean ended the 1998/99 “tour de fort” series in style. Standing in front of the motto, “We may not be big, but we are small,” McLean […]
“Lights, camera, action!” is what co-op student Mark Colvin has become used to with his current placement at Videon. “I do everything,” Colvin stated, describing a typical week as editing and camera work from Monday to Wednesday, working on the TV show “Plugged In” on Thursday, and preparing for the […]
Fishing enthusiasts, casual and otherwise, should sharpen up on their line-casting skills now as there are big prizes and lots of fun waiting for them at the United Native Friendship Centre’s “Wilderness Expo II” on Sat., May 8. The event, which will take place at the East End Hall, has […]
Fort Frances Little Theatre wants to leave their audience laughing as they wrap up their 1998/1999 season with Neil Simon’s female-version of “The Odd Couple.” With Little Theatre veterans Joyce McCormick and Patti Anderson taking the lead roles of Olive and Florence (Oscar and Felix in the male version), director […]
Come Sept. 1, over ten local children will be experiencing an alternative course of education, when the Conseil de District Catholique des Aurores Boreales opens its “French as a primary language” school here. The official decision to offer strictly French instruction within an existing school came April 10, when the […]
A handful of local residents who are transplant recipients will kick off the development of the Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange (MORE) Program Life garden when they hold a sod-turning ceremony at the site outside La Verendrye Hospital next Friday at 11 a.m. The life garden — a visual tribute […]
The “Block Parent” program here looks like it will be a “go” after all. Several person have stepped forward to fill positions on the board late last week. Beating yesterday’s deadline, Sandra Whalen stepped up to fill long-time chairperson Cathy Sinninghie’s shoes–a decision that thrilled the decade-long head of the […]
Anyone who loved February’s “Quest for the Best” should mark July 21 on their calendars as the Chamber of Commerce has recently announced that a “Summer Quest” will be held this year to coincide with the 1999 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “The reason we’re doing this is because of […]
