Staging the second Labour Day celebration after a 10-year absence, the Fort Frances and District Labour Council saw a good crowd turn out for Monday’s event although it didn’t match last year’s numbers. Kicking off with a pancake breakfast hosted by NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton on Saturday, […]
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The summer school program offered to district grade eight students in July came as a financial loss, according to a report presented last night at the Rainy River District School Board’s first regular meeting of the school year. Due to the low enrolment of only 33 pupils from Rainy River […]
For Trudy McCormick, becoming the new staff lawyer at the Rainy River District Legal Clinic for both the Fort Frances and Atikokan offices was an attractive offer for a couple of reasons. First of all, McCormick said she was looking for a new challenge after running a private practice in […]
Despite only being open for a week and a day, complaints about a lack of parking space at the new Fort Frances High School already has prompted the Rainy River District School Board to take action. Murray Quinn, superintendent of plant operations and maintenance for the board, told trustees at […]
The Fort Frances Clinic will make its presence known in southern Ontario later this month in an effort to lure recently-graduated doctors to practise in Northwestern Ontario. Technically called the “health professional recruitment team,” the group–led by clinic administrator Maureen Gartshore–will head to universities in Ottawa, Kingston, Hamilton, London, and […]
With only two teams confirmed and one more a possibility, a local “Go for the Gold” competition no longer is necessary, meaning the squads will advance straight to the regional competition slated Sept. 25 at Donald Young School in Emo. Event organizer Kim Jo Calder, a long-time leader with the […]
Too much cool, rainy weather–and not enough sunshine–has made this year a tough one for giant pumpkin growers across the district, Dr. Ewan Affleck said. While last summer was an incredibly good one for pumpkin growing, Dr. Affleck said this year only a very serious and skilled grower would be […]
It’s been more than a decade since I first heard him speak on the changing demographics of aging. He was a young man but his wisdom was old. For me, that speech was a life-changing event. His name was Ken Dychtwald. And in my excitement, I imagined having him appear […]
Most walleye anglers are familiar with plastic-bodied jigs like the Foxee or Lipstick. These jigs have subtle action bodies and are excellent finesse jigs. But the plastic bodies I have in mind have larger bodies–and much more tail action. Plastic baits are productive year ’round but I really like them […]
Russell Ash, 85, passed away peacefully in his home in Kelowna, B.C. on Sept. 7, 1999. Russell was a longtime resident of Fort Frances, Ont., where he attended grade school and high school. He played hockey and baseball at a younger age, and was an avid sports fan. During the […]
It is with sadness we announce the passing of Bernadette Dauphinais (nee Armstrong) at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, B.C. on Sept. 7, 1999. Bernadette was born June 23, 1911 and raised mostly in the Stratton area of Ontario. Most recently, she was a resident of the Villa Nova Seniors […]
Lillian Sarah Becker, 96, passed away peacefully in the CCU at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Monday, Sept. 6, 1999. Lillian was born July 26, 1903 in South Shields, England to the late William and Sarah Carter. On Dec. 10, 1925, she was united in marriage […]
