After more than a year in the making, the “Tomorrow 2000+” report officially was presented to the town council here Monday night by committee chair Jim Cumming. “Collected in 1997/98, this document is a record of people’s suggestions that would make this district a better place to live,” began Cumming, […]
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If you haven’t purchased a ticket yet for the benefit dinner being staged by the Fort Frances Lions Club this Friday at La Place Rendez-Vous, you’re out of luck because the event is sold out. Some 250 people are expected to attend the benefit, which is being held for Brett […]
Problems facing rural youths who need access to accurate, up-to-date information about the labour market will be the focus of two sessions tomorrow afternoon at NCDS Career Works here. Hosted by Ontario Work Info Net (OnWIN), the first session, at noon for youths aged 16-24 , and the second at […]
The district’s palliative care committee, now seeking applicants interested in working with individuals and families facing life-threatening illnesses, hopes to get a 30-hour training program underway for selected volunteers by the end of March. The training, to be led by community professionals, will give volunteers a solid background in situations […]
Heather Mihichuk made her second appearance at “Quest for the Best” pay off, singing her way to first place in the annual event before a crowd of 300 packed into the arena auditorium Friday night. “I’m surprised that I won,” remarked Mihichuk, who performed “From This Moment” by Shania Twain […]
More than 50 parents and grade eight students turned out for last night’s information session on high school reforms in the Fort High cafeteria. The most debated topic was the new “community involvement” policy, in which students must complete 40 hours of volunteer work in order to graduate from high […]
Nicole Wishart probably will spend the next few weeks nurturing the re-growth of the tips of her fingernails after losing them to the cold while sculpting her “South Park” snowman. “I was mixing snow and water together outside to make slush for [my snowman] and every time I dipped my […]
The decorations and photographs were up at the Emo Legion last Friday evening for the Centennial Country Sweetheart Dance. The Norlund Funtimers, featuring Elmer and Teresa Norlund and Evelyn Whalen, along with guest players Vince Sheppard and Romeo Duguay, provided the music that kept the dance floor busy all night. […]
Librarian Shirley Sheppard, in her year-end report, said “another busy and hectic year has come and gone” at the Emo Public Library, including flooding, feasting, and famine. The famine was with government cutbacks while the flood last spring brought activities there, and at the toy library, to a standstill. This […]
It’s wasn’t a full dressing down but local 4-H leaders had their egos taken down a bit during the Rainy River District 4-H Association’s awards banquet Friday night in Emo. Leader Kim Jo Calder said there was “a lot of bickering” going on among some of the leaders–bickering she found […]
Florence (Peggy) McFee, 88, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999. She was born Florence Isabella Lewis on July 5, 1910 in Hayfield, Man. During the early 1930s, Florence moved […]
Alvin “Basil” Hayes passed away Feb. 5, 1999 in Hope, B.C. He was born in Burriss, Ont. He worked at Camp Robinson, Ont. and Thompson, Man. as an operator of heavy machinery. In 1964, he moved to British Columbia, where he worked as a faller at North Bend. He had […]
