For the first time ever, members of the Border Figure Skating Club participated in a new skills program under the direction of the Canadian Figure Skating Association. And they passed with flying colours. Last Wednesday, five skaters took part in a one-hour evaluation under the watchful eye of Candice Logoza, […]
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Drug and alcohol abuse isn’t a big problem among youth at Whitefish Bay First Nations yet–and parents there want to make sure it never becomes one. Isobel White, a mother of two, helped organize a meeting of parents, the band chief and council, and police Monday night to address the […]
Dear sir: We, as parents, should protest the provincial government’s bid to control class size and reduce teachers’ preparation time. In their effort to cut costs, class sizes will increase and thereby the student-teacher ratio. Less time will be available for help and individual attention in class. The proposed reduction […]
Dear sir: I am writing to request the assistance of your readers in compiling a book of general stories of our “Women of the War Years.” These will be the stories of women who served with the Allied armed forces, as well as the “war brides” who married Canadian armed […]
Dear sir: I was disappointed after our talk that there was no mention of the subject of the MPP pension buy-out in the last edition of the Times. I believe the public has a right to know how their money is spent so I ask you to publish this letter. […]
Discussing personal problems with peer advocates could be termed crucial “life support,” especially for teenagers faced with the added ordeal of growing up. That according to Connie Petersen, facilitator of a new support program focused on providing a user-friendly forum for adolescents. Petersen, a youth and family court worker and […]
Teachers will walk off the job after negotiations between Education and Training minister Dave Johnson and the Ontario Teachers’ Federation collapsed yesterday. Both parties left the bargaining table feeling a bit slighted after two days of talks on Bill 160 yielded noting but bad feelings. Andrew Hallikas, local president of […]
Being “small-minded” can be a very good thing, especially when it comes with a great business plan. And while everyone has a different definition of what small business is, it is not a minority around Rainy River district. In fact, small business accounts for roughly 85 percent of the total […]
See Spot. See Spot Run–and play guitar, get signed, record a top 40 single, and become famous. Well, almost. “See Spot Run,” a familiar rock band to many Fort Frances residents, stopped in at the Rainy Lake one more time last week to promote their latest CD, “Ten Stories High.” […]
Rainy River District has been named one of 10 safe communities across the country, and will be handed the prestigious title officially at a ceremony here Nov. 13. And that has opened up funding doors–to the tune of $25,000 over two years from the Safe Communities Foundation–for the Rainy River […]
“Go get a mammogram” is the one message breast cancer survivor Bonnie Thomson of Winnipeg hopes to get across to women when she speaks at the annual “Luncheon of Hope” here Saturday. “If I could affect just one person, I would be thrilled,” stressed Thomson, 53, in a phone interview […]
Parents who relied on either of the two school systems or Fort Frances Nursery School Inc. to look after their children during the day will suddenly find there’s a grave shortage of day care in town if the teachers go on strike. Fort Frances Nursery School, located in Robert Moore […]
