Nicholas Donaldson Not entirely content with its math achievement levels, the Northwest Catholic District School Board is hoping a new direction and better support will help them. That was the message from Kim Anderson, assistant to the superintendent of education, at the board’s regular monthly meeting last Tuesday. During the […]
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Lindsay Weston (Dorion) won the $500 up for grabs on Thanksgiving in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Oct. 8-14 were Doug Wright and Shawn McCaig (Fort Frances), Erin and Adam Howe (Waterford, Ont.), Sarah Glover and Britt Green (Fort Frances), Laura […]
Duane Hicks Izabela Pioro, left, Chantal Hughes, second from left, and Michelle Blackburn, far right, presented Shawn McCaig, co-chair of the Rainy River District Breast Health Network, with a copy of “The Butterfly Story” book during Saturday’s “Luncheon of Hope” here.
Staff Paul Patterson, treasurer of the Fort Frances Lions Club, Safeway second manager Tyler Wojtanowski, and club president Donna Lowey drew the name of the first early-bird winner in the Fort Frances Lions Club Food Draw last Wednesday at Safeway. Jane Calder won a $100 food gift certificate from Safeway. […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent There will be a Hallowe’en dance at the Emo Legion this weekend. Doors open at 9 p.m., with the dance going until 1 a.m. Party Rock will provide the music. Age of majority required. Admission is $8 with a costume and $10 without (age of majority required), […]
Duane Hicks Real Taylor made a plaster cast of the face of his daughter, Khloe, during an open art studio Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. Khloe’s plan was to make a Harley Quinn mask–her favourite comic book character. This free activity was put on by Community Living Fort […]
Duane Hicks Twyla Howarth, left, and her daughter, Jill, were among the many multi-generational tables of patrons at Saturday’s “Luncheon of Hope.” The sold-out biennial event drew 180 women of all ages.
Nicholas Donaldson The United Native Friendship Centre’s food bank received a huge donation last week after a very successful collection campaign by the local BDO Canada office. The donation was presented to the UNFC last Thursday as staff carried the two truckloads of food up a flight of stairs at […]
Nicholas Donaldson A couple of cow-calf pairs entered the ring to be auctioned off Saturday at the Stratton sales barn, where some 961 head sold for a total of $1,138,996.10. The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association also will be holding a special fourth sale this fall, which is set for Saturday, […]
Nicholas Donaldson Fort Frances High School students will be taking on a classic movie monster with their adaptation of the Gene Wilder/Mel Brooks comedy “Young Frankenstein.” The show opens tomorrow night and runs through Saturday at the Townshend Theatre. Showtime is 7 p.m. each night and tickets, available at Northwoods […]
George Walter Easton passed away suddenly on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 at the Didsbury Hospital in Didsbury, Alta. George was born on July 25, 1938 in Fort Frances, Ont. He spent more than 22 years serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. After retiring from the army, he worked at the […]
