Sam Odrowski Virtual reality may be coming to local Catholic schools sooner than some might think. The technology is becoming increasingly prominent in classrooms and the Northwest Catholic District School Board is taking note of this. The implementation of virtual reality in the classroom was one of the topics discussed […]
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Duane Hicks The local Kiwanis Club and The Shops on Scott (BIA) are gearing up for the fifth-annual “Egg-Stravaganza” event in downtown Fort Frances. The event, which sees children come to the Rainy Lake Square, get a map of participating businesses, and then go to each one to collect Easter […]
Submitted The Muskie girls’ hockey team was welcomed back by their loyal supporters Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of the Memorial Sports Centre here. The black-and-gold had just returned after finishing fourth at the OFSAA ‘A/AA’ championships in Timmins last week to wrap up an impressive season.
Sam Odrowski An Emo resident recently won the largest jackpot to date for the district’s “Catch the Ace” lottery. Over the last 23 weeks, the pot has been building and last Friday, Gerry Allan won approximately $16,400. “Catch the Ace” is a locally operated lottery, where tickets are sold each […]
Duane Hicks A lifelong dream has come true for a local poet and writer. Joelle Barron, who now lives in the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe of Treaty 3 (Kenora), recently had their first collection of poetry, “Ritual Lights,” published by Goose Lane Editions. (Barron prefers the use of the […]
Jamie Mountain Home is where the heart is but it’s also where redemption was found for the Muskie boys’ curling rink. Just over a year removed from failing to advance to the all-Ontarios, when they lost a heart-breaking four-end second tie-breaker against the Hammarskjold Vikings (Thunder Bay) 3-2 at the […]
Duane Hicks Local bars and restaurants will be able to serve alcohol at the Rainy Lake Square this year. Council endorsed guidelines for usage of the Rainy Lake Square at their meeting here Monday evening. With the exception of Coun. June Caul-who earlier this month spoke against allowing alcohol in […]
Jamie Mountain The inaugural hockey academy program at Fort Frances High School saw 28 Grade 7 and 8 students (10 girls and 18 boys) enrolled for the 2017-18 school year. It ran from Oct. 3-March 8, allowing registered students to receive structured hockey training during regular school hours in an […]
“Ritual Lights” is the first-ever poetry collection by Fort Frances native Joelle Barron, who now resides in Kenora. –Submitted image
Press Release The Special Events Committee of Riverside Foundation for Health Care is looking forward to once again hosting its annual spring luncheon. The event will take place on Sunday, April 29 from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Robert Moore School gymnasium. With this year’s theme being “Mama Needs to […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie boys’ skip Chris Silver, who is in Grade 12, bowed his head so he could receive his hard-earned gold medal to cap an excellent high school career. Silver led the black-and-gold to the title at the OFSAA curling championships with a 6-3 win over Widdifield (North Bay) […]
Sam Odrowski Good deeds didn’t go unnoticed at the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s meeting held last Tuesday night. Our Lady of the Way School was awarded the board’s monthly Recognition of Excellence for its charitable efforts during Lent. School staff worked with students every day after class to turn […]
