“Tickets are still for sale for the Joel Fafard concert tonight at 7:30 p.m.,” said tour de Fort spokesperson Wanda Botsford. “They are selling for $10, and can be picked up at la Place Rendez-Vous or the Fort Frances Public Library,” she added. The concert is being held at the […]
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After two-and-a-half days spent cold and wet in the Northern Ontario bush, Dr. Michael Monture said it was the suffering and desperation he saw in the remote reserve of Pikangikum that prompted him to set out on a spiritual quest for help. While his motives were personal, the physician unwittingly […]
Put two mill workers, a construction worker, and an Internet provider on stage in a local bar with instruments, surround them with crowds, and what do you get? The Poor Boys. The group, which officially formed in 1995 as Willie and the Poor Boys, has made a name for itself […]
Eleven district 4-H club members held a bake sale at the Chapple flea market last weekend to help raise money for a nine-day exchange with their counterparts in Quebec this summer. “Everybody is twinned and you stay at their house and then they stay at our house,” noted Joanne Neilson, […]
Last Thursday, residents of Big Island First Nation and guests officially opened their new band office. The $1.1-million building has been a dream of band manager Val Pizey since 1983 when the population moved from its old reserve on Big Island to the mainland. The first band office was an […]
Linda Woodcock, the OFAH travelling teacher, came to Crossroads School on June 4 to conduct workshops on environmental studies with grades two, two/three, five/six, and eight classes. She talked about animal habitats and how animals are adapted to where they live. The four things every animal needs are food, water, […]
Harold Allen, a longtime resident of Devlin, passed away last week. He had experienced health problems over the last while that had been very difficult for him and all his family and friends. I remember when Harold worked at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances many years ago–he […]
Hybrid poplars, genetically bred to grow to maturity in 12-15 years, may become a top-priority project of the Emo Research Station. “It looks like there’s going to be further research on that,” noted station manager Kim-Jo Calder. The trees, which currently number about 640, have been a recent undertaking by […]
Students at Mine Centre School are winding up the year with lots of fun! With the last day of school coming up next Wednesday (June 20), students are busy this week. On Monday, the grade one/two class headed to the stables at NORTRA for the experience of horseback riding. Yesterday, […]
The Rainy River District School Board revealed its principal and vice-principal placements for 2001-02 at last night’s special meeting here. At Fort Frances High School, Ian Simpson will remain principal, with Mary Hickling and Gord McCabe staying on as vice-principals. At Rainy River High School, Bob McGreevy will take the […]
The glory of early summer is here: sunshine, fresh greens, mosquitoes, blackflies, army worms, moose and turtles on the roads, wild flowers in profusion. Yesterday I watched four different beautiful butterflies sipping the nectar of pincherry blossoms. On our shoreline, a flock of Canada geese rested for the day from […]
So far, it’s been a tough year for the Emo Research Station as the growing season has gotten off to a slow start. “We’re so far behind because of the wet, our stuff is late,” station manager Kim-Jo Calder noted. With several crops just beginning to take hold, weeks later […]
