The Fort Frances Horticultural Society will resume its regular meetings March 26. They will be held the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the old CN station. This year promises to be another busy one with lots of interesting programs planned. It is a special year as […]
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With the weatherman co-operating, the annual hospital auxiliary tea and bake sale at the cafeteria turned out to be another successful effort. Co-chairs Dorothy Haines and Heather Oltsher, and their auxiliary members, found the atmosphere most promising. The crew, which included Marj Jewell, Marg Leveridge, Jackie Hunsperger, and Bernice Campbell, […]
Alberton council is resigned to the fact Fort Frances can now extend its boundaries to include the landfill site. “Fort Frances can go ahead,” said Alberton Reeve John Milling. “I guess, according to the ministry regulations, it looks like they can unilaterally go ahead and take it. “I’m very disappointed,” […]
Trying to help those less fortunate has always been something Chyanne Tynan has been passionate about so when the opportunity to join the Youth Forum of the Americas presented itself, she jumped at the chance. “When I was living in Barrie, my school principal told me about the organization and […]
Weeza’s Gifts in Emo, under owner Vanessa Hebert (nee Mitchell), held its grand opening Saturday. There is plenty of gifts to choose from among the items stocking the shelves there, whether it be for birthdays, anniversaries, Easter, Christmas, and many more occasions. The supply also includes decorations of different kinds […]
Fort Frances council isn’t the only municipal government struggling to make things work in the face of increasing program costs, revenue loss due to reassessments, and the looming Bill 140. While council has just found its feet with a two percent property tax increase after suffering a loss of $295,000 […]
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Emo has a new stained glass window, which is just one of many to follow. The image of St. Patrick was done by Emily Hyatt, with the artwork completed by Wayne Barron. The window was dedicated to the memory of Teresa Norlund and daughter, […]
Results of a provincial literacy test released last week showed the Rainy River District School Board had the highest failure rate in Northwestern Ontario. But the board has resolved to change that. “We will improve. There’s no question about it,” Education Director Warren Hoshizaki pledged Tuesday. “We’re going to respond […]
March is Kidney Month in Canada. This is the time the Kidney Foundation of Canada has designated for a nation-wide canvass. The Kidney Foundation is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of people living with kidney disease. Its goals are, first and foremost, to fund research and […]
Mike Solomon, co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Coalition, is pleased with last Friday’s release of elk into the wild from their pen at Cameron Lake. “Although I was not on hand when they were released, I have heard that they did very well and appear to be adjusting […]
Students at Donald Young School in Emo held their annual science fair last Tuesday in conjunction with the book sale and display of excellent reading material with teacher Marie-Ann DeGroot in the school gym. Students had the chance to browse through different selections and purchase books if they desired. Meanwhile, […]
The local Christian Reformed Church’s Dorcas Society marked its 40th anniversary March 2 with the cutting of a cake. Members would like to share a few things on how they got started and the work they’ve been doing over the years. It all started in the fall of 1960 when […]
