FORT FRANCES—The Northwest Catholic District School Board is facing a drop in enrolment this year, though a smaller one than originally predicted. In a preliminary enrolment report to be reviewed at the board’s first regular meeting of the 2006/07 school year Saturday morning, enrolment is down 53 students across the […]
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The cakes are baked, the chili is cooking, and the Fort Frances Museum is gearing up for the return of the “Great Chili Cook-off” tomorrow on Scott Street. Drop by for lunch at Warp 9 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost is $4 for a bowl of chili or $6 for […]
FORT FRANCES—The extensive renovations at the Fort Frances Museum are well underway, with the project still on line to be completed before the new year. Museum curator Pam Hawley and interpretive development intern Emily Carr did a walk-through of the building on Friday and noted the entire building—from the basement […]
While finding out the results of the municipal election here has sped up since the town switched to mail-in ballots in 2000, it’s expected the candidates will find out how they did even faster this time around. Fort Frances Clerk Glenn Treftlin said in an interview last week that for […]
FORT FRANCES—Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff abstained from voting on the Conservative party’s controversial softwood lumber deal, which passed its first parliamentary vote on Tuesday. “I abstained for very particular reasons,” Boshcoff said Tuesday afternoon after the vote. Earlier this month, Boshcoff had announced he would vote in favour […]
FORT FRANCES—Late last month, the federal government announced it would be arming 4,400 border officers with side-arms over the next 10 years, but when local officers will be armed remains to be determined. “The timetable hasn’t been determined,” explained Derek Mellon, a spokesperson for the Canadian Border Services Agency. “The […]
Tony Marinaro and Tom Bruyere of Kish-Gon-Dug Canada Inc. (KGD), a manufacturer of western red cedar lawn furniture, recently travelled to Dublin, Ireland to attend the Autumn Furniture Fair—a prestigious wholesaler/retailer only event. Kish-Gon-Dug Canada Inc. is based out of Naicatchewenin First Nation, a community of 300 people near Devlin. […]
EQAO results for Grade 9 tests in mathematics were released last week, with students in the Rainy River District School Board remaining fairly consistent in their results. The board is responsible for three high schools: Fort Frances High School, Atikokan High School, and Rainy River High School. In the academic […]
This year’s 20-mile “Walk for Dialysis” is taking place this Friday (Sept. 22) and a good turnout is anticipated. This will mark Tom Bruyere’s seventh year walking for dialysis. And with more than $60,000 raised for the new hemodialysis unit at La Verendrye Hospital here, it definitely has been worth […]
FORT FRANCES—Despite the gloomy skies, spirits were high as more than 70 people participated in the 26th-annual Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” here Sunday afternoon—raising at least $9,000 for cancer research. “Although it was a smaller group, you could say it was a mightier group because the per participant contributions […]
FORT FRANCES—After handing over a cheque for $33,838 to the “Community Chest” late Monday morning and wrapping up its campaign with that charity, local Canada Safeway employees once again are looking to help out another good cause. Any non-profit organization looking to partner with the local store for its 2006/07 […]
FORT FRANCES—With the nomination deadline in less than two weeks, every current member of Fort Frances town council has now filed to seek re-election. Couns. Todd Hamilton and Neil Kabel both filed their nominations Tuesday morning at the Civic Centre, joining incumbent Couns. John Albanese, Tannis Drysdale, and Rick Wiedenhoeft. […]
