The Rainy River District School Board has a message for those students who have made a living out of stealing lunch money and bolstering their self-esteem by belittling another’s. Your days are numbered. The public school board presented a sneak peek of the curriculum, which will be implemented by teachers […]
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Rumour has it that the official motto at Crossroads School in Devlin is “Go big, or go home.” If so, the school certainly lived up to its motto when more than 200 students and staff doffed their books and donned their running shoes for the fourth-annual Terry Fox Run last […]
Appearing to have fallen short of last year’s total of $11,000, more than 80 participants still managed to show they support the fight against cancer, bringing in a preliminary sum of $7,500 for this year’s Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” here. “We have a rough idea of how much we […]
The three candidates vying to capture the Kenora-Rainy River riding in the provincial election Oct. 2 duked it out in a debate Friday night at the Civic Centre. But the debate nearly didn’t happen as PC candidate Cathe Hoszowski had a family emergency just minutes before it was to start. […]
When George Bartlett first approached me about participating in the Canadian Diabetes Association’s annual “Celebrity Challenge” a few years ago, I put it off. Always thinking I was simply too busy to do it, there were no excuses left after seeing some of my former co-workers (Jennifer Battler and Reuben […]
The three main candidates vying for the Kenora-Rainy River seat in the Oct. 2 provincial election will square off in a debate here tonight. The debate, hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, is set to start at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre and will be broadcast live […]
A couple who left everything behind to start a new life in Fort Frances is struggling to survive here. Robert Card, 60, from London, Ont., and his wife, De De, 58, from Yankton, S.D., have been staying at a local hotel since Monday, trying to sort out their living arrangements. […]
Living with diabetes isn’t easy. That’s what 11 local “celebrities” heard about during information sessions Monday evening and yesterday morning, but it’s something they’ll find out first-hand starting Saturday when they begin the Canadian Diabetes Association’s annual Celebrity Challenge. This year’s celebrities include Dawn Booth, co-ordinator of the Fort Frances […]
Construction on a brand new Canadian Tire store here could begin as early as next week as the town and corporation fast-track the process. Last month, Canadian Tire submitted a site plan for a new building, including drainage issues, building parameters, and driveway/ street access, to the town for its […]
If you’re not on the list, you can’t vote. It’s a simple as that. With the municipal election coming up Nov. 10, and the town having opted to use a vote-by-mail system again this time around, that’s the message town clerk Glenn Treftlin is sending to the citizens of Fort […]
Town council passed a recommendation at its regular meeting Monday night to transfer $1.81 million from reserve funds to finance the year-end 2002 deficit. The deficit was caused by a number of factors, including over-projected revenues and transfers from reserve funds that were not completed, Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach […]
Organizing the Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” here for her second-straight year, the executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau said she’d like to line up a little more community participation before the annual event gets underway this Sunday at 2 p.m. in front of the museum. “We’re doing […]
