The Calvinettes’ Girls Everywhere Meeting the Saviour (GEMS) held their annual achievement night last Tuesday at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo. “The Perfect Nine” was their theme this year. As such, the Bible verse was taken from Galations 5:22 & 23: “But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, […]
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Five Fort Frances High School students had something to celebrate this Earth Day. They won the regional “Envirothon competition” last weekend and will be attending the provincial showdown next month. “Envirothon” is a North American-wide competition in which teams of students apply knowledge of the environment to problems or issues […]
The “Exploring Partnerships, Business Development and Financing” conference at the Couchiching Bingo Palace last Wednesday and Thursday was an unqualified success, organizers said. “It was wonderful, a great success, and we’re looking forward to hosting another one next year,” co-organizer Christine Jourdain said. “We’re in the process of contacting more […]
Rainy River First Nations celebrated Earth Day on Monday, with many different activities—from tree-planting to learning about traditional healing—scheduled for the entire day. “We had nine events taking place throughout the day—some [were] fairly simple for the younger grades,” said Stuart Clendenning, program officer with the Rainy River Watershed Program. […]
Due to the high winds the district has been experiencing lately, all fire permits for burning grass and brush have been cancelled until further notice. • • • Many worthwhile events are happening now, or in the near future, regarding fundraising for the proposed Crossroads community rink. Tickets for the 24×32 garage […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club put a motion on the floor to become a smoke-free facility effective Nov. 1 at its semi-annual general meeting last Wednesday night. “This has been a big issue and we’ve discussed it a lot,” club president Bill Gushulak said. “There are some [curling] clubs in […]
Women facing domestic abuse and family violence in Rainy River District may not know where to turn for help. “A lot of people think the Atikokan Crisis Centre itself is not available to the west end of our district, or they didn’t know how to access it,” said Donna Kroocmo, […]
To ensure the safety of its employees when dealing with substances such as airplane fuel, the Fort Frances Municipal Airport will be getting shower and eye wash facilities in the near future. Council approved the $8,100 project as an unbudgeted expense at Monday night’s regular meeting here after a request […]
The town must decide what to do with $33,000 so it’s planning to form the “Fort Frances Community Foundation” to help do just that. A public meeting on the issue is slated for Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. “We’re inviting community-minded organizations to come out […]
Parents are at a loss as to how they can keep Alberton Central School open. Next Wednesday at a meeting of the Rainy River District School Board at Donald Young School in Emo, trustees will vote on whether to close Alberton Central, Alexander MacKenzie, and Sixth Street in favour of […]
A handful of striking public service workers were expected to cross the picket line Tuesday for mandatory forest fire training after a ruling by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The dispute began last Wednesday when Ministry of Natural Resources managers here called in about 18 FireRangers for mandatory training. But […]
Residents who expected to see their “blue boxes” picked up yesterday and today may still be seeing them sitting at the curb as two of the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association’s trucks have broken down again. “They’re being repaired as we speak,” Cindy Buttner of Buttner Enterprises said late this morning. […]
