Music lovers who’ve been counting down the days to the annual Christmas cantata haven’t long to wait now. The 11th-annual event goes this Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church. This year, the Choraliers will present the tale of Jesus’ birth, entitled “Hope Was Born,” which once again will […]
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The so-called “practice firm” project at Confederation College here, which will see local participants running a virtual company, got off to a slow start Monday night as a dozen people came out for a presentation about the program. “We have to do a little bit better job at getting the […]
Town council on Monday night agreed to pledge up to $25,000 towards a feasibility study requested by the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee. While the group originally requested $50,000 from the town, one-third of the potential cost of hiring a consultant, council only agreed to put up a maximum of $25,000 […]
The fate of a feasibility study for the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is on the line Monday night as council is expected to announce whether it will provide $50,000 to help pay for it. Susan Bodnarchuk, a member of the “Re-Inventing” committee, said the group is keeping their fingers crossed. […]
As of Friday morning, Fort Frances has a new avenue thanks to the re-routing of traffic necessary to accommodate the new Canada Customs facility under construction here. Veteran Avenue—located between the 200 blocks of Nelson and Church Streets—saw its first traffic just before 8 a.m. when Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, CAO […]
The Education Quality and Accountability Office report on inaugural grade nine math test results was released yesterday, showing mixed results for students in the academic and applied streams. The report showed high school students in the academic stream are doing well, with 49 percent scoring a mark of 70 percent […]
Those wanting to get rid of their garbage at the Fort Frances landfill will have to pay more come Jan. 1. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said this morning the minimum charge will jump to $8 from $7 while the charge per tonne will go from $29 to $33. […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will elect its chair and vice-chair for 2002 at its regular monthly meeting Saturday morning in Dryden. “I’ve expressed a willingness to serve as chair or vice-chair again,” current board chair Gerry Rousseau said this morning. Any of the other trustees, including current vice-chair […]
The closure process for three district schools will enter its third phase later this month when the Rainy River District School Board holds a public meeting to decide their fates. “There is a committee of the whole meeting on Dec. 18. At that time, trustees will receive the report and […]
The Rainy River District School Board may see a changing of the guard Tuesday night as trustees elect a chair and vice-chair for 2002 at their regular monthly meeting here. The current chair is Gordon McBride, with Dan Belluz acting as vice-chair. The latter said Monday that he plans to […]
Due to lower numbers than expected during last week’s Salvation Army Christmas hamper registration, a late registration day is slated Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon at the Citadel (316 Victoria Ave.) “People are always coming in late,” said Capt. Eric Alcock of the Salvation Army here. A reminder that […]
Local Safeway employees voted overwhelmingly in support of the “Community Chest” as their new charity, Safeway manager Mike Scott said Friday. The Community Chest provides financial assistance to local families facing expenses due to medical emergencies. Rainycrest Home for the Aged was second in the balloting by employees, with the […]
