With plans of studying theatre at the University of Guelph this fall, Alison Agar could not have been more pleased when she received word that she had been awarded the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. “I really did not expect to win the award,” Agar confessed Sunday. “I went through the […]
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“We went to Anchorage with a purpose and we more than succeeded.” That’s how Jeannette Cawston, co-ordinator of the 11th-annual World Health Organization conference here next May, summed up local delegates’ trip to the 10th-annual one in Alaska last week. “We had a hugh profile with them. It was great,” […]
The Fort Frances Times celebrated the creation of its new Web site with a launch party and open house Tuesday night. Originally created in 1995, the online edition was in need of some major changes, Web Development Manager Lincoln Dunn said. “We had the chance to look at some Web […]
Following a successful comeback after a four-year absence last year, the Rainy Lake Multicultural Association is planning Culturama again this summer during “Fun in the Sun” celebrations. Slated for June 30 at the Memorial Sport Centre, co-organizer Bev Kotnik said the event once again will be a one-day affair. “It […]
With potholes, shifting, and cracks, road construction and repairs continue to plague town council’s agenda. “I would question the wisdom of taking money out of one project and putting it into frost tapering,” noted Mayor Glenn Witherspoon as the committee of the whole debated what should be priorized in repairing […]
With dozens of forest fires ravaging northern Alberta, local Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters were deployed there Sunday to help fight the raging blazes. Crew leaders Dave Wickstrom and Shawn Corrigan, and crew members George Harrison, Rod Stamarski, Bob Botsford, Amy Welsh, Brian Mackintosh, and Seth Wing joined about 90 […]
The Abitibi-Consolidated mill here is building berms, and the Boise Cascade mill in International Falls has shut down its hydro plant, as the lower Rainy River continues to rise. “At the paper mill, we had to shut down number seven paper machine on Wednesday because of the sewer in the […]
With the deadline to enter coming up next Thursday, organizers are hoping for at least two more contestants for this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant. With the lack of contestants being the only missing piece in making the pageant a reality, co-organizer Rachel Thiessen stressed there’s many incentives […]
Nineteen students will have their big moment Thursday as Confederation College here holds its graduation ceremony at 5 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. The grads represent a good range of the programs the college offers, campus manager Don Lovisa said Thursday morning. “We have five classes graduating this year–early childhood […]
The town’s official centennial celebration may not be until April 11, 2003 but a contest to get a logo and slogan for the event is now underway. “We want a slogan and logo to really start promoting this thing,” centennial committee member Pam Hawley said Thursday. “It’s going to be […]
With last weekend’s precipitation, and more in the forecast for most of this week, the water level on Rainy Lake continues to rise past normal levels. It reached 337.87 m (1,108.5 feet) this morning, well above the International Joint Commission’s rule curve maximum of 337.75 m (1,108.1 feet) And with […]
A 10-year-old tradition here, it’s time once again to raise money for hip replacement research when the annual “Hip Hip Hooray” walk gets underway Sunday. Slated to begin at 1 p.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre (401 Nelson St.), the walk will follow Front Street to the Sorting Gap Marina […]
