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 […]
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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 […]
With passports selling out much quicker than organizers of next season’s tour de Fort had anticipated, president Wendy Brunetta is hoping people who were unable to buy one instead will purchase tickets to attend extra shows that will be incorporated into the concert series. “We will have some extra shows […]
“Family history at your fingertips” will wrap up this Saturday from 11 to 4 p.m. when the Fort Frances Museum holds the last of its three genealogical open houses. “We have called this [final] workshop ‘Hatched, Matched and Dispatched in the Fort Frances Times,’” said curator Pam Hawley. “We have […]
It’s not very often that a person gets the chance to see how their generosity has changed the lives of people less fortunate but that is exactly what happened for the students at St. Francis School here earlier this month. As one of the district schools that participated in Operation […]
After losing her sight nine years ago, Colleen Cote has had to make many adjustments in her life. But there is one constant she’s grateful has never changed. A librarian at St. Francis School here for the past 13 years, Cote admits she initially was worried that she would lose […]
Whether it’s in the home or on the playground, child safety is preventable. But the key to prevention is education–and that’s the approach the local Northwestern Health Unit will be taking next week as “Safe Kids Week” is staged across Canada. “The emphasis this year is scalds and burns. [Safe […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board is expecting more flexibility in its budget in 2001-02 as its total student focused funding allocation is projected to increase by $715,608. This information was included in a report to trustees during the board’s regular monthly meeting here Tuesday night. But since the board […]
Keep French as a second language education alive in our schools. It was what the Northwest Catholic District School Board heard from Pierre Ouellette, executive director of Canadian Parents for French–Ontario at its regular meeting here last night. But while French Immersion programs have faced funding cuts across the province, […]
Striking Association of Community Living workers have now been picketing for 12 days here with no talks underway–and none scheduled. “No, there’s nothing at all. It’s pretty much status quo with last week,” noted Alanna Barr, executive director of the Fort Frances and District Association of Community Living. The 62 […]
