The debate is on as to whether building a new Canada Customs facility here now would affect the possibility of constructing a new bridge down the road. During a presentation last Wednesday by Richard Pell, manager of Strategic Management for the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, town council asked for […]
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Half-a-century after missing her grade 12 exams, 65-year-old Jacqueline Garriock was back, taking part in the Fort High graduation ceremony inside the new arena of the Memorial Sports Centre last Thursday night. “I turned 65 in May and I graduated high school in June,” said Garriock. “It’s something I’ve always […]
It was a time to reminisce last Thursday night as the Class of 2000 graduated from Fort Frances High School. “It was only four short years ago, or five long years for some of us, that we entered high school,” said OAC graduate Tyler Bell as he began his valedictory […]
The human brain. It’s our thought processor, movement co-ordinator, analyzer, responder–our personal information highway. Suspensed in cerebral spinal fluid and the thickness of three pennies of surrounding skull are all that protects it. June is national Brain Injury Awareness Month–a campaign for greater understanding that will be highlighted locally when […]
A group of residents from both sides of the border have joined forces to push for a new bridge to span Rainy River between Fort Frances and International Falls to replace the privately-owned one. “It didn’t take long to realize that there was something wrong about having the only local […]
After spending 60-plus hours a week working as a family physician in Calgary, you wouldn’t think Dr. Ted Jablonski would have much energy left over to do anything else–let alone release a CD. But “Dr. J.” did just that, releasing “Floating”–featuring 10 original songs–in April through Goget’m Productions. Dr J., […]
“You want to cruise? Then dump the booze!” Those were the winning words penned by Tara Hahkala, an 18-year-old student at Fort Frances High School, who was one of eight provincial winners of the “Tell it Real” alcohol awareness contest. “I think it is really good,” Hahkala said yesterday. “I […]
With 48 students enrolled in summer school next month, the Rainy River District School Board will be offering instruction at four sites across the district. “With the funding provided by the high enrolment, parents should be happy we’re providing this all across the district,” assistant superintendent Betty Ann LaRocque said […]
Beatrice Fines is 83 years old, lives in Winnipeg, and has done things many people only dream about–like writing a book. “This is my first published collection of short stories,” Fines, a former Fort Frances resident, said Tuesday from her home in Winnipeg. Entitled “Neighbours,” it is due out sometime […]
The Fort Dance Studio’s year-end recital earlier this month was an overall success, director Borka Gauthier said Monday. “I think it went well,” she noted. “Over 300-400 people showed up for the first and second shows, [and] there were approximately 115 students that were involved in the recital.” The recital, […]
There is one in every high school, sometimes even two. You know them. . . they are well-known, well-liked, well-educated, and win the awards. And at last week’s FFHS Recognition Night, two such deserving students stood out in the crowd–Chad Canfield and Shaunna Cuthbertson. when Cuthbertson walked away with the […]
A lot can happen in 75 years . . . just ask members of Knox United Church in Fort Frances. Members of the congregation gathered there Saturday afternoon for a come-and-go tea to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Church of Canada. “The afternoon was wonderful, a really uplifting […]
