In recognition of International Literacy Day on Sept. 8, we wanted to introduce you to a few typical adult literacy learners: “Jim” is in his early 20s and never finished high school. His learning disability wasn’t identified when he was in school so he didn’t get the help he needed. […]
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Thanks to a “Family Home Visitor” workshop, Bonnie Johnson of Seine River First Nation now has the tools she needs to help families in that community give their young children the best start in life. And she expects her newly-honed skills to come in handy when she opens a toy […]
The Fort High guidance department is getting troubles sorted out as quickly as possible for the roughly 300 students who discovered they had scheduling problems when they picked up their timetables two weeks ago. “I talked to one of the guidance counsellors and we’re moving ahead faster than scheduled,” FFHS […]
The signs at the town limits read “Population 9,000” but there haven’t been 9,000 people in Fort Frances since at least 1988. The latest enumeration numbers from the Ontario Property Assessment Corporation suggest the population here is on steady decline–especially among young people. In 1991, the total population of Fort […]
“We’re satisfied that our water supply is without question safe, clean, and pure,” interim Operations and Facilities manager John Callan told the town council during Monday night’s regular meeting. “Never has there been any concern of bacteria, coliform, or E. coli in our water system,” he added. The reassurance came […]
Seven concerts, seven different styles of musical entertainment. “tour de Fort” is back for the 2000/01 season with a mixture of performances that feature eclectic, brass, country, Celtic, a capella, and dance theatre. “We’ve tried to appeal to different age groups and different musical and theatrical tastes,” tour de Fort […]
Summer memories don’t usually include masks and Shakespeare but that’s what two Fort High students will be sharing now that they’re back in school. Heather Algie, 15, and Lindsay Hamilton, 17, took part in a unique summer camp this year–the Stratford Shakespearean School. “It was an amazing group of people, […]
The employment centre at the local Northern Communit and Development Services (NCDS) centre has announced it has gone slightly above its target for helping teens find jobs this summer. The centre, a subsidy of the Ontario government, originally had hoped to find 67 people subsidized jobs but they succeeded in […]
Every year, the Nor-West Animal Clinic here sees cases of blastomycosis. But in 2000, the disease has been on the rise “It’s nasty. It turns the lungs into solid masses, it’s awful,” said Dr. Chris Cannon of the Nor-West Animal Clinic. “There seems to be a little more than in […]
As up to 300 Fort High students wait to get their course schedules sorted out at the school’s guidance department, at least one grade 11 student is wondering if he’s going to have to wait another year to get the math and chemistry courses he needs to eventually graduate. “If […]
Fort High teachers returned to a different kind of school experience yesterday. Now that they are teaching an extra half-course along with their previous six per year under Bill 74, being a high school teacher promises for some “interesting” times ahead, math/science co-ordinator Andrew Hallikas said Tuesday. “[Yesterday] was chaos. […]
Northern Development and Mines minister Tim Hudak was in Fort Frances on Monday to reward the Rainy River District Social Service Administration Board with a $25,000 cheque for exceeding last year’s workfare placement target. The province had set a target of 30 job placements for those enrolled in the local […]
