Rainycrest Home for the Aged here is open to the public again after being closed to all visitors for about two weeks as the Northwestern Health Unit fought to control the spread of the Influenza ‘A’ virus. “We’re very happy with the outcome of measures taken to control the ’flu,” […]
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The Northwest Catholic District School Board had a good year, Education Director Carol-Lynne Oldale told trustees in her annual report at last night’s regular meeting. “It’s been a busy year–very exciting and a very good one overall,” remarked Oldale, who will submit her four-page report to the ministry before month’s […]
After a two-year hiatus, some members of the Fort Frances Highlanders plan to revive the memory of renowned poet Robert Burns with an evening of Scottish culture and music here next month. The Robbie Burns supper is slated Saturday, Feb. 5 at La Place Rendez-Vous starting with a cocktail hour […]
The completion of Norwest Mobility’s tower at Blackhawk has been pushed back to the end of the month, with Feb. 14 now the new target date for getting the Barwick and Rainy River cell sites up and running. Completion of the Nestor Falls tower also has been pushed back, with […]
What can you expect from an musician who wears hats made out of kitchen supplies, moose antlers, a goose decoy, tin can lids, and ping-pong balls? Fun, games, and lots of laughs, said Al Simmons, the Juno Award-winning children’s entertainer who will bring his act to the Townshend Theatre next […]
As the deadline to enter this year’s “Quest for the Best” singing contest looms, finding 20 entrants shouldn’t be a problem, organizer Dawn Booth said. “We’ve got 12, including one duet, so far,” Booth said Monday, adding the annual competition, sponsored by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce and CFOB, […]
The Rainy River District School Board will be pulling less out its reserve to working funds this year as the annual audit, released at last night’s regular meeting, showed the operating deficit to be unexpectedly less than first thought. Completed by BDO Dunwoody LLP shortly before Christmas, the audit shows […]
What is Actifest? Well, every second year, the champions from all the Ontario district senior games gather to compete for provincial honours in the various events, usually numbering 15 (including both indoor and outdoor games). The year 2000 is an Actifest year, with the celebration scheduled to be held in […]
Preparations are underway for Fort High’s annual musical production, whic is “Anything Goes,” a show staged once before in 1988. “Anything Goes” is a comedy about a stowaway, Billy, on a ship going to London. Billy tries to win back a lost love who is on her way to be […]
Fort High students soon will have the chance to be a member of a community-based service club at the school–and rack up some required volunteer hours needed to graduate–when the Fort Frances Lions Club starts up a LEO club there next month. Students who join the LEO Club (which stands […]
With the FFHS Millennium Reunion bringing hundreds of former residents back to Rainy River District, more and more families are taking advantage of the opportunity by making plans to hold family reunions next summer. Already, the organizing committee has heard of at least five family reunions being planned around the […]
With Fort High students in the final week of the first semester, a number of them are preparing to leave their co-op placements and return to the regular classroom for the rest of the year. The co-op program, offered to students in grade 11 and older, allows students to gain […]
