Since January, the Multicultural Youth Council, in affiliation with the United Native Friendship Centre here, has been making cross-cultural understanding among local teens its top priority. Now the council has been given the chance to really shine when it brings youth groups from across the region to the Northwestern Ontario […]
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Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. has been given another extension for submitting its budget to the Ministry of Health, it was announced at the regular monthly board meeting here last Thursday night. “The Ministry of Health had originally required us to submit our budget on Feb. 1,” noted Riverside CEO […]
Lorne Elliott doesn’t like to tout his own talent. Fortunately, others are more than willing to do it for him. When the host of CBC Radio’s “Madly Off in All Directions” was asked what people could expect from his stand-up comedy routine being staged here Friday night at Robert Moore […]
The local Sears outlet will soon join some 100 others across Canada as a dealer store. And with that comes plans to expand the retail space here to include the front portion of the Scott Street building which formerly housed Wood’s Sewing Centre. Within the next few weeks, the front […]
Fort Frances entrepreneur Mark Faragher of Nova Body Works, located in the town’s industrial park, has given people easier access to some of his locally-made fibreglass products by setting up shop downtown. Known as “Factory Outlet,” the store–located at 509 Portage Ave. (formerly Cripes, It’s a Castle)–already is attracting customers […]
After six weeks of training, 15 young adults aged 19-29 are now working at jobs they never dreamed of after beginning their six-week placements through the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living’s “Youth at Risk” program. “They’ve worked really hard over these past weeks,” said project co-ordinator Allene […]
Thanks to a provincial grant, a new program being implemented at Fort High this year will help some students make the transition to the job market a little easier. Named “Bridges: School to Work Transition Grant,” the proposal to get a program up and running here was submitted to the […]
If the phrase “I’ve never been so sick in my life” has a familiar ring to it, chances are you’ve had a close encounter with the influenza bug this winter. Spread primarily by the airborne droplets of sneezing and coughing, the ’flu virus also can be transmitted via a hard […]
There are 40 reportable diseases in Ontario and influenza is one of them. Among the local agencies with a watchful eye on the impact the influenza virus has on district residents is the Northwestern Health Unit. Under the Health Protection and Promotions Act, physicians who diagnose ’flu or labs that […]
If you’re among the high-risk group that’s been urged by health professionals to get a ’flu shot because of your age or a chronic illness, chances are you’ve also wondered what goes into the making of the vaccine which could save your life. A global network of laboratories and two […]
In about 16 months, Fort Frances High School will be celebrating its Millennium Reunion. The reunion, slated for July 7-9, 2000, is expected to attract more than 2,000 former students and staff members of the school to Fort Frances. The reunion comes six years after the 1994 one which celebrated […]
The upcoming millennium has its influence in a lot of areas these days, including the work of local artist Vi Plumridge. It prompted Plumridge, a member of the Rainy Lake Creative Arts Society, to capture some of the town’s landmark buildings and homes on canvas using the combined mediums of […]
