Nicole Wishart probably will spend the next few weeks nurturing the re-growth of the tips of her fingernails after losing them to the cold while sculpting her “South Park” snowman. “I was mixing snow and water together outside to make slush for [my snowman] and every time I dipped my […]
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How would you portray what “home” is? The town or city where you grew up might come to mind, or perhaps the familiar dwelling you will head to after work today. No matter what images you drum up, the Heritage Canada Foundation wants us to rethink how closely our “homes” […]
The 20 contenders are set to take to the stage upstairs at Memorial Arena on Friday night to compete in the fifth-annual “Quest for the Best.” Seven singers–Alyson Booth, Heather Mihichuk, Debbie Connon, Garry Matthewson, Graham Matheson, Tara Hakala, and Marc Desforges–will be returning to the contest this year while […]
With tickets for Friday night’s “Quest for the Best” selling out literally within minutes of going on sale Monday morning, complaints started rolling in almost as quickly. In response to the outcry, “Quest” co-ordinator Pearl Pidlubny announced yesterday afternoon that Videon (Channel 9) would be broadcasting the event live from […]
Many people were shocked and saddened by an incident last Tuesday when seven puppies were found abandoned in a dumpster behind the 364 Store here. But the local “Friends of Animals” group sees the act as not only a tragedy but a wake-up call for people to start taking the […]
First-grader Josh Wilson was the guest of the honour at last night’s Rainy River District School Board meeting to show off his much improved reading skills. A student in Charleen Gustafson’s class at Donald Young School in Emo, Wilson was the first graduate from the “Reading Recovery” program started in […]
Construction of the “multi-use” facility at Westfort here is continuing at a steady pace, with Rainy River District superintendent Murray Quinn saying it should be ready to move into before students break for summer vacation. Taking a quick tour of the site last Wednesday, Quinn noted several rooms on the […]
As the Jan. 31 deadline for small businesses in the district to join the Safe Communities Incentive Program looms, several SCIP members took the time to laud the benefits of the safety program. “One of the incentives for me was to make for a safer workplace, and be able to […]
While registrations for activities during the Little Amik Winter Carnival are trickling in, organizers are gearing up for the onslaught of participants and onlookers expected at the seventh-annual celebration running Feb. 4-7. First on the event schedule is the popular “Candlelight Ski,” which will be held next Thursday evening on […]
On a recent trip to attend meetings at the American Academy of Optometry in San Francisco, Drs. Robert and Bruce Lidkea of Lidkea, Elliott, and Lidkea Optometrists here purchased a new piece of equipment that will assist in the testing of children as young as six months.
Final results of a 15-day stint of hyberbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for six-year-old Brett Jewell of Fort Frances won’t be fully known for a couple of weeks but indications are the innovative treatment has diminished some of the side effects of his cerebral palsy. The youngster and his mother, Kathy, […]
Mark Faragher is calling it a dream pulled into reality. The Fort Frances entrepreneur received $90,000 from the Transitional Jobs Fund during a grand-opening ceremony here yesterday to help his new company–Fibre Works Canada–get off the ground. Fibre Works is the sole producer for “Top-Up” products, a company based in […]
