The “Block Parent” program here looks like it will be a “go” after all. Several person have stepped forward to fill positions on the board late last week. Beating yesterday’s deadline, Sandra Whalen stepped up to fill long-time chairperson Cathy Sinninghie’s shoes–a decision that thrilled the decade-long head of the […]
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Anyone who loved February’s “Quest for the Best” should mark July 21 on their calendars as the Chamber of Commerce has recently announced that a “Summer Quest” will be held this year to coincide with the 1999 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “The reason we’re doing this is because of […]
Only nine days have passed since Becky and Frank Ball of Fort Frances returned home from their trip to Bosnia and already they are thinking about going back. The retired couple spent eight days in Medugorje, a relatively small Roman Catholic/Muslim community in the former Yugoslavia, known in faith circles […]
Regional Métis projects are expected to get a definite boost in the future now that the Sunset Country Métis launched its new economic development corporation at a special membership meeting here Saturday. “Métis Ventures”–a subsidiary of the Métis Nation of Ontario–will be managed by a board of directors to be […]
The landmark residence at 335 Nelson St. here will be the site of a special ceremony Saturday at 1:30 p.m. when its function as a convent for the “Sisters of the Lady of the Missions” officially ends. The home has served as a convent for 80 years, with some 85 […]
If Thunder Bay resident Denis DeGagne has plans for the property he owns along McIrvine Road between the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market and the Union Gas warehouse, he’s not revealing them. The land recently was cleared of brush by a local contractor, sparking rumours that Wal-Mart or a “super” grocery […]
The Fort Frances Times brought home several awards from the annual spring convention of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association last weekend in Toronto. Competing against more than 100 community newspapers (regardless of circulation size), the Times took top honours in the province in the “Use of Art Service” category for […]
“The place is huge!” That’s the general reaction Sears customers have when they first see the results of a recent expansion at the dealer store here, owner/operator Roberta Oliver noted Monday. Located at 448 Scott St., the store showed off its additional 1,000 sq. ft. last Thursday, using some of […]
If Amanda Jerry could have one wish, it most likely would be to breathe easy. At just 27 years of age, and having never smoked, she needs a double-lung transplant because of damage done to her lungs by emphysema. Diagnosed with the disease in December, Jerry is on oxygen 24 […]
The sound of the buzzer meant it was time to get down to business for almost 130 First Nations students from across the district at the first-annual “Quest For Knowledge” last Thursday at Couchiching. Organized into 20 teams of six (five plus an alternate), the students engaged in a battle […]
AIDS. Pregnancy. Violence. Alcoholism. These are the dangers many youths face in this day and age. Which raises the question what can they do about it all? This–and much more–was tackled at the first-ever Northwestern Ontario Youth Summit hosted by the United Native Friendship Centre Youth Council here last weekend. […]
Touted as the “biggest” expansion of parks and protected areas in Ontario history, Premier Mike Harris unveiled the province’s “Living Legacy” strategy Monday in Sudbury. And many of the changes will have an impact close to home. The Rainy Lake Islands–along with Lake of the Woods, Farrington Township, Highrock, Manitou, […]
