The OPP “Policing for Results” telephone survey is nearly halfway done, with nine volunteers putting in many hours to help out. “It’s going well. We’re up to 128 surveys completed as of last Friday,” Fort Frances OPP Cst. Mark Boileau noted, adding the target number is around 350. “There’s been […]
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Area First Nations youths can find about which career path they might like to follow tomorrow when the Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority holds its “1999 Career Symposium” at the Nanicost gym. More than 210 high school students from across the area, including Fort Frances, Rainy River, Lac La Croix, […]
Even with Minnesota now wading into the boundary water rights dispute along with Fort Frances native Harold “Bo” Armstrong and Ranier, Mn. resident Carl Brown, the Canadian government still doesn’t know if it wants to get its feet wet. Local MP Robert Nault’s office confirmed yesterday it had received a […]
Sheri Stamarski of Burriss and Emo resident Gary Judson were among four recipients to receive a 1999 Heritage Award certificate from the Fort Frances Museum for their contributions to preserving heritage in their communities. The awards, announced last Friday, were given in conjunction with Ontario Heritage Week (Feb. 15-21). Stamarski […]
Erin Deschamps now knows the real meaning behind fast “home delivery” after giving birth to a 6 lb., 9 oz. baby girl on the bathroom floor of her Fifth Street West home last Thursday morning. Not only was she all alone at the time, it was a breech birth. Deschamps […]
After five weeks of learning what to expect in the employment field, those enrolled in the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living’s “Youth at Risk” pre-employment program soon will begin the second phase of their training–work placement. This week, program co-ordinators Allene Perusse and Rosanne Zimmerman spent much […]
On Monday, Val Martindale’s grade 12 English Media class got a rare opportunity when independent film-maker Carol O’Brien talked to them about the film-making industry. O’Brien, now a Winnipeg-based Canadian film-maker but a former graduate of Fort High, came in on the request of Martindale, who has two classes that […]
What do Robin Williams, Thomas Edison, and Albert Einstein have in common? They all had attention deficit disorder–a problem affecting a child’s “good behaviour” and, equally importantly, their ability to learn. That’s why the local ADD support group, headed by Heather Whitburn and Cynthia Donald, is thrilled an expert on […]
More than 250 hunters and tourist operators converged on the Legion Hall in Dryden last Thursday night to protest the Harris government’s decision last month to cancel the spring bear hunt. And they’ve decided to fight back against the negativity surrounding the bear hunt as a result of the million-dollar […]
After more than a year in the making, the “Tomorrow 2000+” report officially was presented to the town council here Monday night by committee chair Jim Cumming. “Collected in 1997/98, this document is a record of people’s suggestions that would make this district a better place to live,” began Cumming, […]
If you haven’t purchased a ticket yet for the benefit dinner being staged by the Fort Frances Lions Club this Friday at La Place Rendez-Vous, you’re out of luck because the event is sold out. Some 250 people are expected to attend the benefit, which is being held for Brett […]
Problems facing rural youths who need access to accurate, up-to-date information about the labour market will be the focus of two sessions tomorrow afternoon at NCDS Career Works here. Hosted by Ontario Work Info Net (OnWIN), the first session, at noon for youths aged 16-24 , and the second at […]
