It’s an age-old tradition passed through the generations, with youngsters from years gone by taught how to quilt together scraps of fabric to create a work of art that would keep them warm on those cold winter nights. Some are fortunate enough to have a quilt hand-stitched by a grandmother […]
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A slow down in donations to area food banks has volunteers worried the demand soon will override their supplies. At the Salvation Army food bank, statistics for July showed an increase in the number of people relying on the service, dwindling down supplies from shelves, said coordinator Marj Atkinson. “We’re […]
Almost all the tenders are out but Fort Frances council still doesn’t have any answers as to why the auditorium is almost $300,000 over-budget so far on its construction budget. Council approved $1.855 million on the construction budget, but as of Monday, the theatre portion of the construction came in […]
On July 18, six local teens–Ria Cuthbertson, Jennifer Sobkowicz, Adam Jewell, Karl Martinson, Matthew Gustafson, and Chantel Shine– along with two leaders–Carol Gustafson and Kathy Cuthbertson–left Fort Frances to travel to Halifax for the Canadian Lutheran Youth Gathering. The event drew over 1,600 youths from across the country. The local […]
It was a chance to see how far they’ve come on their journey of faith as Our Lady of Lourdes Church wrapped up its 50th-anniversary celebration on the weekend. And as congregation members noted, it allowed them to look back over the rich history of their family and friends who […]
Residential ratepayers can expect an average 10.1 percent hike over last year on their final municipal tax bills as Fort Frances council set the ’98 budget into bylaw Monday night. That despite objections from local ratepayers about the $24,000 shift from the commercial base onto residential, and a request that […]
When Annissa Johnson was named the regional Miss Hawaiian Tropic here July 23, she was thrilled. But now, she’s getting ready for an even bigger event Aug. 16 when she will be a vying for the national title in Laval, Que. “I’m very excited,” said Johnson, who recently received the […]
Shaunna Cuthbertson is still riding on cloud nine after returning from the Presbyterian Youth Triennium in Indiana with fellow teen Amanda Cotterill. The local teenagers, both youth members of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church here, travelled with a teen delegation from Thunder Bay to a one-week conference in LaFayette mid-July. The […]
The Lady of Lourdes Church is celebrating its 50th anniversary at its present site, along with the 100th anniversary of its cemetery, with the festivities wrapping up there this weekend. While the current church has been standing for 50 years, three other churches, built on or near the present site, […]
It isn’t known what impact the new benchmarks released by the Ministry of Health last week will have on local health care but they seem to be welcome. A joint report between the Ministry of Health and the Ontario Hospital Association, “Rural and Northern Health Parameters and Benchmarks” is a […]
“It’s a grand adventure!” That’s how B.C. natives Ian and Sally Wilson summed up the first part of their trek into re-living the historic trade route north taken by the Voyageurs of the Northwest Company some 200 years ago. So far the couple has paddled their homemade birch bark canoe […]
After a tearful good-bye, six district families stood at J.D. Junction on Sunday and watched as Allan Empey’s van carried the six children who had become a part of their lives away to Winnipeg, en route to their own families in Belarus. “From our side it was a tearful good-bye,” […]
