Duane Hicks With the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre having been open for almost four months now, a sale will be held Monday (Sept. 27) to sell off furnishings from the old one. The sale will run from 6-8 p.m. at the old library (363 Church St.), with […]
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Staff Victoria Maxwell is set to perform her one-woman show, “Crazy for Life,” tonight at La Place Rendez-Vous, and a limited number of seats are available for members of the public interested in attending. The show is part of the entertainment being provided for the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Consumer […]
Press Release Preparations for the Voyageur Lions’ annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” are proceeding well. Next Thursday (Sept. 30), 250 breakfast-to-go bags will be up for grabs—and some very exciting prizes will be offered. Each bag, which this year is a reusable shopping bag donated by Wal-Mart, will contain packages of gum, […]
Staff The Treaty #3 Police Service is continuing to investigate an aggravated assault with a weapon that occurred Tuesday night at Seine River First Nation. Deputy Chief Larry Indian said yesterday afternoon that few details could be revealed since the matter is under investigation. But he could confirm police are […]
VNP Learn about the legends and the science of fall’s changing colours tomorrow (Sept. 25). Join Voyageurs National Park naturalist Jenna Anderson on an easy half-mile walk along the Oberholtzer Trail and let the beauty of fall surround you. Meet at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center at 11 a.m. The program […]
Staff A “technical glitch” on the World Fishing Network’s “Ultimate Fishing Town” website has caused the voting page to be taken off-line temporarily. Voting has been suspended until 4 p.m. today (local time) as the network performs maintenance on the site (www.wfn.tv/ultimate-fishing-town) However, to make up for the lost 24 […]
Staff A GMC pickup truck that was reported stolen from Watten Township earlier this week has been recovered, police reported this morning. Yesterday around 2:10 p.m., OPP officers received a report of a pickup truck driving erratically about 80 km south of Wawa. OPP officers patrolled the area and located […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL—AbitibiBowater’s restructuring plan has won the required support from a majority of its U.S. creditors. As was the case last week with votes in Canada, creditors of Bowater Canada Finance Corp. failed to approve the plan. Aurelius Capital Management and Contrarian Capital Management opposed the plan as […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School board is celebrating student achievement with the release of the testing results from Education Quality and Accountability Office. “The board’s EQAO student achievement results are continuing to shine across our communities,” said Education Director Mary-Catherine Kelly. “I am extremely pleased with the many […]
Staff “Tour de Fort” will be around for another year. “There will be a 19th season,” board president Ken Avis said this morning. The fate of the 2011-12 season hinged on passport and ticket sales for the current season. As of last week’s initial deadline, organizers still had not sold […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased that its 2009-10 Education Quality and Accountability Office scores show significant improvement in Grade 9 mathematics, as well as in Grade 6 reading, writing, and math. Grade 3 math remained stable while there was a slight decrease in Grade 3 […]
Press Release The Ontario government will offer the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil to about 84,000 girls in Ontario schools once again this fall. The school-based vaccination program is aimed at protecting young women against cervical cancer. HPV infection is very common. It is estimated 75 percent of sexually-active Canadians […]
