Seven Generations Education Institute students currently are in the process of moving into their new facility here. Staff offices from the Nanicost building have moved in and SGEI CEO Brent Tookenay said they’re selecting certain programs to set up in the new building now. “We’re just playing it out on […]
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Jamie Mountain Barb Roy (third), Kim Beaudry (skip), Kris Sinclair (lead), and Wendy Brunetta (second) posed with Seth Ettestad, who was impersonating the man from Curling Canada’s “So you think you are a Canadian” commercial, during the rink’s send-off party held last night upstairs at the Fort Frances Curling Club. […]
Ken Kellar Erika Klyszejko, Canadian co-chair of the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board’s Water Levels Committee, took a question from an audience member at last Tuesday night’s public meeting.
Dave Ogilvie Two members of the Church of the Holy Spirit here celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Sunday by dressing for the occasion. Erma Armit and George Walsh enjoyed a little friendly competition at the church’s morning service.
Submitted After riding for five miles Tom Batiuk faced very soft snow drifts and slush. As he approached Greyhound Island, he encountered deep slush and his wife’s snowmobile got stuck completely. At this point, Batiuk decided to leave the snowmobile overnight and retrieve it the following day.
Sam Odrowski Vai Lockman, above, tried to “pin the tail on the Charmander” as David Morrison cheered him on at the Fort Frances Public Library last Wednesday during its “Pokemon Party.” The kids received Pokemon-themed bookmarks for participating in the activity.
Ken Kellar Aurora McRitchie got into the groove playing “Beat Saber” using the new Virtual Reality (VR) station at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre on Friday. The library reserves the VR station for hour-long sessions, and also provides several portable VR headsets for check-out by eligible library members.
Submitted Local musician Ravyn Bedard is set to release her 14-track rock album, “Strange Voodoo,” this Friday. The 27-year-old Fort Frances resident hopes to perform her original music live around the district this summer.
Staff A presentation on video gaming addiction, designed to educate parents on its potential harm, has been re-scheduled. Originally slated to be held next Thursday (March 28) at 7 p.m. in Conference Room ‘A’ of the Rainy River District School Board office on Second Street East here, it now will […]
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Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak will not be running in the fall federal election after all.Rusnak announced Sunday that he’s decided to withdraw his name as the Liberal candidate and instead will take more time to spend with his young family. “It’s been four years since I began one […]
Duane Hicks
While the 2019 budget process is not over yet, the financial picture is looking clearer–and somewhat rosier–than two months ago. The operating budget deficit, which started out at $795,277 during the first committee of the whole budget meeting held back on Jan. 21, has been reduced substantially. At the March […]
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The 2019 federal budget is good news for Northwestern Ontario, according to Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Don Rusnak. He highlighted a $6-billion investment into a national plan to increase high-speed internet access to 100 percent of Canadians by 2030 as proof of this government’s commitment to the needs of rural […]
