Staff Don’t stop voting! While the Fort Frances High School Medical Responders have garnered more than 8,000 votes so far in the Tbaytel For Good Community Fund, the public is urged to keep voting today through Monday to help them secure one of two $5,000 prizes. Residents can vote for […]
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Press Release The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary executive held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday (June 5) in the lower-level meeting room at there. This was the last regular meeting until the new working year begins in September. The annual “Strawberry Social,” set for Thursday, June 14, completes the year. […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–Record heat returned to the U.S. with a vengeance in May. May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees F in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 F set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released yesterday. May was 5.2 degrees F […]
The Associated PressCaleb Jones HONOLULU–A neighbourhood called Vacationland on Hawaii’s Big Island had disappeared by yesterday as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay–turning it into new land that now juts into the sea. Molten rock entirely covered Vacationland and only a […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ soccer team is off to a nice start at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Windsor. Fort High kicked off action in Pool ‘B’ at the 20-team tournament with a 2-2 draw against Father Bressani CHS (YRAA) this morning. Cam Lidkea and James Gushulak netted the goals […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May. May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released Wednesday. May was […]
By Caleb Jones The Associated Press HONOLULU — A neighbourhood called Vacationland on Hawaii’s Big Island had disappeared by Wednesday as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay, turning it into new land that now juts into the sea. Molten rock entirely […]
By Catherine Lucey And Zeke Miller The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Before President Donald Trump sits down with a third-generation North Korean autocrat, he will face what may well turn out to be a tougher crowd some of America’s oldest allies. With his new tariffs increasing U.S. isolation, Trump heads […]
Summer reporterStephanie Hagenaars The seventh-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival will hit the water here on Saturday, June 30–but with a twist this year. Unlike previous years, the boats will be launched from both Fort Frances and International Falls. Each side also will stage their own festival, with the […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Rainy River District campus of Confederation College. Together we have launched an inventive curriculum model for the Personal Support Worker (PSW) program starting this fall. While studying on-site at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home here, this […]
Summer reporterStephanie Hagenaars After completion of the new classroom wing at Donald Young School in Emo late last year, renovations to the gymnasium section are to begin once classes break for summer. The school’s classroom wing, first built in 1955, was deemed “prohibitive to repair” back in 2003. A new […]
Sam Odrowski Are you a good catch? Well, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship currently is fishing for volunteers both young and old. Individuals age 13 and older can volunteer and help contribute to another successful year for the district’s biggest fishing tournament. The FFCBC requires 200 volunteers to make […]
