Mitch Calvert The Rendezvous Yacht Club has been busy making the most of the spell of warm weather here—most recently hosting its annual “new crew” program this past weekend. “It went very well. You couldn’t ask for better weather, with good wind both days,” RYC vice-commodore Peter Engberg said. “We […]
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Mitch Calvert Fort Frances Youth Soccer put the finishing touches on another season Saturday at the St. Francis Sportsfields—getting near-perfect weather to complete the playoffs in Divisions IV and V. Both finals went right down to the wire, with “Brazil” earning a slim 1-0 win over “Italy” in the Division […]
Mitch Calvert The next course of action for Muskie graduate Taylor Meyers should include buying a bigger trophy case. The multi-sport athlete hauled in an unprecedented number of awards at the Muskie athletic awards banquet last Tuesday night at the Ukrainian Hall—but the most impressive honour bestowed upon her came […]
Peggy Revell Lisa McPherson stood in front of her family’s home, which preliminary studies commissioned by federal agencies identified as having “unacceptable risks to human health” due to PCDDs and PCDFs. While Couchiching First Nation moved the family, and the neighbouring Jourdains, out of their homes earlier this year as […]
Elisabeth Heslop Jane McLeod, Mary Brown, and Gladys Martin served up cake, strawberries, and ice cream during the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary’s annual “Strawberry Social” last Thursday afternoon on the hospital grounds. The social is the biggest fundraising event of the year for the auxiliary.
Peggy Revell Aiden Wielinga and Jace Jackson tried to balance a potato between their foreheads without it dropping to the ground during a pow-wow hosted at St. Michael’s School last Thursday. The “potato dance” was one of many dances and First Nation traditions shared with students throughout the day.
Mitch Calvert Rodger Yvens (far left) and his crew aboard “In Tune” made a quick turn towards the starting line to begin the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s weekly race last Wednesday evening on Sand Bay. Peter Engberg’s “Wing N’ It” clocked the fastest time among class ‘A’ boats while Colin Hewitt’s […]
Peggy Revell In a unanimous vote, town council last night gave the official go-ahead for building the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre following a torrent of money from both the federal and provincial government for the project. Council voted to accept a contract with Aurora Construction for […]
the MNR Forest firefighting resources deployed to British Columbia earlier in June are back in Ontario. Some support staff returned over the weekend while the rest of the resources returned yesterday. Resources sent to Alberta are still in place, with the exception of two CL-415 heavy waterbombers and an air […]
Elisabeth Heslop Seven-year-old Adam George demonstrated the properties of static electricity using Rice Krispies cereal during the science fair at St. Michael’s School on Friday. Students in Grades 1 and 2 developed projects which they tested at home, then brought to school to show at the fair in the school […]
Peggy Revell Program staff and guests took out the parachute for some fun yesterday afternoon during an open house to mark the launch of a pilot outreach services program at 1018 Webster Ave. The centre will give residents the opportunity for increased access to various children and family programs and […]
Peggy Revell Youngsters waited in anticipation for their diplomas during Friday morning’s graduation for the Zaagi-idiwin Aboriginal Head Start program. The room was packed with family for the ceremony, which saw a total of 29 children presented with certificates and gifts to mark this stepping stone in their lives.
