Peggy Revell Kaylee Johnson-Luoma, Pierce Gouin, and Whitney Gouin looked over a full griddle of pancakes that were cooked up yesterday morning at J.W. Walker School as families dropped by for a big breakfast before classes started. The breakfast was held to celebrate Education Week, as well as the re-opening […]
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Peggy Revell Stephen Dueck, with the help of Lindsey Westover, took aim at a target with a toy crossbow during the second-annual Barwick Gun & Hobby Show held Saturday at the community hall there. The day wasn’t just for adults, but included a kids’ corner featuring activities for the younger […]
Elisabeth Heslop Yvonne Calloway, Alyssa Spence, and Karleigh Ford (front), Ryley Pollard, Hailey Clendenning, Chelsey Skirten, Jaipal Binder, and Lexi Caul (middle), and Dexter Fichuk (rear), members of the Environmental Club at J.W. Walker School, showed their spirit prior to the start of the Environmental Film Festival yesterday at the […]
Mitch Calvert Participants in the Energy Fitness “5k in May” got off to a running start along the La Verendrye Parkway first thing on Saturday morning. Nearly 150 people took part in the full five-km run, with another 52 kids signed up for the one-km kiddie run which preluded the […]
Bill KrukoskiAllan T. Bedard Dear editor: We cannot believe there is a bylaw being prepared in the backdoor to eliminate sidewalks already established in town. To further complicate matters, the statement that boulevards can be used to store snow in the winter, saving the town snow removal costs, is totally […]
Staff Almost four years of labour peace may be on the horizon as the tentative agreements between the Rainy River District School Board and its regular and occasional elementary teachers are up for ratification at tonight’s board meeting. Details of the agreements, which already have been ratified by their respective […]
Elisabeth Heslop “Ice-out” has occurred on Rainy Lake, according to Mike Pawlikowski, a pilot with Rusty Myers Flying Service Ltd. here. “Yesterday it was all out except for one sheet,” he noted. “But today it is all clear.” Larry Wood, a former employee with the Ministry of Natural Resources, said […]
Duane Hicks Any decision as to whether a new library and technology centre will be built in Fort Frances this year likely will depend on whether the town’s successfully gets money from the “Building Canada” fund. The town has applied for $1.17 million in funding for the library project, and […]
Peggy Revell King Neptune (Marin Loncar), Aruba (Shanleigh Fryer), Annabelle (Mackenzie Wright) and Marlena (Alyssa Chiasson) performed a scene during St. Francis School Drama Club’s production of “The Little Mermaid” yesterday morning. Another performance was staged this morning, with the final show going tonight at 7 p.m. in the St. […]
Peggy Revell J.W. Walker School principal Bill Daley took the helm of the griddle during this morning’s pancake breakfast held in the school’s newly-finished gymnasium, which finally was rebuilt after being destroyed by a fire last year. Families were invited to drop in before the bell rang for the delicious […]
The Canadian Press Border guards allowing criminals to enter country OTTAWA—Border guards have been breaking rules in allowing hundreds of serious criminals to come to Canada, an internal review says. The Canada Border Services Agency allowed 535 people convicted of serious crimes to enter the country last year for compassionate […]
The Canadian Press DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta.—Despite being forced to sleep outside on a board, limited communication with her family, and feelings of incredible loneliness, an Alberta woman kidnapped in Nigeria believes her abductors were—for the most part—kind to her. “The kidnappers were, mostly, kind at heart. Their job was purely […]
