Henry Miller A snowshoe hike took place over the weekend for local youths who had earned it. They had worked hard during the fall and early winter cleaning more than 300 birdhouses, replacing bluebird boxes on existing lines, building wood duck boxes (some of which they placed near beaver ponds, […]
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Peggy Revell While provincial discussions between the Ontario Public School Board Association and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario failed to deliver a four-year collective agreement last month, local negotiations between the Rainy River District School Board and local ETFO remain positive and hopeful. “I really can’t say that the same […]
Peggy Revell Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is planning to introduce a private member’s bill calling for the abolition of the long gun registry once Parliament resumes later this month. “The reason I’m doing that is really because I promised the constituents in every election that that’s what I […]
Press Release Grief recovery. An odd term; gives us the sense that we are recovering from an illness. In a way, we are. If we do not address the causes of our grief and the many feelings associated with grief, we do become ill—both emotionally and physically. Unresolved grief means […]
Peggy Revell The New Year got off to a great start for local writer Judy Johanson, who recently earned an honourable mention in the 2009 Winnipeg Free Press Writers’ Collective Poetry Contest. “Love in Three Acts—A Requiem” was one of six poems she submitted to the contest. “It was written […]
Peggy Revell It was a swinging Sunday night as “tour de Fort” welcomed the Bebop Cowboys’ Swing-a-billy Orchestra to the Townshend Theatre stage. With Steve Briggs (on guitar), Howard Willett (harmonica), and five other band members, the group specializes in western swing. Only two more shows are left in the […]
Mitch Calvert FORT FRANCES—There’s just a month to go before the Dominion NOCA Men’s Provincial Championship comes to Fort Frances on Feb.10-14, but the committee organizing the event still could use more volunteer support. “We’re getting a pretty good response with volunteers, but you know how that goes right up […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture is hosting a two-day workshop, entitled “Growing Your Opportunities–Quest for New Farm Value,” on Friday, Feb. 6 and Saturday, Feb. 7 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Emo Inn, with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. Ontario farm business owners, entrepreneurs, and advisors […]
Mitch Calvert It only took 240 calls and 381 minutes of talking over the two days leading into Saturday’s CJHL trade deadline, but head coach Wayne Strachan and the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres managed to add two pieces to the puzzle before the clock struck midnight. Talk about a cellphone […]
Robin McCormick Mike Badiuk, who plays lead for the Dylan Johnston rink out of the Fort William Curling Club, competed in the Northern Ontario playdowns in Elliot Lake over the weekend. The team won their first provincial title Sunday afternoon after dispatching defending champ Kory Carr. They now will represent […]
Peggy Revell Forget eating better or exercising more. How about helping to break a Guinness world record for a New Year’s resolution? On Jan. 23-24, people across Canada, including here in Fort Frances, are preparing to break the mark for the “Most Children Reading With an Adult, Multiple Locations” as […]
Peggy Revell Children attending St. John the Baptist Anglican Church here were called forward Sunday morning to help give a blessing as Fr. Wayne Stirling McIntosh was welcomed back and inducted as priest for the local ministry. Presiding over the ceremony was the Right Rev. David Ashdown, Bishop of Keewatin.
