The Northwest Catholic District School Board will meet tonight to discuss, among other things, policy considerations and committee reports. The Ministry of Education has developed a program called “Shared Solutions,” which focuses on preventing and resolving conflicts within programs and services that are catered towards children with special needs. The […]
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Aside from a few medical calls, the Fort Frances Fire Department had a relatively quiet Victoria Day weekend, responding to just one fire. At 1:10 a.m. yesterday, firefighters were called to a vehicle fire on the 100 block of Fourth Street West, Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong reported this morning. When […]
High winds in the West Fire Region on Saturday resulted in trees falling over power lines and sparking forest fires. By Saturday evening, six new fires were reported, including one near Lake Despair in Fort Frances District. However, these fires were small and declared “under control” or “out” within a […]
Elder Willie Wilson, Veteran of the Honour Guard Tim Sinclair, Treaty #3 Grand Council Chief Arnold Gardner, and Deborah Richardson, with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, stood at attention during a ceremonial Veterans Drum, which was played during the War Veteran and Armed Forces Monument unveiling ceremony Friday afternoon at […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer team clinched a bye to the NorWOSSA final with a win and a draw here Wednesday. The black-and-gold opened the day with a 1-0 win over the defending champion Dryden Eagles. Kelsey Quibell netted the lone goal of the game. Then needing only one more point […]
Dr. Monika Dutt has withdrawn her application for the position of Medical Officer of Health/CEO for the Northwestern Health Unit, the board of health announced today. No reason was given for her decision. “On behalf of the board of health for the Northwestern Health Unit, I regret to announce that […]
Due to the water tower rehabilitation project, the water tower will be taken out of service for roughly 10 weeks from May 28-July 30. “In May, 2007, we cleaned and did an inspection of the water tower. It was determined that the exterior and interior coating systems must be replaced,” […]
Weechi-it-te-win Family Services is proud to host a launch party to unveil its new website The “come and go” launch party will take place this Tuesday (May 20) from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. The launch party will include many door prizes, interactive viewings of all links to […]
It was a colourful scene at Fort Frances High School this morning as a traditional pow-wow was held to culminate Aboriginal Week activities there.
Dorothy Medicine of Manitou Rapids and Gary Medicine, the native education counsellor at the Fort Frances High School, cooked up a batch of bannock to serve to students yesterday in conjunction with Native Awareness Week. Many other activities have run throughout the week, and it all will culminate with a […]
This wayward beaver was spotted at the corner of Church Street and Veteran Avenue around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday. After drawing its share of onlookers, the aquatic mammal eventually was caught and relocated back to the river by helpful citizens. A second beaver caused a commotion that same day at […]
Workers yesterday surveyed the extent of the damage caused by an effluent leak discovered Monday on AbitibiBowater property near Fourth Street West and Central Avenue. A person was brought in who was able to repair the damage from inside the roughly 36-inch diameter pipe. Mill manager John Harrison said the […]
