Brittany Galusha concentrated while working on a hairstyle for fellow student Jackie Lawres during yesterday’s co-op display day at Fort High. She did her co-op placement at local hair salon, “A Little Off The Top,” and was showing off her newly-learned skills. There were many interesting displays this semester, including […]
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Despite the damp ground and sporadic patches of snow, the Muskie girls’ senior soccer team is ready to hit the field and start the season off right—hopefully with some solid victories. The squad will host a pre-season tournament at the St. Francis pitches, beginning tomorrow with games against Dryden at […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Public Library board passed a motion Wednesday night to keep the plans for a new library as a stand-alone project—at least until the local public school board can provide information on cost-savings to sway their opinion. Library board chair Joyce Cunningham said Thursday morning a special […]
FORT FRANCES—There will be no “Fun in the Sun” queen crowned on Canada Day here as a lack of contestants has forced organizers to cancel the event this year. While a call for contestants was first put out a few weeks ago, no young women ended up committing prior to […]
The Rainy River District “Best Start” Network is announcing the opening celebration of the Stratton “Best Start” hub this Saturday (May 3) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with a cake-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. The hub is located in the Stratton Resource Centre at the intersection of Highways 11 and 617. […]
When it was first conceived in 1981, “Jump Rope for Heart” was supposed to last only three years. In that first year, the response from schools was quite good, with 125,000 parents, teachers, and students taking part. With more than $1 million raised that year, the program looked like it […]
It was billed as a fundraiser for the Northern Echo Bible Camp but with the blowing snow and plunging temperature outside, it could have doubled as a Christmas supper. Nevertheless, a large crowd filled the hall of the Christian Reformed Church in Emo on Friday evening to raise money for […]
Tim Desjardins and Jamie Jensen now have their sights set on winning all-Ontario gold. The Muskie senior boys’ doubles team advanced to OFSAA, being held May 1-3 in Niagara Falls/St. Catharines, after finishing in second place with a 3-1 record at the NWOSSAA showdown last Wednesday in Wawa. The duo […]
The weekend’s heavy snow may have delayed Monday’s planned season-opener at Kitchen Creek Golf and Country Club, but it did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the club’s incoming president, Jim Strachan. He hopes the course will be playable later this week. “The greens came through the winter in excellent […]
Play ball! The Rainy River District Fastball League will begin its 2008 season on Tuesday, May 13. From then through August, regular-season games will be played each Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. (weather permitting). The only exception will be Sight & Sound’s home games, which will be played at […]
Nine students of the Northwest Tae Kwon Do club attended Grandmaster Kang’s Can-Am games Tae Kwon Do tournament at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg on Saturday. All nine competed in the forms competition: •Terry Martin of Fort Frances (green belt blue stripe); •Dawn Martin of Fort Frances (green belt […]
A joint meeting between delegates of the Concerned Citizens’ Committee (Kenora) and the Fort Frances Community Action Group was held in Kenora on April 20. Both groups discussed the lack of citizen involvement in local municipal decisions due to special interest politics, which exclude the democratic rights of community taxpayers. […]
