The provincial budget unveiled last week by Finance minister Dwight Duncan is drawing mixed reaction from provincial leaders and local sectors concerning the budget’s benefit to Rainy River District. The McGuinty government touted the budget as one that makes major new investments in skills, infrastructure, and innovation to encourage economic […]
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Prompted by concerns over the orderly flow of traffic back to the U.S. during tourist season, combined with problems during the reconstruction of Central Avenue last summer, town council formed a border traffic committee last fall to help improve flow of both local and visitor traffic in the year ahead. […]
FORT FRANCES—Award-winning Canadian author and presenter David Bouchard offered an important message about literacy last week to a number of area students, as well as some parents. “Reading is not just about success, but about feeling good,” Bouchard stressed to Grade 6-8 students at Robert Moore School on Thursday afternoon. […]
For the first time in its history, a junior rink captured the Alexander Keith’s Men’s International Bonspiel held over the weekend at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Club committee chair Tom Fry, also a longtime coach with the Muskie curling program, appeared to be only half-joking when he called it […]
Aimed at helping people who may be at risk for developing a chronic disease, as well as for people and their families who are managing one, the inaugural chronic disease management symposium here Saturday proved to be a hit, drawing more than 170 people. “I think it went really well,” […]
Public info session set for April 3– A salvage operation proposed to reduce the fire hazard presented by dead and dying trees in the Lake Despair area will be the focus of an open house tomorrow (April 3) at the Naicatchewenin community hall. The open house will give the public […]
FORT FRANCES—After years of planning to build a new Fort Frances Public Library, the Rainy River District School Board is now suggesting a new proposal be considered for the facility. The board is proposing to have the library built in conjunction with a new Robert Moore School here. The board […]
Cathy Richards, left, and her mother, Jean, pored over the artwork Robert Moore students in Rhian McIvor’s Grade 6 class created for the upcoming “Think Green” exhibit at the Fine Line Art Gallery on Mowat Avenue. Cathy Richards taught art to McIvor’s class, getting the students to use recyclables and […]
Madison Krikke, left, and McKenna Soderholm, both Grade 3 students at Robert Moore School and members of the environmental club there, turned off the lights near the school’s office Friday morning. From 10-11 a.m., staff and students held a promotional “Earth Hour,” turning off all lights in the building. The […]
Joe Orr, the new pastor at Off Lake Covenant Church, is pictured with his wife, Lorna, and their son, Justin. The family moved to the area earlier this year from Brazil, and are settling in just fine.
Teenage girls were enthralled with superstar “Conrad Birdie” (played by Alex Marusyk) in a scene from “Bye Bye Birdie,” which was staged by Fort Frances High School students last Wednesday through Saturday at the Townshend Theatre.
Visiting skaters Michaela and Scott Botsford demonstrate some of the moves that won them the BMO Merit Award for performance and technique at the Western Challenge back in December. The pair were on hand for the Border Skating Club’s “Disney Magic” ice show.
