Parents Angela Haw, left, Bridget Beck, and Roberta Bird worked with tangrams in a geometery workshop during the “Families Learning Together” literacy celebration at Donald Young School on Thursday. Parents were learning techniques and activities to help their children at home. —Heather Ogilvie photo
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Museum curator Pam Halwey loaded yet another box into a town van while making the move to the newly-renovated Fort Frances Museum on Monday afternoon. Museum staff, with a helping hand from the likes of Public Works and the local Pathfinders, have been moving items from its temporary location at […]
Muskie boys’ goaltender David Moen made a sprawling save on International Falls Broncos’ forward Mike Demuth during exhibition play on Monday night at Bronco Arena. Despite the stop on Demuth, the Muskies lost 3-1 to the Falls’ Broncos.—Alex Cruickshank photo
Canadian TV personality Dini Petty kept the audience of about 100 people engrossed with true stories abut her life during her show, “A ‘Broad’ View,” on Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre. The show, which was brought here by “tour de Fort” and sponsored by several local businesses, was a […]
The Muskie hockey teams met with mixed results in their exhibition showdowns against International Falls last night at Bronco Arena. The girls’ squad got the evening off to a positive start with a 4-2 victory over their Bronco counterparts. The celebration proved to be short-lived, though, as the Muskie boys […]
After first expanding its investigation to include the Atikokan and Fort Frances areas, Dryden OPP now has turned its eyes south of the border in the search for a missing person. Shaun Peters, 32, of Dryden went missing on Saturday (Jan. 27). The snowmachine he was driving subsequently has been […]
FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has learned it will have access to $600,000 in joint federal and provincial funding for a program designed to help keep seniors in their homes longer. The Seniors Quality of Life Support Program (SQLSP) “would assist senior homeowner households with affordability […]
FORT FRANCES—As town council and management continue to work through the 2007 budget process, some good news was announced Monday—the operating deficit has been reduced from $1.3 million to a more manageable $352,000. “There’s a host things we got rid of,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig explained. “Equipment purchases, vehicle […]
Museum curator Pam Halwey hefted another box onto the mountain of items that have been moved into the newly-renovated Fort Frances Museum yesterday afternoon. Museum staff, with a helping hand from the likes of Public Works and the local Pathfinders, have been moving items from its temporary location at 334 […]
FORT FRANCES—With talk about financing, community ownership, and the Family Health Team model stemming back to the fall of 2005, the town will give local residents an update as to the future of the Fort Frances Clinic at a meeting scheduled for Monday, March 5. “Council has been very active […]
Six bowlers from Plaza Lanes advanced to the provincial round of the Open roll-offs after the zone round was held here over the weekend. Qualifying for the men’s team were Ken Dick, who finished the two-day, 20-game roll-off in fourth place with a 242 average, and Jamie McKenny, who was […]
A proposed merger between Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater Inc. announced this morning has Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada representatives wondering what the unexpected news will mean to mill operations here and elsewhere. “I’m always concerned when you get two major players merge, and they say there will be ‘syngeries’ realized,” […]
