The spirit of community service is alive and well at Robert Moore School. The school’s Builders Club—a junior version of the Kiwanis Club—held its installation of officers Thursday night. Tanner Bell was named president, Carra Onichuk vice-president, Jenna Wilson secretary, and Alexa Lesperance treasurer. Also installed into office were Paige […]
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FORT FRANCES—An immigration study completed by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. has been reviewed by the Regional Economic Development Committee (REDC), and the RRFDC now will move forward with some of the recommendations in the report. “The primary step is to put together some kind of immigration committee to […]
FORT FRANCES—A slight delay in the availability of a new transformer for the Fort Frances Museum means staff won’t be moving back into the building until early January, instead of next month as originally planned. “The contractors will essentially have everything else done by then,” museum curator Pam Hawley noted. […]
EMO —It’s a country club, but not the elite, exclusive, social retreat that may come to mind. Instead, the Emo Community Country Club, hosted by the Emo-La Vallee Healthy Communities Coalition, is an initiative enabling district senior citizens to explore the world by gathering to hear residents speak about different […]
Aquanaut Caitlin Sande took part in the club’s time trials last Thursday. Fourteen of the club’s competitive swimmers competed against the clock for the first time this season at the Memorial Sports Centre pool. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Taya Carlson checked out the spooky decor at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday afternoon. In addition to selling pumpkins for jack o’ lanterns, Lowey’s Greenhouses had set up a “haunted house” area at the market to provide some complimentary Hallowe’en chills. —Duane Hicks photo
Bernice Campbell, right, displayed several items—walking sticks, necklaces, and wooden figures—she acquired from the time she had spent in Kenya, Africa during the first meeting of the Emo Community Country Club on Thursday. The club, which is hosted by the Emo-La Vallee Healthy Communities Coalition, is an initiative allowing seniors […]
A bewitching batch of petrifying pumpkins were up for grabs Saturday at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s fourth-annual pumpkin raffle. This year’s fundraiser, which featured jack o’ lanterns decorated by Foundation special events committee members, CVFM vendors, and Fine Line Art Gallery artists, […]
Kaela Lowey, left, Savannah Woods, Emily Hyatt, Jessica Ash, and Jewel Kozik were all smiles at the Hallowe’en party for junior students at St. Francis School yesterday afternoon. Activities included face-painting, limbo, a hockey shoot-out, music, and caricatures by local artist Al Holt. Proceeds from the party will be shared […]
The Fort Frances OPP is investigating the theft of a boat and motor. Sometime last week, someone stole an Aluminaire skiff with a 25 h.p. Yamaha motor that was parked in the alleyway of the 600 block of Armit Avenue. Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call […]
While there has been a delay in planned renovations at the local Canada Safeway store, the changes will go ahead and are expected to be completed in December. “Plans haven’t changed for that store. They are proceeding,” said John Graham, manager of public affairs for Canada Safeway. “However, they were […]
Most of the eligible voters in Fort Frances should have received their mail-in ballot packages by now for the Nov. 13 election, and in fact a total of 275 ballots already have come back. But town clerk and returning officer Glenn Treftlin said yesterday afternoon it’s quite likely there’s at […]
