André Emond, foreground, and Jimmy Mack spent their last day of summer vacation fishing off the dock in Emo yesterday. Both boys entered Grade 7 at Donald Young School there this morning. —Heather Ogilvie photo
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Karl Howells held up one of the five fish he and partner Dale LaBelle caught for all to see at the final weigh-in of the International Falls Bass Championship on Saturday. They finished in second place with a two-day total weight of 28.57 pounds. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Isabella Ward, four, made sure to use the handrails as she descended from the school bus during the “First Rider” program at Robert Moore School on Thursday. She said she learned to stay seated while riding the bus. —Melanie Béchard photo
Talyia Wilcott shared a moment with her Grade 1 teacher, Marilyn Stinson, this morning on the first day of school. The two had a look at a new book while waiting for the bell to ring. Students across the district headed back to class today but take heart, kids—you’ve got […]
FORT FRANCES—With the town’s committee of adjustment having approved applications from Abitibi-Consolidated to sever its dam property here from the rest of the mill with the aim to start a separate hydro-generating asset, local unions made a plea at Monday night’s council meeting to stop the process and take more […]
CEP 92 recording secretary Alllan T. Bedard was just one of the local union representatives who stressed to council last night the need to stall Abitibi’s application to start a separate hydroelectric company here. —Duane Hicks photo
FORT FRANCES—Members of local unions were to speak at Monday night’s town council meeting to ask for more time to study the possible impact of splitting the power dam into a separate business here before any final decisions are made. “We will ask council to suspend the Abitibi application for […]
FORT FRANCES—With the nomination deadline still a month away, the local municipal election race already is starting to take shape with more nominees stepping forward. Andrew Hallikas, a former Fort High teacher and long-time Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation rep, filed his nomination papers to run for council last Wednesday. […]
With multiple fire starts over the weekend, Northwestern Ontario is seeing a return to “moderate” and “high” fire hazards. “There’s been an increase in dryer weather. We’ve seen sunny conditions for the last few days, and anticipate the continuation of sunnier, drier weather the new few days,” Ministry of Natural […]
FORT FRANCES—It was a record-setting day as the second-annual International Falls Bass Championship wrapped up Saturday. John Janousek and Chad Johnson finished atop the field of 60 teams with a two-day combined weight of 30.75 pounds—earning themselves the $10,000 (U.S.) first-place cheque. The duo’s catch easily eclipsed the standard set […]
Jean Dick captured the inaugural Heron Landing Ladies Open golf tournament yesterday, carding a 92 to edge out Sandy Windego by one stroke. Afterwards, Dick was happy with the win despite not playing her best round of golf. “It feels pretty good, actually,” she remarked. “I didn’t think I’d do […]
The “Make Shift” band of Kim Basaraba, left, John Dobransky, Randy Ball, and Geoff MacEachern (hidden) entertained the crowd yesterday at the eighth-annual Mud Lake City Music Fest. More than 650 people braved the hot sun to check out district talent, as well as enjoy refreshments and take in the […]
