Last year, the students at Donald Young School in Emo raised $2,100 during the annual Terry Fox Run for cancer, and were treated to a pancake breakfast served up by the staff. This year, the students were challenged to raise $2,500. And if they did so, they again would receive […]
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Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada will be conducting slash pile burning on the Crossroute Forest operations from Oct. 1-March 10, 2006. This burning will take place along the Mathieu, Pipestone, Cedar Narrows, Turtle River, Trout, Manion, Sunshine, Flanders, Camp River, and Hardtrack road systems. In addition, slash pile burning will take […]
I’m in my 40s and I have never seen so many bears, or heard of so many bear sightings, in all my years until this summer. The spring bear hunt was cancelled in 1999 due to the persuasive voice of animal rights activists. These animal rights activists are very well-organized, […]
Joining other communities across Canada on Sunday, local residents showed they also wanted to honour Terry Fox on the 25th anniversary of his “Marathon of Hope” and ended up turning this year’s run into one of the best in years. While organizer Denise Audette still was waiting for pledges to […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board is creating a French Immersion committee to help deal with the difficulties the program is having in Fort Frances. At its first regular meeting of the new school year, held Saturday at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton, the board discussed the […]
Alberton council voted last Wednesday night to improve rail crossings at Watson Road and Station Road in order to keep them open for public use. At last month’s meeting, council heard from CN Public Works officer Randy Domstad, who said there were safety issues at both of those crossings. One […]
You know, for a math teacher, John Gibson has a way with words. That’s apparent with his letter to the parents of students, who are part of the four Muskie court teams, in which he opened with a statement of emphasis: “Congratulations! Your son/daughter has recently been chosen as a […]
He’s baaaaack. After a six-year absence from the position, former Fort High principal Ian Simpson is back as a coach for the Muskies. He and his daughter, Marla, are heading this year’s senior girls’ basketball team and he’s loving every minute of it. “It’s wonderful being back,” Simpson remarked. “I’ve […]
A crowd of players with the stress levels of Bill Clinton after his scandal with Monica Lewinsky was uncovered crammed outside of the doorway to the Muskie locker-room waiting to be called in, where they would be told either “yea” or “nay.” Inside that locker-room last Thursday night were the […]
The good news for the Muskies heading into their game here last Friday against the Sturgeon Creek Schooners was that they knew they could beat them. They did that in an exhibition game last season by a score of 18-0—and had won the previous four match-ups with the Schooners, who […]
Glenn Mills and Johnny Lundon, the assistant professionals at Kitchen Creek Golf Club here, teed off today at the 2005 Titleist & Footjoy Canadian PGA Assistants’ Championship near Toronto. Lundon teed off at 11:54 a.m. today and then will do so again at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow. Mills, meanwhile, got going […]
Nomination forms for the 10th-annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce business awards are now available, with the deadline to return them being Friday, Sept. 30. Chamber office manager Dawn Booth noted the nomination forms are available at the Chamber office (474 Scott St.) as well as at various locations around […]
