Do you have any cans of old paint, thinner, used motor oil, or old batteries kicking around in the garage? How about pails of anti-freeze? These kinds of things can be difficult to dispose of in a responsible manner, but on Saturday, May 14, you’ll have an opportunity to do […]
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Like a piano falling on a Looney Tunes character, the feeling hit Caroline Spencer. She started her walk to the pitch relaxed and cool like Bugs Bunny, but halfway onto the field is when her dormant character—resembling a nervous Daffy Duck—came to the surface. “I wasn’t nervous in the slightest […]
The Aquanauts swm club sent 12 swimmers down to the KSS Spring Invitational Swim Meet on April 22-24 in Kenora. Here are their individual results: •Christopher Allan (12)—50m Free (5th, 53.59); 50m Back (2nd, 54.43); 100m Breast (3rd, 2:31.38), 100m IM (5th, 2:13.21), 100m Free (5th, 1:58.14), 100m Back (DQ), […]
One of the challenges facing members of the committee planning next year’s all-Ontario boys’ hockey tournament here is to not only run the event but to have it “etched in people’s minds,” according to co-convener Terry Ogden. Things certainly are looking good so far. Issues are being dealt with, ideas […]
As good as it gets. That’s what was inscribed on a dark blue shirt worn by Simone Desjardins, who qualified for the OFSAA badminton championships after taking the NWOSSA senior girls’ gold medal last Wednesday in Manitouwadge, which is about a 12-hour trip—”It was pretty tiring.” But things could get […]
When Al Pacino speaks, people listen. So when Michael Corleone spoke, the Muskies opened their eardrums to the man known in other circles as Scarface. On the way to the pitch to play in a semi-final game at the St. John’s Ravenscourt soccer tournament this past weekend in Winnipeg, Chris […]
A Red Lake OPP officer stopped a pickup truck speeding on Highway 105, just south of Ear Falls, on Saturday. Upon further investigation, it was determined that illegal drugs were located in the vehicle. A quantity of marijuana, with an approximate street value of $8,300, and cocaine, with an estimated […]
To celebrate “Community Living Month,” the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living announced its name has changed to “Community Living Fort Frances and District” yesterday afternoon. “This year, we are celebrating 40 years of providing support to individuals with an intellectual disability,” said Denise Bliss, chairperson of the […]
A pilot program conducted in schools in the Rainy River District and aimed at helping students of Aboriginal heritage succeed in school has been proven effective and will be replicated in eight district school boards and ten district school authorities in the Thunder Bay region. The project, called “Learning to […]
Fort Frances town council passed its 2005 budget last night, which means an overall 2.05 tax increase to property owners. This levy increase amounts to a 2.75 percent hike for residential property owners. For those with property assessed at $100,000, this would mean a hike of about $48.07 to their […]
With most recent numbers showing an overall tax increase of 2.05 percent, town council will reveal the 2005 budget to the public on Monday night and then vote to adopt it. The public meeting is scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. Like last year, it will include a Power Point […]
A group of students at J.W. Walker School are trying to save up some money to buy an ox. Not for themselves, but for a needy community in Africa. A number of Grade 8 students are organizing an aptly-named silent “ox”tion to purchase an ox through World Vision Canada. The […]
