“If you go out in the woods Friday, you’re in for a big surprise. If you go out in the woods Friday, you’ll . . . find no bears. But that’s because they’ll all be at the Fort Frances Public Library for the ever-popular Teddy Bear Picnic! “We have over […]
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Principal Don McBride welcomed everyone as Sturgeon Creek said farewell to its Grade 8 graduates. The theme for this year’s ceremony was “Dreaming, Believing and Achieving.” The gym was decorated with green/yellow balloons and streamers, with small lights inserted in them, to give it that enchanting atmosphere. Opening with “O […]
More than two weeks after torrential rains hit the district, the impact is still being felt. Couchiching First Nation ordered 6,000 sandbags from the Ministry of Transportation to deal with rising levels on Rainy Lake. Several homes there are in danger of flooding, with summer students having been enlisted to […]
After a slew of cancellations due to player shortages and Mother Nature, both local men’s and women’s soccer leagues are getting things back on track. A heartening sign was all scheduled games were completed last week—the first time that’s happened since the season began earlier this month. Entering this week’s […]
For the second year in a row, no election for the board of directors will be needed at Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc.’s annual general meeting here tomorrow. “We have one person stepping down, Linda Hamilton, and one person who applied for the position, so there’s not much of a […]
The Rainy River District School Board took time out Saturday night to say thank-you to its 16 teachers and staff members who are retiring this year as well as those who have reached 25 years of service. “I salute those who’ve spent 25 years in the profession of teaching. Twenty-five […]
The Rainy River District School Board is expected to pass its budget for the 2002-03 school year at a special meeting Wednesday night. But to keep the budget balanced, trustees will withdraw almost $200,000 from reserve funds. Laura Mills, chief financial officer for the board, said expenditures for salaries, benefits, […]
Ashley Dyson doesn’t know quite what to expect as she packs her bag for a month-long adventure. But this Friday, she and two other local students will leave to participate in the International Shad Valley program—developing science, technology, and entrepreneurial skills while meeting students from across the country and beyond. […]
Five-year-old Chandler Cousineau held his father’s hand as they walked around the track at Pither’s Point here Friday evening. Both wore dark blue ribbons pinned to their shirts. Both are cancer survivors. “He had thyroid cancer. We all had thyroid cancer,” Paul Cousineau said while walking the survivors’ lap to […]
Given the Northwest Ontario Recycling Association will be defunct as of June 30, “blue box” pickup here will be no more for at least two months as no company has been found to take over the service. But Fort Frances will try to get back on track and deliver the […]
More than 150 people from Northwestern Ontario told government what we can do—and how they can help—during the “Innovation Summit” meeting, organized by FedNor, on June 6 in Thunder Bay. I was one of eight facilitators, who had the task of guiding participants through a day of hard and fast […]
Citing a need for parity amid recent expansion, the Nor-WOSSA girls’ hockey conference will be split into two divisions next season. Sioux Lookout and St. Thomas Aquinas (Kenora)—which will unveil girls’ high school hockey programs this fall—will join Red Lake in the newly-formed ‘A’ division. Fort Frances, Dryden, and the […]
