Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan were not ranked among the 568 Ontario high schools included in a report released Wednesday by the Fraser Institute. Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District School Board, said Thursday morning he had no explanation for their omissions. He noted the […]
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Pending a decision from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, local radio station CFOB could be airing on the FM band by the end of the summer. CFOB owners, Fawcett Broadcasting Ltd., has applied to the CRTC for authority to convert the radio station from AM to FM, which would […]
Out of the 13 Muskies who competed in the NorWOSSA badminton finals Wednesday in Kenora, three will be heading back there next Tuesday (April 24) for the NWOSSAA showdown. Senior mixed doubles’ partners Jamie Booth and Siobhan Devlin, and senior girls’ singles competitor Tara Svoboda, advanced after placing in the […]
Two men have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 38-year-old Sandy Lake man. Jason Kakegamic, 28, and Theodore Knott, 20, are in custody after police connected them with the death of Mervin Meekis, whose body was found several kilometers from Sandy Lake on Sunday. […]
Two years ago, it was an exciting initiative–a step in the right direction in terms of development in the technological sector. But this year, the doors at the Sunset Country Call Centre in Atikokan will be quietly closing. With the latest in technology and the potential to provide services for […]
Stress is mounting in Ontario jails because of provincial policies, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union said. The union is speaking out in reaction to the Harris government’s criticism of the amount of sick days taken by employees of Ontario’s correctional facilities. “The Harris government is deliberately making scapegoats of […]
St. Francis students Matthew Parent and Laura Busch are tops at speaking French. At least, that’s what the judges felt after the pair won the Core and French Immersion divisions at the annual district French speech contest last Tuesday at the Emo Inn. Parent won the judges over with his […]
Meals on Wheels has been serving the people of Fort Frances for 28 years and long-time member Marg Rousseau is hoping the tradition will continue. “It started back in 1973 when some people got together and decided to form Meals on Wheels,” Rousseau said Monday. “Our program was created to […]
Alberton residents will make an appeal to save their community school Wednesday night when they attend a public session for the collective design process of an expanded J.W. Walker School. “Our main goal is we’d like to see our school stay open,” said parent Danielle Robinson. “We’ll be presenting them […]
Chariot races have been selected as the main entertainment of this year’s Emo Fair in August. Following on the heels of last year’s horse rodeo, teams of horses–with chariots in tow–will gallop around the oval of the Emo speedway in both flat and Ben Hur races. “They’re teams of two […]
The Riverside Breast Education Clinic and Northwestern Ontario Breast Screening Program held an open house last Wednesday at La Verendrye hospital here to celebrate the two groups decision to come together and provide better services for women of all ages. The open house, which took place at 1 p.m. on […]
About 30 people heard ideas on the way the Internet can have an impact on commerce after attending an e-business conference hosted by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. over two days last week at the Red Dog. “I thought it was informative, and it gave us some ideas as […]
