The human brain. It’s our thought processor, movement co-ordinator, analyzer, responder–our personal information highway. Suspensed in cerebral spinal fluid and the thickness of three pennies of surrounding skull are all that protects it. June is national Brain Injury Awareness Month–a campaign for greater understanding that will be highlighted locally when […]
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A group of residents from both sides of the border have joined forces to push for a new bridge to span Rainy River between Fort Frances and International Falls to replace the privately-owned one. “It didn’t take long to realize that there was something wrong about having the only local […]
After four months of deliberating and a second round of voting, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB) finally has settled on an apportionment formula. DSSAB members spent hours discussing the formula which determines how much each municipality will be levied by DSSAB, eventually choosing the second of […]
After spending 60-plus hours a week working as a family physician in Calgary, you wouldn’t think Dr. Ted Jablonski would have much energy left over to do anything else–let alone release a CD. But “Dr. J.” did just that, releasing “Floating”–featuring 10 original songs–in April through Goget’m Productions. Dr J., […]
“You want to cruise? Then dump the booze!” Those were the winning words penned by Tara Hahkala, an 18-year-old student at Fort Frances High School, who was one of eight provincial winners of the “Tell it Real” alcohol awareness contest. “I think it is really good,” Hahkala said yesterday. “I […]
With 48 students enrolled in summer school next month, the Rainy River District School Board will be offering instruction at four sites across the district. “With the funding provided by the high enrolment, parents should be happy we’re providing this all across the district,” assistant superintendent Betty Ann LaRocque said […]
Beatrice Fines is 83 years old, lives in Winnipeg, and has done things many people only dream about–like writing a book. “This is my first published collection of short stories,” Fines, a former Fort Frances resident, said Tuesday from her home in Winnipeg. Entitled “Neighbours,” it is due out sometime […]
In a move to reduce transportation costs, students from both the Rainy River District School Board and Northwest Catholic District School Board may be riding the same bus down the road. “We’re working with the [Catholic board] to combine our transportation needs, and so far, we’re negotiating our operator contracts,” […]
“The program says ‘graduation’ but it’s really more of a celebration of these students’ success.” And so with those words of Delbert Horton, CEO of Seven Generations Education Institute, began the school’s 12th-annual graduation at the Red Dog Inn last Thursday afternoon. Not only were 29 graduates were honoured with […]
A Chapple couple has been stocking up on antiques all winter in preparation for the opening of their new business–Mather Creek Antiques and Collectibles–on July 1. Karl and Sherry VanHeyst will set up shop along Highway 71 about five miles north of the junction of Highway 11. In the meantime, […]
The seeding is coming to an end at the Emo Research Station, and plots of experimental crops can be seen from the highway in different hues of green. “We need a few days of good weather,” noted research technician Kim-Jo Bliss, who has been rushing to plant her crops between […]
Despite a loss of up 30 students over the past several years, and with an estimated six more gone next year, rumours that Rainy River High School may close are not true, the director of education for the local public school board said. Education director Warren Hoshizaki. “I think every […]
