Susie Aikenhead first picked up a badminton racket this season a couple of weeks before her first tournament. Many of her opponents at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury last week play the sport on a 12-month basis. But that didn’t stop the 18-year-old Rainy River native from smashing her way to […]
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With Emo Speedway’s opener slated this Saturday, the local track is looking to duplicate the success of last season. Track president Ken Perry said the car count for the season-opener is good, with a “few extra” street stock cars, the usual modifieds, and mini sprints coming from Hibbing and Greenbush, […]
A number of Fort Frances residents gathered last Thursday evening at the home of Michael Bird to welcome a group of Italians here on an exchange. “The way of life is very different for many reasons,” said Italian resident Umberto Massafra. “Everything is larger than in Italy. There is lots […]
Dear sir: The bridge toll blues. For those who do not know, the original bridge was opened for highway traffic in 1912. The cost of building it–$107,754. One could assume the original bridge has been paid for a number of times. Please, spare me the tears regarding the painting and […]
Customers of Northwoods Gallery and Gifts finally will get to see the result of two months of renovations when owners Connie and Doug Cuthbertson open their latest expansion Friday. Northwoods will delay opening its doors that day until 11 a.m., with extended hours until 7 p.m. The latest addition increases […]
A number of questions remain following Friday’s announcement that the Fort Frances jail will be closed in the spring of 2004 in the wake of a “super jail” earmarked for Thunder Bay. “The details haven’t been worked out yet,” Ministry of Correctional Services spokesman Ross Virgo admitted. The Fort Frances […]
Those waiting to put that old couch out on the curb after spring cleaning may have to take it to the dump themselves as Fort Frances High School students won’t be doing their annual town clean-up this year. “It’s a big disappointment for a lot of people,” said retired teacher […]
With just 77 days to go until the parade of boats, the countdown for the sixth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is well underway. FFCBC board member Doug Cain gave an update to council at Monday night’s meeting, and stressed many changes have taken place since the first three-day tournament […]
After receiving provincial construction grants totalling $818,000, Fort Frances will begin a project to widen King’s Highway between York Avenue and Wright Avenue. The money has been handed over to cover a number of construction costs, some of which already have been completed by the town. “There’s two seasons in […]
“They’re like bricks in the foundation–they really are.” That’s what a former patient of La Verendrye, who wished to remain anonymous, had to say about the impact of the local hospital auxiliary on health services there. “The members of that organization have grounded in this hospital so many more accomplishments […]
Mathematics education has changed greatly since the Conservative government instituted the new mathematics curriculum in 1997, bringing it more in line with standards across North America. Instead of learning rote arithmetic, students even in the primary grades are acquiring beginning concepts from the strands of algebra, geometry, measurement, and data […]
When Geraldine Spence raised her hand to bid on the “Trail of Gold” print by Jake Vandenbrink at the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet here Friday night, she got caught up in the moment as auctioneer Telford Advent spurred on the offers. After a couple of minutes of lively and jovial […]
