A final tally on proceeds from the 22nd-annual Kiwanis TV Auction, held Saturday afternoon on Videon Channel 11, won’t be known for another week or so as the local club wraps up some loose ends. “I think [the proceeds] are close to $13,500 but that’s not our profit–we still have […]
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“I did pretty good holding up the rain,” said Dave Debungie, traditional native watchman and interpreter, as he stood in a smoking field of charred grass. “I had a ceremony,” he remarked calmly as a few hundred metres behind him, a line of fire still burned across a second field […]
Festival awards handed out at highlights concert •Ralph Whetstone Band Trophy (Best Band)–Fort Frances High School Senior Band (“River of Life”) •Harper Simmons Trophy (Best brass solo performer)–Jason Godin and Christine Sletmoen •Highlights Concert Award (French Choral Speaking)–St. Michael’s School, grade three-five (“Le Crabe”) •CWL Award (Choral Speaking, Primary Level)–Robert […]
Mentoring for teachers, use of math exemplars, and summer school are all strategies the Rainy River District School Board plans to use to improve math performance in grade 3/6 testing, assistant superintendent Betty Ann LaRocque told trustees at last night’s regular meeting here. After seeing grade six students score four […]
If you ask Lori Caul of Fort Frances what she thinks about the quality of care given at the Continuing Care Unit of La Verendrye hospital here, don’t expect a brief reply–and don’t expect anything less than oodles of praise. “Oh, I couldn’t say enough [good] about it,” Caul, whose […]
A special celebration was held last Wednesday and Thursday at Big Grassy First Nation to mark the long-awaited land claim settlement involving the bridge over the Big Grassy River. Festivities included a hoop dancer, a drum ceremony, outdoor activities, a fish fry, and fireworks. Community members also were honoured with […]
Students from the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program in Stratton flagged down vehicles passing by Canadian Tire here Saturday for a fundraising car wash. Students from grades 10-12 raised more then $1,100 washing vehicles and selling baked goods to fund a week-long trip to Minneapolis. “We’re hoping to do some stuff […]
The FFHS Millennium Reunion organizing committee has received word the golf tournament, slated to take place on the first day of the reunion, is virtually full. Organizer Freddie Beck reported that as of a week ago, 96 of the 100 openings available were filled. And it’s expected the remaining four […]
As the Muskie boys’ soccer team continues to practice for this weekend’s season-opening tournament in Winnipeg, there is still plenty of things to go over. Like students cramming for an exam, the Muskies have been hitting the field extra hard this past week to get ready. And there hasn’t been […]
As the Muskie girls’ soccer team heads into their first action of the season this weekend in Winnipeg, head coach Struchan Gilson will use the exhibition games to gauge how good they are. “We will get a really good look and find out what we got,” Gilson said yesterday morning. […]
As Heather Ash and Melissa Gunsolus prepare for a women’s exhibition hockey series in Blaine, Mn. next month, it could very well be the most important games of their young careers. Ash (goalie) and Gunsolus (forward) are Fort Frances players who starred for the Thunder Bay Midget ‘AA’ Queens this […]
Despite finishing 23.5 points out of first place at the provincial five-pin bowling championships in Thunder Bay last weekend, settling for the bronze medal, Dino Morelli Sr. of Fort Frances figured they could have quite easily won the gold. Joining Morelli on the strong Sunset Country men’s team was a […]
