One local student is getting ready to embark on a voyage of discovery this summer after qualifying for an exclusive educational experience with the Shad Valley program. The two-phase program will see Amy Gill, a grade 11 student at Fort High, spend four weeks at one of nine Canadian universities […]
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The question wasn’t how fast but how far? When Fort High teacher Gord Witherspoon brought his Grade 11 Transport Technology class down to Brainerd, Mn. last week to compete in the Super Mileage Challenge, he had confidence in them. But he had no idea they would do so well. “We […]
David Barron met his first captive audience last week as the published author/illustrator of a children’s book, “The Adventures of Bob and Red,” presented and read the story to a grade three/four class at Robert Moore School here. The book, which the Barwick youth, now 11, wrote when he was […]
The Muskies opened the NorWOSSA championship here today knowing the could have–and should have–done better than their 2-2 record at an exhibition tournament in Kenora last weekend. They blew away the Sioux Lookout Warriors 4-0 and Red Lake Rams 7-0 but had trouble finishing their scoring chances in a pair […]
Coming off a 3-1 record at last weekend’s second exhibition tournament in Kenora, the Muskie girls’ soccer team is confident it will be moving on to the NWOSSAA playoffs. Of course, they have to win NorWOSSA gold first. Because the Muskies finished the exhibition season with a 6-1-1 record, they’ll […]
With the Muskie spring football camp wrapping up tonight at Westfort, the coaches have come away feeling the team will be much younger–and less experienced–than in past seasons. But even though several players in key positions will be gone due to graduation, head coach Bob Swing was impressed by the […]
The U.S. government has taken action regarding an ongoing dispute between Minnesota and Ontario over fishing restrictions in place on Rainy River and Lake of the Woods. Betty Wires, Lake of the Woods supervisor for the Ministry of Natural Resources, said it appears the state has opted to ignore the […]
The task of chairing the biggest event in Fort Frances is–without question–a difficult one.
Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton will host a guest from the Orient this September, it was revealed at the Northwest Catholic District School Board meeting Saturday. “We applied, as a school, to receive a Japanese intern through the International Internship Program,” OLW principal Linda Huntley told trustees. […]
Envoy Eric Alcock of the local Salvation Army and two soldiers from the Citadel passed out leaflets at the driveway to the East End Hall yesterday to protest what they termed “the dark powers” of the psychic fair being held there. Their presence sparked a brief but testy confrontation when […]
Under a new program started last November at Fort Frances High School to recognize the academic success of students there, discount cards entitled all Honour Roll students to special privileges at businesses throughout the district. These privileges were available to any students who attained Honour Roll status (80 percent or […]
Although le Conseil Scolaire de Catholique des Aurores Boreales definitely will be setting up a school here in September, a few details still need to be cleared up when the board’s director and school’s principal come to town next week. “On May 27, we will be holding an admission committee […]
