Since January, the Multicultural Youth Council, in affiliation with the United Native Friendship Centre here, has been making cross-cultural understanding among local teens its top priority. Now the council has been given the chance to really shine when it brings youth groups from across the region to the Northwestern Ontario […]
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Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. has been given another extension for submitting its budget to the Ministry of Health, it was announced at the regular monthly board meeting here last Thursday night. “The Ministry of Health had originally required us to submit our budget on Feb. 1,” noted Riverside CEO […]
Lorne Elliott doesn’t like to tout his own talent. Fortunately, others are more than willing to do it for him. When the host of CBC Radio’s “Madly Off in All Directions” was asked what people could expect from his stand-up comedy routine being staged here Friday night at Robert Moore […]
The local Sears outlet will soon join some 100 others across Canada as a dealer store. And with that comes plans to expand the retail space here to include the front portion of the Scott Street building which formerly housed Wood’s Sewing Centre. Within the next few weeks, the front […]
Fort Frances entrepreneur Mark Faragher of Nova Body Works, located in the town’s industrial park, has given people easier access to some of his locally-made fibreglass products by setting up shop downtown. Known as “Factory Outlet,” the store–located at 509 Portage Ave. (formerly Cripes, It’s a Castle)–already is attracting customers […]
After six weeks of training, 15 young adults aged 19-29 are now working at jobs they never dreamed of after beginning their six-week placements through the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living’s “Youth at Risk” program. “They’ve worked really hard over these past weeks,” said project co-ordinator Allene […]
Thanks to a provincial grant, a new program being implemented at Fort High this year will help some students make the transition to the job market a little easier. Named “Bridges: School to Work Transition Grant,” the proposal to get a program up and running here was submitted to the […]
If you want a sneak peek at this year’s crop of bulls that will be up for sale later this month from the Rainy River District Bull Test Station, you should check out its annual open house Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Charolais, Simmental, Hereford, Angus, and Gelbvieh are the […]
Eight local athletes from the Fort Frances Trampoline Club travelled to Thunder Bay last weekend to compete in the provincial qualifier at the Confederation College Bubble. Kaela Hahkala placed first in the Prov. 1 female trampoline category to earn a gold medal while Leah Nowak placed third for a bronze […]
The Muskie mixed curling team, led by skip Scott Gosman, cruised to a perfect 5-0 record at the NorWOSSA playdowns here earlier this week. But because there is no NWOSSAA competition in the mixed division, the black-and-gold did not advance to the next level. Gosman’s rink, which included Gary Pattison, […]
The local Bantam ‘AA’ B•Macs fell 7-4 to the Morden Reds on Sunday in the consolation final of a tournament in Brandon. The B•Macs had trailed 4-0 after the first period but they fought back to pull within 4-2. But the Reds scored one more in the second to make […]
Causeway Cougars finished in fourth place at an Atom ‘A’ tournament in Grand Rapids, Mn. last weekend, dropping a 4-1 decision to Hermantown in the third-place game Sunday. The Cougars dominated play, especially in the early going, and outshot Hermantown 28-9 but still came out on the short end on […]
