Some grade seven students in the district will get chance to learn about the Rainy River now that the Rainy River Watershed “Riverwatch” program will fly. It got the nod to be included in the curriculum for the 1999-2000 at a special meeting of the Rainy River District School Board […]
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Things are coming together well as Emo prepares to stage its centennial celebrations next Thursday through Saturday. Mary Curtis, one of the organizers, said with a week to go, things are looking excellent so far. “If the weather holds, it will be perfect,” she remarked. Opening ceremonies are set to […]
If you were to tell John Willis to go fly a kite, he’d probably thank you for it. Willis and his wife, Katherine, will present Emo’s reeve and council with a kite fashioned in the shape of life-sized bald eagle during the community’s centennial celebrations next week. “It’s their town […]
Six children from Belarus should be in for an exciting six-week vacation next month when then are reunited with the host families that took them in last summer. With the youngsters slated to return July 6, the four host families–Cathy Zin and Terry Wilcott, Albert and Linda Beller, David and […]
There are missing buoys on Rainy Lake and that poses a safety concern, the coast guard has warned. “Our marine patrol has been out and they have made contact with the coast guard and notified them of the missing buoys,” Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said yesterday. Craig Coughlin, […]
Organizers of the “Canoe for Cancer” social next Wednesday at the Fort Frances Curling Club plan to donate the proceeds towards the purchase of furniture for a new chemotherapy room at La Verendrye hospital. The room, to be built when the emergency ward there is renovated, will be used strictly […]
Rainy River hospital will be getting an extra $350,000 it needs to run without going into a deficit after a series of meeting with Ministry of Health officials last Thursday. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., said they’re “delighted” with the decision after spending the past several […]
The Northwestern Health Unit yesterday issued a press release on the possible short and long-term effects of inhaling diesel fumes. But if that’s worrying residents of Central Avenue here affected by the diesel oil ground contamination from the nearby CN Rail site, they aren’t talking to the media about it. […]
Fort Frances once again is without a scheduled air link to Winnipeg after Nakina Air closed up shop here just 60 days after first offering its service. And the chances of landing another airline to pick up the service right now looks slim. Nakina Air pilot Greg Bourdignon said the […]
Is it an April Fool’s joke in June, or is there a black panther roaming around the west end of town? People claim to have seen the cat near the gravel pit owned by George Armstrong Co. Ltd. And now, a Lyndy Place resident said she caught it on videotape […]
It may be long way away from the “Rock” but the Newfie Connection and Craft Shop in Devlin may be a hit with mainlanders across the district. Owner Kim Mose figured about 200 people dropped by her store over its three-day grand opening last Thursday to Saturday, and they literally […]
The District 1A senior games will be held here next Wednesday to Friday, attracting more than 100 athletes from Dryden and Kenora to compete against Fort Frances. Local registration will take place next Tuesday from 8-10 a.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre. All other athletes can register there each day […]
