From France to the Congo to Canada, Cyril Tirandaz has been far and wide on his travels. But he took time during his cross-Canada journey to stop at Fort Frances High School last week. He treated Dave Shuh’s grade 9/10 French Immersion/geography class to a presentation about his travels through […]
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The Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival Association recently started a fundraising campaign in an effort to meet the $8,500 it will cost to hold the festival next year. “The adjudicator fees keep going up,” noted association spokesman John Jankiewicz. “The bank account just isn’t as strong as it […]
Citing a need for some “self-nurturing” among district women, Devlin resident Judy McCoy will launch the inaugural “Woman’s Fall Fair” here Saturday. Slated to kick off at 12:30 p.m. in the Red Dog Inn ballroom, the four-hour event–billed as “Fun, friends, entertainment, and information”–will offer women access to various area […]
Union leaders representing hospital workers are calling on the Ontario Hospital Association to withdraw its request for a 20 percent wage rollback after revealing management in Toronto area hospitals received wage increases as high as 15 percent over the past two years. Instead, they’re asking the province for a 10 […]
In the past few years, much has been reported in the media about how all computers will “crash” with the dawn of the year 2000. In fact, the problem even has a name–Y2K. In a computerized world, one might think this could spell disaster for civilization as we know it. […]
Many families with young children stopped by the Fort Frances Toy Lending Resource Centre last Saturday morning to celebrate “National Family Week” like it was the Stone Age. Oct. 6-10 was officially “National Family Week,” a time to celebrate family by holding activities that served to bring members closer together. […]
The fall–and perhaps spring–spawn may fall victim to the low water levels but the Ministry of Natural Resources doesn’t feel it will have a devastating long-term effect on the fish population. Darryl McLeod, a biologist with the local Ministry of Natural Resources office, said the low water would mean more […]
Confusion over the education portion raised the most questions on the 1998 tax bills, treasurer Carol Busch and tax collector Ed Katona told town council last night. While in past years the school board set the levy, this year the province standardized it at .46 percent of current market value […]
A “Taste of India” benefit dinner and concert was held at Calvary Tabernacle on Sunday so the congregation could bid a fond farewell to Jennie Christopherson as she prepares to leave Oct. 24 from Winnipeg for a six-week missionary journey to India. Her visit will include stops in Calcutta, New […]
With a successful kick-off to their “buy a brick” campaign, the Rainy River Hospital fundraising committee wants to “strike while the iron is hot” and keep things in high gear. Co-chair Larry Armstrong said the committee “took a breather” for Thanksgiving after the first week yielded $16,500 in pledges on […]
CSSM rep Mark Mast reported a successful summer season for area Bible camps. “Once again, God has blessed us with a very rewarding summer,” said Mast, in his 12th summer of ministry in the Rainy River District. “There are many testimonies of individuals who had experienced the Lord in a […]
A great start! That’s how Mohamed Somji, new head coach of the Fort Frances Gymnastics Club, described his feelings towards this season. Just getting settled away from Toronto city life, he has found a new home at the gym club and coaches all the competitive programs as well as some […]
