A good safety idea or a colossal waste of money? Students at Fort Frances High School appear split on the public school board’s latest initiative to install security cameras on its buses. Trustees made the decision at the board’s regular meeting here last week. Chair Gord McBride said the cameras […]
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Nine child victims of the fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident will be coming to Rainy River District for six weeks this summer as part of a national Canadian relief effort. Susan Affleck of Rainy River, who works with the local movement of the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims […]
Plans are in the advanced stage for the Emo Figure Skating Club’s annual ice show slated Sunday, March 15 from 1-4 p.m. Dress rehearsal will be Wednesday, March 11 from 4-7 p.m. All parents have their instructions indicating what number(s) their child(ren) will be participating in, and what is required […]
What the stampede is to Calgary, the bass tournament is to Fort Frances. That’s how Mayor Glenn Witherspoon summed up the annual three-day event in July after the results of an economic impact study, done by the Rainy River Future Development Corp., were released at Monday night’s council meeting. It […]
Last week was graduation day for students at Sturgeon Creek and Donald Young School who participated in the Drug Awareness Resistance Education (DARE) program taught by Fort Frances OPP Cst. Mark Boileau. Students had to write an essay on “Ways to Say No” after viewing skits on the subject. Sturgeon […]
La Vallee council is puzzled after being told it will be subsidizing child care on an 20/80 split with the province starting this year. It isn’t sure if the $4,000 it’s been told to pay by the province will go to the private-owned day care centre operated at Crossroads School […]
Donald Young School’s inaugural career fair for students in grades seven and eight last Friday passed the test with flying colours, scoring high marks with both teachers and students. DYS teacher Kim Bolen and principal Nancy Fretter, who organized the fair, were all smiles as students from their school, Sturgeon […]
This is the month to think about your heart–yours and everybody else’s. February is “Heart Month,” and the heart flag is now up at the Civic Centre to remind people that this is the month when we pledge to try to beat down Canada’s #1 killer. In Fort Frances this […]
The Fort Frances Visserettes and Boys Artistic competitive team travelled to Red Lake last weekend to challenge ones from Red Lake, Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Sioux Lookout at an inter-club meet. Our gymnasts performed very well and came home loaded with medals, ribbons, and trophies. Representing the Regional boys from […]
The Atikokan Angels skated away with the gold medal in both the Belle and Tween divisions at a ringette tournament in Emo last weekend. In the Belle final against the Emo Bandits, the Angels skated hard, handled the “puck” with authority, and shut down Emo’s offence, especially in the second […]
For the first time ever, a Fort Frances Special Olympics curling team will hit the ice in an exhibition game later this month against a squad from Kenora. “Curling so far is a demonstration sport but it will be the next one in line [to be accredited],” Special Olympics community […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team continued its offensive woes in Kenora, dropping a 53-35 decision to the host Broncos in NorWOSSA action yesterday afternoon. “We continue to have a lack of scoring punch,” co-coach Paul Noonan said afterwards. “We missed easy shots and missed lay-ups. “We just couldn’t seem […]
