Duane Hicks Local MPP Howard Hampton chatted with nurses Cheryl Kawulia, Wendy Anderson, and Amanda Meeks this morning as nurse practitioner Marlis Thiessen took his blood pressure at the Fort Frances Community Clinic. May 10-16 is National Nursing Week.
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Bryce Forbes Fourth-grade student Missy Hammond wrote her name on the SmartBoard at Robert Moore School yesterday evening as part of Rainy River District School Board’s Classroom Technology Night. The board was passing along information to parents about the new technology that soon will be available to its students.
Peggy Revell Carter Payne, Rowan Donaldson, and Elizabeth Cousineau joined in with their instruments to the “marching band” at the final Storytime held yesterday morning at the Fort Frances Public Library. The library will be closed from May 17-31 so staff and volunteers can move to the new facility adjacent […]
Bryce Forbes Enrique Valencia, a performer from the Shrine Circus, wowed a packed Memorial Sports Centre on Tuesday afternoon with his balancing act. The circus performed a pair of shows as part of their annual stop through Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba.
Peggy Revell St. Francis students John Piotrowski and Josh Cousineau checked out the Chilean Rose Tarantula that was part of the travelling exhibit brought in to the school today from the Newfoundland Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion. The visit gave students a sometimes hands-on opportunity to learn about snakes, scorpions, spiders, […]
Peggy Revell Some of F.H. Huffman School’s last students, Shayden Whitecrow, Gabe Hyatt, and Mackenzie Mainville, alongside the portrait of their school’s namesake, held up a few photos from past decades that have been collected in anticipation of the school’s open house set for Friday, May 28 from 4-7 p.m. […]
Duane Hicks Lorie Walynski, left, and Barb Wilson discussed Shannon Neilson-Kawulia’s mixed media piece, “Reflections,” on Thursday evening during the opening of the “Go For Gold” exhibit at the Fine Line Art Gallery here. The art exhibit will continue through May and into June.
Dave Ogilvie The Grade 3/4 class at Sturgeon Creek participated in the school’s annual spring tea and concert held last Wednesday in conjunction with “Education Week.” The talented students entertained those on hand with three recorder pieces, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Land of the Silver Birch,” and “Spring Time.” […]
Bryce Forbes Muskie keeper Chelsea Hill aggressively stole the ball from a Kenora player in a 2-0 loss in NorWOSSA-opening action here last Wednesday.
Peggy Revell Fort High student Sara Kellar interviewed Holocaust survivor Eva Olsson on Monday morning for the school’s newspaper. Olsson spent her time at the school sharing her life story with students and staff, including surviving the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, all while encouraging students to not be bystanders when they […]
Bryce Forbes Crews were ripping up the asphalt yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Fifth Street East and Portage Avenue North as part of Phase II of the biomass road construction project. The underpass is now closed until May 20 as work is done to replace the sewer, water, and […]
Dan Falloon McKenna Begin showed off her ball skills at the U12 soccer tryouts at the Fort High pitch last night. The tryout was the first of four planned for the program, which will feature a girls’ team and a boys’ team. Tryouts are being held Mondays at 5:30 p.m., […]
