Fort Frances Time Online Edition - November 9, 2016

With the unseasonably warm weather prominent across the district, crews at New Gold’s Rainy River Project were busy Monday afternoon moving rock and clay to other parts of the site to prepare the open pit for the start of production in mid-2017.

The telemedicine studio at La Verendrye Hospital here has moved from the second floor to the ground floor in order to better serve patients.

It is located in the Outpatient Services area, with a new tabletop telemedicine unit also set up in the office of telemedicine co-ordinator Bev Thomson.

“It was an initiative that’s been in the works for some time,” noted Thomson.

Sarah Marusyk, acting president of the “Friends of the Museum,” displayed one of the auction items during the Fort Frances Museum’s “Night at the Museum” fundraiser held there Thursday night. Led by auctioneer Telford Advent, and with items donated by local artists and businesses, the live auction brought in $1,500 to go toward additional programming there.

Can the 2000 rule curves be improved?

The International Rainy and Namakan Lakes Rule Curves Study Board has found evidence the rule curves pretty much have performed as expected.

Conversations, coffee, and cake were part of the Sunday afternoon “Poppy Day Tea” held at the Rainy River Legion Br. #54. A beautiful day brought a good crowd out to participate in this annual pre-Remembrance Day fundraiser.

Muskie Caleb Allan had a spring in his step as he tried to shut down the attack of Evan Waller during the Dryden Eagles’ 3-2 win in Fort High’s NorWOSSA regular-season finale here last Tuesday afternoon. The NorWOSSA finals took place yesterday in Dryden (results not available as of press time).

There’s a new dog—and officer—in town.

OPP Cst. Adam Martin and his canine partner, “Mako,” arrived in Fort Frances two weeks ago—taking over the post left vacant in the K-9 unit here when Cst. Chris Halvorsen, along with “Briggs” and “Diesel,” relocated back in May.

The turnout might not have been huge but attendees seemed to enjoy themselves at the Fort Frances Museum’s “Night at the Museum” wine-and-cheese fundraising gala there Thursday evening.

“It was lovely as always,” said Sarah Marusyk, acting president of the “Friends of the Museum,” which hosted the fifth-annual event.

Ten communities in Rainy River District will receive more than $3.2 million in predictable, formula-based funding over the next three years to invest in critical local infrastructure projects.

“Silver Linings Playbook” not only is an Oscar-nominated movie but an accurate depiction of Jordan Sinclair’s end-of-the-weekend review.

His Muskie boys’ hockey team was on the wrong end of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Thunder Bay Minor Midget ‘AAA’ Kings—losing 4-3 on Friday, followed by a 5-2 setback Saturday and then a 4-0 shutout Sunday.