Fort Frances Times Online Edition - January 13, 2016

Curator Sherry George showed off several of the portraits donated to the Fort Frances Museum by local resident Rose Bernardi. These photos—and many more—are part of the new exhibit there focusing on portraits.

Those who want to carve, cut, drill, saw, and create might not realize there is a space in Fort Frances where they can apply their woodworking skills—at no cost.

The Sister Kennedy Centre’s Fix-It Shop, a heated facility containing a variety of tools, has been under-utilized for some time and there’s an effort underway to revitalize it.

Ken Noble showed off some of the tools in the Fix-It Shop at the Sister Kennedy Centre here last week. Seniors there are trying to rejuvenate the shop and those interested are invited to a meeting this Monday (Jan. 18) at 6:30 p.m. to share their ideas and ask questions.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) co-ordinators Brad Gushulak and Shane Beckett have been introducing new apps and technology in classrooms throughout the Rainy River District School Board for learning and communication purposes.

“They really have an impact on the students,” Gushulak told trustees at the board’s regular meeting here last Tuesday night.

Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell believes there will be opportunities for her to make a difference this year.

And with plenty of challenges on the horizon, she has pledged to work diligently on behalf of the constituents of Rainy River District.

Kenzie McClain, left, and Sophia Black sang “Summer Nights” from “Grease” last Wednesday evening at McMillan Hall (Knox United Church) during auditions for the upcoming “Show Us Your Talent” fundraiser for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. That concert will be held Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at McMillan Hall.

They didn’t get the results they wanted but it wasn’t from a lack of trying.

The Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians settled for fourth place at their home tournament this past weekend—losing a pair of games Sunday that saw them get down but never quit trying to get back up.

Warroad Warriors’ defenceman Blake Norris (4) kept close tabs on captain Matt Spence of the Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians during the third period of Warroad’s 6-3 semi-final win in the Canadians’ home tournament Sunday at the ’52 Canadians Arena.

Andre Morin never should have woken the sleeping giant.

The Red Lake skip gave his Fort Frances counterpart, Chris Silver, more than a bit of trouble in the latter’s opening 8-7 win Friday at the Region 1 Bantam boys’ curling championships in Sioux Lookout.

WINNIPEG A Winnipeg doctor’s study on preventing kidney failure is getting recognition in the medical community.

Dr. Navdeep Tangri created a model to predict kidney failure, which was developed at the Seven Oaks Hospital Chronic Disease Innovation Centre.

Tangri developed an equation which can be used to predict which patients are at risk of kidney failure.

LOS ANGELES Google’s futuristic self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid 11 crashes during testing on California roads, the company revealed Tuesday, results it says are encouraging but show the technology has yet to reach the goal of not needing someone behind the wheel.

CANBERRA, Australia The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a second 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast, officials said Wednesday.

LONDON Will England bid goodbye to “God Save the Queen”?

British lawmakers agreed Wednesday to consider replacing the royalist song that serves as England’s anthem at sporting events.