Duane Hicks The Riverside Foundation for Health Care wants district residents to give a gift from a heart this year. Its annual Christmas donation campaign is now underway, with this year’s focus being on raising funds for a much-needed blood coagulation analyzer—a piece of equipment that helps everyone no matter […]
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Duane Hicks After a lifetime of volunteering, Ruth Caldwell has no intention of retiring. After all, she loves this town. Caldwell, 85, was honoured Monday night as the 2016 Citizen of the Year for Fort Frances before town council and friends. “I’m very proud to be honoured, to do this […]
Heather Latter An idea of having a youth centre in Fort Frances has been brought forward and a small group is looking into the possibility. June Caul, who sits on town council, said she and John Beaton recently sat down with a high school student who thought a youth centre […]
Duane Hicks The federal government is maintaining its commitment to a strong immigration program and will welcome 300,000 immigrants in 2017—40,000 more than the previous target number of 260,000. But with a labour market shortage in Rainy River District, could more immigrants to Canada mean more people coming here to […]
Heather Latter The Canadian Red Cross’ local Emergency Response Team was thrilled to get a look at the new rapid response trailer last week that will enable it to help area residents in the event of an emergency. Stocked with a variety of supplies, including 50 cots and 100 blankets, […]
Joey Payeur More Fort Frances residents who climbed to elite status in the local sporting community will take their rightful historical place next summer. The latest group of inductees into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame was announced this past week, with ceremonies slated to take place Aug. 12. […]
Heather Latter Cousins Everlee and Kaydence Canfield were all smiles as they sat on Santa’s knee Saturday morning during the “Breakfast at the North Pole” event at St. John’s Anglican Church here. The event saw many families stop by for a tasty breakfast, as well as crafts for the kids […]
Duane Hicks Ruth Caldwell proudly showed off her “Citizen of the Year 2016” plaque during Monday night’s council meeting here. Caldwell has been a lifelong community volunteer and doesn’t have plans to stop anytime soon.
Heather Latter Andrew Fitzgerald, four, checked out this crafted Christmas tree decoration at one of the booth’s during the Alberton Rec Committee’s “Holiday Bazaar” on Saturday. Held at the Alberton municipal office, vendors were located both upstairs and down, featuring a wide variety of locally-made items to purchase with Christmas […]
Joey Payeur Muskie Taylor Croswell narrowly missed this scoring chance against Kenora Broncos’ goalie Sage Skead during Fort High’s 8-0 win in their NorWOSSA regular-season home-opener last Tuesday at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Sometimes it’s the smallest of gestures that make the biggest impact. Maria Gilbert, a Grade 11 student at Fort Frances High School, was selected as the local recipient of RBC’s “Canada 150” initiative—a promotion in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017 in which one youth from communities across the […]
Coun. Ken Perry Dear editor: I feel compelled to add further to the issue of railroad right-of-way taxation in Ontario. The current model of taxation that we are experiencing is a dollars per acre structure. Ontario is the only jurisdiction in Canada that follows this path. There are different rates […]
