Heather Latter The Fort Frances “Relay for Life” is gearing up for its annual event, which will take place June 25 from 11 a.m.- 11 p.m. at the Sorting Gap Marina, in conjunction with the fifth-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival. Both parties are thrilled with the partnership, with dragon […]
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Duane Hicks With recent successes in attracting doctors here, the local physician recruitment committee’s coffers need replenishing—ideally with the help of more district municipalities or perhaps even the province. Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. CEO Ted Scholten is developing an annual budget that will include anticipated recruitment revenue from the […]
Duane Hicks Town council is fuming over the inaction of former Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur to get a new Crown Attorney for Rainy River District. Now it’s hoping newly-appointed Attorney General Yasir Naqvi will be more receptive to the district’s plight. At its regular meeting Monday night, council received a […]
Cameron Penney As the school year nears a close, Fort Frances High School students are growing weary of the negotiation impasse between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B and Rainy River District School Board. Teachers have opted for a full withdrawal of services one day a week since […]
Heather Latter The labour relations issues between the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B and Rainy River District School Board remain, with both sides seemingly firm in their position on the specific issue regarding redundant teachers and qualifications. “The critical issue which continues to divide us relates to an […]
Heather Latter There is plenty of work going on at New Gold’s Rainy River Project north of Barwick—in all different areas of the development. “We’ve been working on the east access road, getting the ditches done and the accesses to some of the private lands finished up,” general manager Grant […]
Joey Payeur There were two common themes running through the winners of the four major honours at the annual Muskie athletic awards ceremony Thursday afternoon. The quartet of elite talents who walked onto the Townshend Theatre stage to accept their respective trophies all had their interscholastic sports beginnings rooted at […]
Heather Latter Several Komatsu 830E trucks were busy hauling clay and rock from the New Gold mine site north of Barwick last week. General manager Grant Goddard is pleased with the progress of the mine development, as well as other areas of the Rainy River Project, such as the building […]
Cameron Penney Anne Jean, left, along with Tyler VanUden, Rachel Jean, and Cam Gushulak were all smiles while posing for pictures at Seven Oaks prior to Fort High’s annual prom Saturday. After taking part in “grand marches” at Rainycrest and the Townshend Theatre, the soon-to-be graduates gathered for supper in […]
Sylvia Lehman, left, and her sister, Susanna, signed their names on candles which later would be added to the 125th “birthday cake.”
Joey Payeur Montana Plasky of Team Germany (right) was quicker to the ball than her Team Spain opponent during Division 4/5 action as part of the Fort Frances Youth Soccer windup Saturday at the Struchan Gilson Memorial Soccer Pitch. Team Spain had the last laugh, though, rolling to a 6-1 […]
Our society is based on the rule of law—and access to justice is a cornerstone of that long-standing tradition which traces its roots to the Magna Carta signed in England way back in 1215. Yet here we are in the 21st century and Rainy River District residents are being denied […]
