Duane Hicks With a strategic action plan now in place, the local Assisted Living Action Group is looking to find funding for a feasibility study and locate the best possible future site for an assisted living facility in Rainy River District. And while there’s still much work to do, “Aging […]
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Duane Hicks Protection of natural resources and a need for new leaders are just two reasons Priscilla Simard supports the “Idle No More” movement. Simard, along with Sara Mainville, Judy Morrison, and Robert Animikii Horton, came together Sunday at the Sunset Country Métis Hall here for the first of a […]
Heather Latter The Ministry of Transportation believes Transfield Services Ltd. is meeting the requirements of its maintenance contract for area highways but delegates at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Barwick made it clear they don’t agree. “We’ve carried out some audits and they have […]
Heather Latter Riverside physician recruiter Todd Hamilton is making some headway to bring doctors to Rainy River District, with several “promising prospects” on the horizon. “We have a lot to offer,” he told delegates at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Barwick. As previously reported, […]
Heather Latter This year’s “Relay for Life” kicked off Monday afternoon with a donation of $32,150 to the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, which teamed up with the Canadian Cancer Society last June for the 12th-annual event here. “Partnerships like ours unite organizations engaged in the fight against cancer on […]
Duane Hicks It’s clear new ideas—and a new, more positive attitude—are among the things needed to revitalize Fort Frances in the wake of last year’s mill layoffs and in anticipation of a future that no longer can rely on a single industry. This was the message conveyed last Thursday night […]
Duane Hicks “The Gentle Bear Man of Emo,” the feature-length documentary on Mike and Betty Scheibler and the Isaiah Wildlife sanctuary, will be released next Tuesday (Feb. 5) on DVD and through streaming video online. Directed by acclaimed Colorado filmmaker Steve Greisen, it documents the Scheiblers and their day-to-day relationships […]
Lucas Punkari With her opening game at the M&M Canadian Junior Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta. only days away, it’s starting to hit home for Fort Frances native Tirzah Keffer that she and the rest of her rink from the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay will be […]
Heather Latter A round dance was held Monday afternoon at the corner of Central Avenue and Church Street here to coincide with the “Idle No More” global day of action. Drummers and people of all ages with signs peacefully showed their support of the movement, which opposes the Harper government […]
Heather Latter Riverside physician recruiter Todd Hamilton offered a positive presentation to district leaders Saturday in Barwick, indicating several “promising prospects” are on the horizon.
Dave Ogilvie Above, Carole and Dr. Mackintosh provided an entertaining recitation of Burns’ famous “Ode to the Haggis” at the Emo and District Lions’ third-annual Robbie Burns Supper at the Emo Legion on Saturday. Then, at right, Piper Rob Blakely demonstrated the use of the ancient kilt.
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Canadians’ forward Kaleb Bruyere tried to knock Jackson Arpin of the Lake of the Woods Bears off the puck during the third-place game of the Atom ‘AA’ tournament Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena.
