Duane Hicks After organizers expressed concerns about the policing presence during the 54th-annual “Parade of Lights” here, five OPP officers stepped forward and volunteered to work it. “We’re thrilled,” Robin Payeur, with Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd., enthused yesterday afternoon after local Community Services Officer Cst. Anne McCoy stopped by […]
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Peggy Revell National Aboriginal Addictions Awareness Week will be marked locally with a whole week of activities this year. Running Nov. 13-19, the week is meant to “promote an addictions-free lifestyle by allowing communities to develop an increased knowledge and awareness of addictions, and how the families and communities can […]
Heather Latter Two area women are taking part in a pilot college course being offered by Toronto’s George Brown College at the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope in Atikokan. The women’s shelter was selected as a satellite location for the Northern Anti-violence Counsellor/Advocate College Certificate, which is being […]
Ken Johnston Members of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture learned more about a program that will see them get more compensation from the provincial government when wildlife damages their livestock. The new and improved Ontario Wildlife Damage Compensation Program (OWDCP) took effect July 1 of this year, noted Ontario […]
Ken Johnston As with so many organizations, declining numbers has forced the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture to make changes to its constitution. The RRFA held their 35th-annual meeting in Stratton on Saturday night and topping the agenda were three changes to its governing doctrine, with the biggest change made […]
Heather Latter The “Best Buddies” program, a national, charitable organization dedicated to enhancing communities through friendships between people with and without disabilities, is back up and running at Fort Frances High School. No longer spearheaded by Community Living Fort Frances and District, students and staff at the school have revitalized […]
Peggy Revell Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty said sanctions imposed by the NDP against him for voting to dismantle the long gun registry hurts constituents more than himself. “It’s not really a penalty for me,” he reasoned last week. “In fact, it actually lightens my workload.” Rafferty was referring […]
Duane Hicks Concerned about people breaking into the old Rainy Lake Hotel, Fort Frances Fire Chief Frank Sheppard, firefighter Rob Dokuchie, and OPP Cst. Darren Daniew suited up to go into the vacant building last Wednesday morning to secure it against future unauthorized access. “All of the back accesses that […]
Lucas Punkari The Fort Frances Lakers still hold the upper hand in the battle for top spot in the SIJHL standings. Heading into last night’s game versus Wisconsin at the Ice For Kids Arena here, the Lakers (14-3-2) held a four-point lead over the second-place Wilderness (13-3-0). The two squads […]
Lucas Punkari After a surprising season for the Muskie football team, which saw them make a Cinderella run to the WHSFL’s Currie Division semi-final, head coach Chad Canfield feels the sky’s the limit for what the squad can accomplish next year. “Looking ahead to next year, I feel that our […]
Duane Hicks Connie Cuthbertson put the finishing touches on this piece, entitled “The Canoe Channel,” at her studio Monday in preparation for a new art exhibit with Wayne Yerxa called “This Place Where We Live.” The exhibit will open at the Fort Frances Museum tomorrow (Nov. 10), with a reception […]
Duane Hicks Who you gonna call? No, it wasn’t the “Ghostbusters” but Fort Frances Fire Chief Frank Sheppard, front, firefighter Rob Dokuchie, and OPP Cst. Darren Daniew who headed into the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel last Wednesday to secure it.
