Press Release Licensed commercial pilots who drive planes full of passengers and young soldiers who drive armoured tanks around Afghanistan won’t be able to drive their friends to hockey practice in Ontario under proposed Liberal legislation, Opposition leader Bob Runciman said Monday. “Legislators have no monopoly on good policy. That’s […]
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Duane Hicks After being in existence for about a decade now, the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition has changed its name to Safe Communities Rainy River District. “It better identifies the scope, and it’s in line with all the other safety movements in Canada,” administrative co-ordinator Grace Silander explained. “We’ve […]
Peggy Revell Social housing and provincial “uploading” were two of the many things on the agenda at the Rainy River District Social Services Association Board’s monthly meeting last Thursday. Board members were given a presentation by housing manager Dianne Faragher and maintenance worker Rick Bliss about how, following the departure […]
Press Release AbitibiBowater recently marked its one-year anniversary, celebrating the formation of one of the largest publicly-traded paper and forest products companies in the world. The merger has allowed the company to become a more dynamic, competitive, and sustainable organization in today’s challenging business reality. “AbitibiBowater has made significant financial […]
OGDEN–Born to Jeff and Jessica, nee DeGagne, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Aynsley Ella, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz. on November 8, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont. Proud big brother is Nicholas, and grandparents are Darrell and Angela DeGagne & Terry and Barb Ogden.
Dave Goodman Dear editor: Last year, the Borderland Snowmobile Club groomed and maintained more than 400 km of local snowmobile trails. This was made possible with revenue from permit sales and many volunteer hours. Unfortunately, permits sales and fundraising only covered about 75 percent of the $20,000 budget. Through NWOSTA, snowmobilers […]
Hazel Edith McDaniel (nee South) passed away at Wellington Terrace in Fergus, Ont. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 at the age of 94. She was the beloved wife of the late Karl McDaniel (1999); and loved mother of Joan (Urbane) Richards of Guelph, Ont., Joyce (Murray) Johnson of Brampton, Ont., […]
Peacefully, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 at Rainycrest Long Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., T. Earl (Mick) Geary entered into rest at the age of 79. Mick was born Aug. 18, 1929 in Carpenter Township, Ont. to the late Thomas and Susan Geary. He lived most of his life […]
My grandfather, James Cumming, and his partner, Russ Larson, arrived in Fort Frances during the Depression, buying the Fort Frances Times. The paper had been in trouble and the town was in trouble. The mill did not have full orders and was shuttered as much as it was operational. But […]
By John Rafferty As we entered Week 1 in the House of Commons, several important tasks that will shape the next session of Parliament were on the agenda. The hiring of staff, assigning of critic responsibilities, and hearing and responding to the throne speech made for a hectic but productive […]
