Women from across the district gathered at the Rainy River Future Development Corp. last Wednesday to participate in the Northern Ontario Women’s Leadership Forum. Although the conference was held in Thunder Bay, other communities in the region, including Fort Frances, joined in by videoconference set up by TBayTel. The women […]
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Retired librarian Juliana Sprovieri, left, was presented with a plaque by Joyce Cunningham, chair of the Fort Frances Public Library board, during Friday night’s town recognition dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous. Other retirees honoured this year included Murray Fairnington, Nick Hnatiuk, Linda Hyatt, Steve Gagne, Linda Kitowski, Bev Sandmoen.
Marg Rousseau, left, Dick Collett, Alice Anderson, and Eva Collett had a bite to eat Saturday afternoon during the annual Christmas tea, craft, and bake sale at the Zion Lutheran Church here. The popular event drew so many people, they were seated both upstairs and downstairs at the church.
Emma Keeler, left, chatted with Barb Marr over finger sandwiches during St. John’s Anglican Church Guild’s Christmas tea and bake sale Saturday. The very popular event featured baked goods, meat pies, crafts, and draws.
At a ceremony Nov. 11 during the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion conference, Paul Kells, president and founder of Safe Communities Canada, presented the 2007 Safe Communities Canada Award of Excellence for Community Leadership to the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition. Accepting the award was RRVSC chair Grace Silander. […]
Fifty smokers in Fort Frances could get the help they need to quit smoking with free nicotine replacement therapy. By participating in the STOP study (Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients), eligible smokers will receive 10 weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy as gum, patches, or inhalers. The STOP study, conducted […]
For most, Christmas is a time of anticipation—a time when the world seems a little brighter. For many children in Fort Frances and Rainy River District, however, this is not the case. Instead of that bright excitement, they face disappointment; the simple joy of having a gift to open or […]
At last night’s meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board, Our Lady of the Way School principal Brendan Hyatt and teacher Kevin Knutsen briefly discussed the Daily Physical Education program there, which recently earned them national recognition. Knutsen applied for the Recognition Award Program through the Canadian Association for […]
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” written by Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, is a great Christmas carol that was first heard on a radio broadcast in 1934. As the song says, you better watch out, you better not cry. He’s knows if you’ve been bad or good, and you […]
This month, the Zero Waste Action Team, better known as ZWAT, will celebrate its 15th anniversary. ZWAT is a self-supporting organization of more than 25 members of the commercial, industrial, and institutional sector and community organizations working together to eliminate waste and manage resources in Thunder Bay. The group was […]
Few people in Fort Frances better epitomize volunteering than Dr. Robert Lidkea. His 55 years of service since arriving here in 1952 has spanned many facets but always with one overriding goal in mind: to make life better for our town and its residents. His choice as “Citizen of the […]
Dear editor: Something happened at Clearwater Lake recently that has me thinking about different types of people. As my husband and I boated across the lake to our cabin this past Saturday, I was astounded to see a stump where a landmark white pine used to stand. The massive seed […]
