The guest speaker at this year’s “Luncheon of Hope” was Rainy River District Breast Health Network chairperson Teresa Hazel. Hazel gave a moving address in tribute to her mother, Margaret Morelli, who died of breast cancer in 1990 after battling the disease for seven years. “I really viewed my mother […]
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A federal package to assist the forest industry is in the works and likely will be released before Christmas, but don’t expect it to solve all the problems facing the industry in Ontario, Kenora MP Roger Valley warned. “If we created a gold-plated program, it’s still not going to help […]
Ontario’s forest industry was the hot topic of discussion at Queen’s Park last Thursday as NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton dedicated his party’s opposition day to the issue. Hampton introduced a motion calling on the provincial government to recognize the crisis in the forestry sector, and to “immediately […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is looking for a new home—and is hoping district municipalities will help out with the costs. “This particular facility is not big enough,” Emo Reeve Russ Fortier, who chairs the local DSSAB, said of its current location at 206 Scott St. “We’ve […]
While the town will go ahead and provide up to $1 million in financing to buy out the doctors’ shares of the Fort Frances Clinic following a 5-2 vote Monday night, Coun. John Albanese and Mayor Dan Onichuk stand fast that it was a hasty—if not wrong—move. “There is a […]
About 20 local parents and child care workers offered their input on what they feel would improve child care in Fort Frances during a consultation for the new provincial “Best Start” initiative here last Thursday evening. Jeannette Cawston, “Best Start” co-ordinator with the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, […]
Council decided Monday night that the town will provide up to $1 million in financing over 15 years at zero percent interest to a non-profit corporation, under the direction of the Group Health Association, to purchase the Fort Frances Clinic and manage it. And as reflected in the 5-2 vote, […]
A team of NHL legends will be squaring off against Hopper’s Bruins (Muskie alumni) in a fundraiser game here Nov. 24. Bryan Trottier, Dale Hawerchuk, Thomas Steen, Dave Semenko, Gilbert Perrault, Bob Bourne, Morris Lukowich, and Henry Boucha are among the former NHL greats scheduled to suit up. Lorne Ricard […]
Amos Brielmann has worked hard—and it’s paid off. Brielmann’s 8,000-acre Pine River Ranch in Pinewood, about 60 km west of Fort Frances, recently has been deemed certified organic by the Organic Crop Producers and Processors after nearly three years of completely following organic standards. And this organic beef farm is […]
The district’s own version of the Oscars takes place Saturday night when the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce hosts its 10th-annual Business Awards Gala at La Place Rendez-Vous—and no doubt all the nominees are waiting with bated breath to hear the words, “And the winner is. . . .” But […]
Dear editor: Thank you to all who attended the functions in my honour in Fort Frances and Atikokan over the past month. I enjoyed the words of praise—even though some of the speakers got carried away. Thank you, too, to the Thunder Bay-Rainy River NDP riding association for hosting the […]
Dear sir: Isn’t it time we separated from southern Ontario and formed our own province? We have many good political leaders in all parties and many smart people in all walks of life that could organize the movement to separate. We just need a good leader to step forward. Are […]
