With today’s trends of baggy pants, short skirts, piercings and tattoos, it’s great to see some plane old fashion etiquette. Every Tuesday for the month of May, the Victory Baptist Church in Crozier is holding charm classes for ladies aged eight to 80. The ladies are learning nutrition, etiquette, exercise, […]
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Ken Boshcoff, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay–Rainy River, announced last Wednesday FedNor support of $129,750 to the Township of Atikokan for two projects. Of the total, $73,500 will be applied to market the 40th Anniversary and Reunion of the Outers Adventure Program as a tourist draw. An additional $56,250 […]
This morning at 10:20 a.m., Abitibi-Consolidated was notified of an effluent line leak at the corner of Central Avenue and Fourth Street West. The leak was flowing at approximately 100 gallons/minute into a storm sewer on Fourth Street by the old CN Station. The cause of the leak is still […]
The CN Safe Community Fund has awarded the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition a $1,900 grant to support three rail safety initiatives the coalition is undertaking this year. The fund is administered by the Safe Communities Foundation on behalf of CN. Two of the initiatives target motorists and focus specifically […]
A trip to the local playground to enjoy some outdoor activity and playtime is a normal activity for many families with young children. But for children with physical disabilities, a trip to the playground can be a frustrating one, both for them and their parents. For Nikki Wiedenhoeft, her husband […]
Filling a communications gap between the recreation needs of the community and what is available to do is just one of the objectives that were identified in the rec and leisure survey conducted here last fall. This and other recommendations were outlined in a report by Community Services manager George […]
Dear Editor, With Daffodil Month now over, the Canadian Cancer Society would like to thank the many volunteers who helped make the month such a large success in our community. During the month of April, volunteers throughout the community banded together to sell bright yellow daffodils – the symbol of […]
The annual Manitou Rapids fish fry is set to go Friday, May 20 and this year’s feast promises to be something special. In addition to this being the 35th anniversary of the popular late-spring festival, there is additional reason to celebrate as the focus of activities will concern the signing […]
The recently released recreational survey of Fort Frances residents has provided many good recommendations to the council of Fort Frances. The survey—distributed in the fall of 2004—had a good response from the community, and the citizens who voluntarily participated in forwarding their ideas and recommendations in the survey are to […]
Students in the Rainy River District continue to improve on their scores on the provincial Grade 10 literacy test. Of the 284 fully-participating students who were eligible to write the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) for the first time in October 2004, 226 (or 80 percent), met or exceeded […]
What a difference a year can make. Last summer, one-year-old Alicia Delbridge was fighting for her life in an Alberta hospital after contracting a rare and mysterious heart ailment that threatened her life. Her parents, Cory and Christine, left their jobs here in Fort Frances to be at their daughter’s […]
Two people who face charges in connection with a series of robberies here had the date for their next hearings remanded to June 20. Neil Brown, 35, and Pam Magel, 24, each are charged with one count of armed robbery, one count of attempted armed robbery, and one count of […]
