The residents of Rainycrest Long Term Care enjoyed a sweet surprise, when the Queen contestants arrived to assemble and serve ice cream sundaes for everyone. The event was enjoyed by all.

Staff

The exhibition hall is a favourite stop at the Emo Fair. Seeing the produce, baking, and artwork of friends and neighbours, and the creativity of local kids is hard to beat. This year, fair goers will be treated to a full range of local talent, including photography, LEGO structures, quilting, […]

Born to Tina and Micha, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Elena Selah, weighing 8 lbs 3 oz, on August 3, 2023 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

Born to Paige Stalmer and Myron Armstrong, of Sleeman, Ontario, a boy, Knox Anthony, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz, on August 3, 2023 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

Born to Jessie Krahn and Mitchell Gouliquer, of Sleeman, Ontario, a boy, Darius Andrew, weighing 8 lbs 5 oz, on July 28, 2023 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

Born to Shenice McKelvie and Dylan Taylor, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Oliver Markland, on July 26, 2023 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

August is Amnesty Month At the FFPLTC – Return any outstanding library items and have any late fees waived in honour of the new Library CEO starting this month. Transportation change requests For the school bus are due TOMORROW Aug. 16 to the Rainy River District Transportation Services Consortium Call […]

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Fort Frances town council is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate Sunny Cove Camp, by approving an unbudgeted capital expenditure of $215,000, to put towards the repair of Russell Hall. The Town has applied for a Northern Ontario Heritage Fund grant, which could award the project up to $500,000 to […]

Press Release

Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit has declared a respiratory outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home. This outbreak is facility wide, including the East and West wings and the Special Care Unit (SCU). Enhanced visitor restrictions are in place that permit two (2) visitors or […]

Dave Baxter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Winnipeg Sun

It has been nine years since the death of Tina Fontaine and the discovery of her body in the Red River shocked Winnipeg and the entire country and led to demands for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Now almost a decade […]