Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts’ Fort Frances director Carol Derksen, left, and client services co-ordinator Mary O’Connor held up the Alzheimer Society flag outside the Fort Frances Civic Centre on Monday morning to help kick off Alzheimer Awareness month in the region. The society has a number of events […]
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Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the New Year’s Eve Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Roanna Jourdain of Whitedog, ON with the winning ticket number N-5062709. Jourdain takes home the biggest pot yet of $37,650, with the same amount going to the Foundation. […]
The Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch #29 presented Christmas Gift baskets to our community First Responders to thank them for their service and dedication to the community. Gift baskets were presented to the Ontario Provincial Police, Treaty Three Police, Rainy River District EMS, and Fort Frances Fire Department. Monetary […]
2021 ended with both happy and sad happenings. Happy events were the arrival of a baby boy Wesley Donald, born December 6. Proud parents are a Rebecca Witherspoon and Cory Randle. Proud grandparents are Murray and Holly Witherspoon and Gordon and Sonja Randle. Great grandparents are Bill and Carol McLean […]
Dance Community Association’s Rhonda Hyatt, left, Carol Burnell, Troy Magill and Dance Community Association president Keith Munro were all on hand as Magill was presented his winnings from the Dance Township 50/50 draw on Wednesday, December 29. The draw was made on Boxing Day at Devlin’s Corner Store, with the […]
Happy New Year! 2022 – wow! Mother Nature showed us some true old-fashioned temperatures, but it may have been just what the Dr ordered to keep us all tucked away safely at home. New Years was never my thing unless it was a bonfire and snow machining. I liked to […]
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It’s been a long time since the “human Factor” has been celebrated at the Stroke Prevention Clinic, Fort Frances. “Covid safety measures meant we were no longer meeting stroke survivors and their families face to face,” explained Marilyn Erwin, stroke nurse here for the last 14 years. “Our only contact […]
I see the faces, or rather the eyes behind the masks of people on the street and in the grocery store. Those are my only interactions with the world these days and though limited, those eyes tell the story of our collective sense of being. We are weary. Not every […]
Is this Groundhog year again? Are we repeating everything that went on in 2021? I would hope not, but the similarities are too real. We are in almost total lockdown again. Visitation to Rainycrest is being restricted, but care givers can be tested so that they can continue to visit. […]
With the Arctic Vortex hard upon us it was time to resurrect this gem. A 100% true tale from decades past. The kids are long grown and left home. Mom and Dad are safely ensconced in Florida dodging Covid, but warm. Those are the two things sages say are inevitable- […]
