Submitted Mildred Bedard of Fort Frances posed with her framed certificate last week after being presented with the Sister Kennedy Centre’s Senior Citizen of the Year Award for 2017.
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Staff The town won’t be re-opening the Point Park office for the summer months to monitor activities of vandalism, as well as drug and alcohol use in the park. At its Nov. 27 meeting, the town had received a request from Police Services Board chair John McTaggart to consider staffing […]
Staff Town council held its final regular meeting of 2017 on Monday evening, during which Mayor Roy Avis took a moment to review some highlights of the past year. “I feel that council has done a tremendous job in making sure this community runs in a proper manner,” he remarked. […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum will be getting a new intern. Curator Sherry George received notice late last month that the town’s application to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) for an intern position was approved. Town council granted the museum permission to start the hiring process for […]
Duane Hicks Volunteers Derek and Jodi-Lee Kaemingk and their children, Dafne and Dominic, took the first shift Saturday morning outside The Place during the eighth-annual “Stuff-A-Cruiser” campaign here. The initiative to gather food donations for district food banks was overwhelmingly successful, with more than 68 cruisers “stuffed” at sites in […]
Dave Ogilvie Morgan Redford contributed her share to the “Stuff-A-Cruiser” campaign oustide Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo on Saturday. Thanks to the generosity of the public, this year’s event was deemed a success.
Staff Christmas came a little early for the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service. Union Gas is supporting the fire department with a $1,000 grant to purchase public fire safety education materials. “We make it a priority to support important and much-needed safety initiatives,” Duane Harris, Union Gas utility service […]
Brittany Bowman Wally Hartnell and Annabella Grant loaded donations into a vehicle on Saturday in Rainy River as Beaver Mills Market owner Kristie Tesarsky looked on.
Duane Hicks Paramedics Alyssa Vanderaa, left, and Jodi Beange of Rainy River District Emergency Medical Services loaded up the back of an ambulance with bags of food donated by Safeway shoppers Saturday afternoon during this year’s “Stuff-A-Cruiser” campaign.
Staff No changes will be made to the winter control policy for snow removal in the downtown core. The issue has been a hot topic over the years, and recently reviewed yet again by the Operations and Facilities executive committee after a request from local resident Carole Mackintosh to remove […]
From the OPP The eighth-annual “Stuff-A-Cruiser” initiative was held Saturday across Rainy River District. Members of the Rainy River District OPP, Canadian National Railway Police, Rainy River District Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Treaty #3 Police Service, and Canada Border Services all were with emergency service vehicles loading up items in […]
Duane Hicks Just in time for Christmas, a second Iraqi refugee family is due to arrive here next Thursday (Dec. 21). The local “Families for Families” committee has started getting ready for the family, which consists of Rami Canoon, his wife, Fivyan Shamoon, and their two daughters, Fbaana, six, and […]
