Submitted Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Tess Coish once again is taking orders for delicious heart-shaped cookies like these. The proceeds from the annual fundraiser this year will help out Samantha Pearson.
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Staff Twenty members of 116th Independent Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery will conduct their refresher training here this weekend. The public is welcome to drop by the recruiting tent in the parking lot of the Fort Frances Curling Club this Saturday (Jan. 26) any time from 9 a.m. […]
Submitted Riverside Foundation chair Bill Gushulak back row left, showed off the new OR monitor along with Riverside Foundation Special Events chair Janice Cousineau, Riverside Foundation director Allison Cox, Registered Nurse Skylar Carlson, Registered Nurse Cathy Ash, and Registered Nurse First Assistant Marna Martin, and general surgeons Dr. Karim Eltawil, […]
Press Release The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board held its first meeting of 2019 on Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at its office at 450 Scott St. in Fort Frances. The first order of business was to elect a new chair and vice-chair for 2019, pursuant to legislative […]
Duane Hicks Registration for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is underway, with this year marking the reintroduction of the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) language division to the 79th-annual event. After being absent from the festival for a number of years, the committee was asked to consider reviving the […]
Press Release A new monitor for the Endoscopy suite at La Verendrye General Hospital here was installed in December. The $18,000 project, purchased through funds raised from the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Fiesta Like There’s No Manana” fall gala, features a large screen that produces an enhanced image, making […]
Sam Odrowski The district’s forestry industry is undergoing major reforms with respect to forest management and logging. A new forest tenure is being created to address issues with the current system, as well as create better opportunities for companies that wish to log here. The goal of the new forest […]
Duane Hicks Fire officer Gavin Payne tossed another tree onto the trailer while his crew made their way down Frenette Avenue during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up Saturday afternoon. This might be the final year for the pick-up as fewer and fewer residents have real Christmas […]
Duane Hicks With Valentine’s Day less than a month away, Tess Coish of Tess’ Kitchen here once again is taking her heart-shaped cookie cutter out to help a good cause. Coish now is taking orders for cookies until Feb. 11, with proceeds this year to go to help local woman […]
Sam Odrowski Repap Resources Group vice-president Sean Twomey outlined its plans for the idled pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances to delegates attending the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Stratton. He said they hope to purchase the mill this year and re-open operations 90 […]
Duane Hicks Town council may consider installing a sidewalk along Keating Avenue, from the entrance of J.W. Walker School to First Street West, but it will depend on several puzzle pieces falling into place first. The request for the sidewalk came from local resident Merv Ahrens as one of a […]
Duane Hicks Bruce Caldwell carved a wood creation during a beginners’ wood-carving workshop held Saturday and Sunday afternoons at the Fort Frances Museum. Led by Steve Latimer, the class was sponsored by the “Friends of the Museum.” For information about future workshops, check out the museum’s Facebook page or call […]
