John Rafferty, our newly-minted MP here in Thunder Bay-Rainy River, has invited district residents to attend a series of pre-budget consultation sessions across the riding this week, including one at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton tonight and then another at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau here tomorrow […]
Editorials
The year opened with the surprisingly bitter byelection campaign (eventually won by Ken Perry over former town councillor Todd Hamilton), which then spawned a heated—and at times nasty—debate over whether a “succession” bylaw should be adopted to fill future council vacancies. And it ends with residents facing a municipal tax […]
Fort Frances has long considered itself a hockey town—and certainly we’ve had a number of players excel at the national and collegiate levels over the years. They now serve as tremendous role models for local youngsters suiting up in minor hockey knowing they, too, can succeed through hard work and […]
Town council was right to agree Monday night to pursue naming the soccer pitches at the St. Francis Sportsfields after the late Coun. Struchan Gilson. The only real question is what took so long? Not only is Mr. Gilson well-remembered for his tireless efforts to maintain the soccer pitches—on his […]
It’s no secret that alcohol and drug abuse is a serious problem here in Rainy River District—and every effort aimed at combating it is needed. That includes the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team, which will have to fold up its tent come March 31, 2009 unless the provincial […]
It’s a scene that plays out every day. Your teen hops into a vehicle with their friends to head off to school or, say, return home from work. Or perhaps it’s your son or daughter who picks up their friends to go to a hockey game, band practice, fast food […]
Yesterday, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Known at the time as the “War to end all wars,” we know today that wasn’t the case, of course. The Second World War began just […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream—and last night it finally came true. Forty years after Dr. King’s assassination, 40 years after the race riots that threatened to tear the nation apart, a black man stood before a throng of 250,000 cheering and crying people in Chicago to deliver […]
According to the town’s new strategic plan, which was approved by council Monday night, a decision on whether to implement water meters in homes here is to be made by December, 2010. It’s sure to be a contentious issue, with residents lining up on both sides of the debate, but […]
Our reporters have spent the past six weeks covering political leaders in our community, so it only seems appropriate that we now are turning our attention to the young leaders of our district. We have been filling news pages with stories of how our political candidates plan to invoke changes […]
Congratulations, first, to NDP candidate John Rafferty, who captured the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding on his third try, handily defeating Liberal incumbent Ken Boshcoff in yesterday’s federal election. Sincere thanks also must be extended to Mr. Boshcoff for his service as our MP for the past four-and-a-half years. First elected […]
Fort Frances and district residents have given a ringing endorsement to the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre that’s to be built at the corner of Second Street East and Reid Avenue in behind the Memorial Sports Centre. No, it wasn’t a campaign issue during a municipal election. […]
