The Town of Fort Frances and Rainy River Future Development Corp. will continue to work together after reaching a deal here Monday night. “Council concluded negotiations and we passed a motion approving the proposal,” Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach confirmed. Although it has yet to be signed and sealed, the […]
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After a trip to Toronto earlier this month to lobby provincial reps for more funding, the CEO and chief medical officer of the Northwestern Health Unit has returned with one option–raise the per capita levy once again. “We’re going to be asking for an increase of about $1 million and […]
The Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association will be increasing its per capita levies by $2 in 2001. After running into increased costs, funding shortages, and less revenue, NORA has been forced to turn to area municipalities–and their residents–for more money. “There was an increase in cost in the maintenance of the […]
The “Giving Tree” at the CIBC in Emo is surrounded by gifts that were bought for less fortunate children in the district–and in complete confidentiality.
Lloyd Hodges was honoured last Thursday by the new mayor and council of Dawson township. Hodges, who did not run for re-election this fall, was reeve of Dawson from 1997-2000 and before that served as reeve of Atwood from 1961-1996. After that, Atwood was amalgamated with other neighbouring townships to […]
For the third time in 15 years, The Beauty Chalet in Rainy River has expanded to a new and bigger location. A grand opening will be held at a later date. Proprietor Robin Jenson started the business at the base of the international bridge in 1985 when she opened a […]
Have you ever been to Santa’s Village at the North Pole? Well, in case you don’t have enough Air Miles saved up to get there, Ben and Millie Lindal are the caretakers of the next best thing in Arbor Vitae. By Santa’s sleigh, it sits about 15 minutes northeast of […]
Thanks to a $4,000 donation from Elks Lodge 313 here, four-year-old Kendra Duffy has new hearing aids and an FM system that will help her communicate with her parents and teachers more easily. “This is just one example of our Elks charity assisting children and adults across Canada in the […]
It has been discussed for about a decade in Rainy River and now it appears the local Ontario Provincial Police will be getting a bigger and better detachment office. Bill Sobiski, facility manager for the Ontario Realty Corp. in Kenora, confirmed last week the process of improving the detachment has […]
This coming year, it will have been 40 years since the Gerber family made the long journey from their homeland of Switzerland to a farm just west of Fort Frances. In 1961, Johannes Gerber, along with his wife and 12 children, left their home of Basel, in the northwest corner […]
The Emo Health Centre will be fully open and operational by February, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said Saturday. “As an update, I’ll tell you contractors have promised me they’ll be done by Christmas, after which there will only be a few odds and ends to work […]
Facing a choice between three recommendations, the Rainy River District School Board last night decided to look at renovating J.W. Walker and Huffman Schools here while closing Alexander MacKenzie, Alberton, and Sixth Street School. But the decision is a tentative one, made only to give some “direction” to the board […]
