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 […]
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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 […]
With less than a month to go to raise $800,000 for the “Care Close to Home” campaign, the Riverside Foundation for Heath Care announced its “Million Dollar Countdown” promotion to those on hand for a Christmas gala Saturday evening in Emo. “We’re now in the home stretch of the ‘Care […]
The president of the Rainy River District Music Festival Association is excited about the changes that have been made to the annual festival–and he’s hoping they evoke the same response with the public. “Right now, between International Falls and Fort Frances, there are four dance studios,” noted John Jankiewicz. “This […]
The Northwestern Health Unit was still advising Emo residents to boil their water before drinking it as of press time today. The advisory was issued Friday afternoon after traces of bacteria were found during a routine test last Tuesday at the water treatment plant there. The health unit has indicated […]
Following the retirement of Norma Elliott, Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. has hired two new nurse managers for the Emo and Rainy River Health Centres. Tammy McNally took over the reins at the Rainy River hospital earlier this month while Edith Bodnar of Alberton will be in charge at Emo […]
The Rainy River District School Board said it is committed to keep working at improving local student achievement after seeing some grade three and six scores drop below–and some rise above–provincial standards. The announcement came Tuesday with the board’s release of the results of testing done by the Education Quality […]
