Sam Odrowski The Alzheimer Society for Kenora-Rainy River Districts held its annual “Forget Me Not” charitable dinner Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here and received great support. About 60 people attended the dinner and helped raise roughly $3,200, which will be used on support services that aid people affected […]
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Sam Odrowski Getting students thinking about careers–and the pathways they want to pursue in high school–is important for helping them plan for the future. To help Grade 7 and 8 students at St. Francis School, Bridget McGinnis, outreach co-ordinator at Northern Community Development Services (NCDS) here, held six career planning […]
Len Howells (Fort Frances) and Tighue Shields (Phoenix, Ariz.) won the $100 up for grabs on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, respectively, in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 were Katy Esselink (Emo), Bruce Wilson (Fort Frances), Wayne Allen […]
Sam Odrowski Last Thursday was “Bell Let’s Talk Day,” which is aimed at sparking conversations around mental health, lessening stigma, and raising funds to support mental health services in Canada. Locally, a SafeTALK Suicide Alertness Training session was offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association at the Northern Community Development […]
Sam Odrowski Two of Riverside Health Care’s lab technologists spoke to a Grade 8 class at St. Francis School on Monday to provide insight into their roles. Serena Stromberg and Shakira Gerald also touched on the five disciplines that make up the lab, which include chemistry, hematology, transfusion science, histology, […]
One of my pet peeves is trying to make dinner reservations on an evening when 90 percent of the general population also is trying to attain the same goal. You may be able to perform this feat without pulling out your hair. However, if bustling crowds and hurried serving staff […]
Look for occasional light snow late tonight, with a possible accumulation of one-three cm (about an inch). The overnight low will be minus-18 C (zero F), with northeast winds gusting up to 11 km/h. Tomorrow will see snow, particularly later in the day, with a possible accumulation of five-10 cm […]
From the OPP On Feb. 1 around 3:40 p.m., Dryden OPP officers conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act offence on Highway 17 in Eton Township (west of Dryden). As a result, officers seized 27 cases of cigarettes with a total estimated value of $81,000. Two Edmonton residents, […]
From the OPP Officers of the Fort Frances OPP have charged an adult male with impaired driving. On Feb. 3 around 2:20 p.m., during a routine motorized snowmachine patrol on the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Club’s trails surrounding Fort Frances, officers stopped a 1995 all-terrain vehicle. Upon speaking with the […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-22 C (seven below zero F) and north winds gusting up to 18 km/h. Tomorrow will see a mix of sun and clouds, with a high of minus-16 (three) and low around minus-18 (zero). Look for east-northwest winds gusting […]
Staff More than 2,200 Hydro One customers in the west end of Rainy River District lost power this morning. The outage began around 7 a.m., with a Hydro One crew being dispatched to investigate. Power was restored by 9:40 a.m. Hydro One said the reason for interruption was equipment material […]
From the OPP On Monday at 11:15 a.m., members of the Rainy River District OPP, with the assistance of the Community Street Crime Unit, conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act infraction here in Fort Frances. As a result, a 29-year-old female from Dryden was arrested at the […]
