Duane Hicks In anticipation of National Volunteer Week (April 19-25), the Fort Frances Salvation Army held a volunteer appreciation dinner on Friday at the former St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. After several dozen volunteers enjoyed a Chinese food buffet dinner, the evening’s program—featuring local Capts. Angel and Marlene Sandoval, as well […]
District News
Press Release In March, 1981, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. established a Quarter-Century Club to honour employees of the corporation and auxiliary members with 25 years or more of service. In 2001, physicians who have had 25 or more years of hospital privileges at Riverside were included in the Quarter-Century […]
Peggy Revell The Fort Frances Public Library has what probably could be called a s“Wii”t addition to its collection now that Nintendo Wii games are available for people to borrow. “We’re changing with times,” head librarian Margaret Sedgwick said. “We’re taking what was formerly our CD-ROM budget and putting it […]
Press Release With warm weather ahead, it’s time to rev up the power tools and start building because “MooseFest” is hosting its first-annual soap box derby on June 27. In partnership with the Dryden Rec Complex, proceeds from the event will be donated to the youth centre. This new festival […]
Jacob Empey On Feb. 28, the 4-H Bread Busters Club arrived at Safeway for a tour of the bakery with Victor Sousa. We looked at the huge ovens, mixers, walk-in fridge and freezer, and the rising area. Victor demonstrated how the machines shaped and cut the breads and buns. He […]
Robin McCormick Guthrie United Church in Devlin is planning to host its annual spring tea on Sunday, April 19. If you have anything to donate, new items would be greatly appreciated for the penny table. For more information, contact Pam (486-3634), Trudy (486-3301), or Diane (486-3629). • • • Our […]
the MNR Three Ontario hunters have been fined a total of $1,800 for leaving building materials and litter at their moose hunt camp in a conservation reserve. Kevin Derbyshire, 42, of Leamington, Leslie Arnew, 74, of Comber, and James Arnew, 72, of Wheatley each were fined $600 for leaving garbage […]
Dave Ogilvie What better day to take a tour of Ireland than March 17—St. Patrick’s Day! That’s what members of the Emo Country Club thought as their prepared for another “trip” to a far-off destination. More than 35 club members were entertained last Tuesday from 1-3 p.m. in the common […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team will find out its fate tomorrow (March 26) when Finance minister Dwight Duncan delivers the 2009 Ontario budget. The program’s funding expires March 31—and there’s been no firm commitment from the province at this point as to whether it will […]
Peggy Revell While the younger generation has been raised to know the importance of recycling, recently-released data from Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) shows municipalities across Northern Ontario are nowhere near the provincial average for waste diversion. From data collected for 2007, Ontario residents, on average, generated more than a kilogram […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District Community Legal Clinic and Kenora Community Legal Clinic will be amalgamated to form the Northwest Community Legal Clinic effective April 1. “The clients shouldn’t see any change in service,” noted Trudy McCormick, executive director of the Rainy River District clinic and who will be […]
Dave Ogilvie The Emo Legion welcomed spring on Friday (March 20) with the largest “jam” yet, which saw 20 musicians and several dozen people singing and dancing until late into the night. The musicians who came in from the farthest away were Louis Hawkness from Dryden, Vern Silver and Lawrence Bellamy from Atikokan, and […]
