Perhaps there is no better indicator in Rainy River District that winter is finally behind us than the annual extravaganza known as Spring Fever Days. For three days, Emo becomes the social centre of Borderland and this year was no exception. Even Mother Nature co-operated as the little town on […]
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The Thunder Bay Legends concert slated here Saturday night at the Townshend Theatre is sold out, organizers reported this morning. “I’m pleasantly surprised. Very happy,” said Teresa Hazel, director of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care. The Foundation will be receiving proceeds from the concert, which, in turn, will go […]
Celebrate with us! National Volunteer Week is April 18-24, and the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is holding its annual volunteer appreciation dinner on Wednesday (April 21) at the Fort Frances Curling Club. This event is held to show our appreciation to those volunteers who diligently help the Volunteer Bureau complete […]
John Rafferty won the NDP nomination for the new federal riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River after the third and final voting session was held last night in Thunder Bay. Rafferty, a small business owner and former radio host in Thunder Bay, defeated former Fort Frances councillor Larry Richardson. The riding […]
An International Falls woman was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) after a search of her residence Monday detected illegal substances. The 23-year-old, a resident of Fourth Avenue, was arrested Monday at 4:38 p.m. after a narcotics search warrant was executed at her shared residence, according to […]
The success of a computer program that encourages students to read has prompted the Northwest Catholic District School Board to expand the program to include math. Students at St. Francis School have been benefitting from the Accelerated Reader program for the last two years, as have the board’s other schools. […]
The prospect of another hot, dry summer has become a matter of concern for the chief of Emo’s volunteer fire department. Chief James O’Sullivan advised council at its regular meeting last Thursday (April 8) that the fire season is now underway and already there have been a number of small […]
A number of local citizens rallied together last week to make one man’s visit to Rainy River District a very special one. Marty Wellman, a 46-year-old from Albuquerque, N.M., was in International Falls on a trip sponsored by the Make a Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to critically-ill children and […]
Members of the Thunder Bay-Rainy River federal NDP riding association had the chance to hear the two candidates vying for the nomination speak here Tuesday night, then cast their votes at the first of three nomination meetings being held across the new riding this week. Candidates John Rafferty and Larry […]
After a one-year hiatus, the Rainy River District celebrated “Ag Days” last week, highlighted by the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s annual spring banquet last Wednesday. About 55 people turned out at the Chapple Community Hall in Barwick for a roast beef dinner and to hear the latest developments at […]
District Social Services Administration Boards across the province won an important battle last week when the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced it will not close the Judson Street Ambulance Supply Centre in Toronto after all. “The McGuinty government has reversed the decision of the previous government to close […]
The Fort Frances committee of Ducks Unlimited has announced its 22nd-annual banquet and auction, slated for May 7 at La Place Rendez-Vous, already is sold out. DU member Larry Cousineau contacted the Times yesterday afternoon to say all 200 tickets have been sold. “On occasion, we’ll have the odd cancellation,” […]
