Duane Hicks A new report received by town council Monday night shows how much mayor and councillors were paid in 2008, with Mayor Roy Avis ranking as the highest-paid and having the most expenses. Mayor Avis, who also sits on the Fort Frances Power Corp. board of directors and local […]
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Press Release It seems the annual “Old Bags Lunch” hasn’t gotten “old.” Tickets are selling steadily for this third-annual fundraising event put on by the Riverside Foundation for Health Care. The event takes place Saturday, April 4 at noon at the Fort Frances High School. Tickets cost $15 each, which […]
Staff Not quite up and running solely on biomass fuel just yet, the new biomass boiler at the AbitibiBowater mill here is now up to burning a mix of up to 75-80 percent biomass, with the balance of fuel being natural gas, mill manager John Harrison reported this week. “We […]
Duane Hicks With some fanfare and many words of support, the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre—Canada’s first secure custody facility for aboriginal youths—held its grand opening here Monday. The new facility was opened for the public to tour that afternoon, but earlier in the day delegates from area First Nations, government agencies, […]
Peggy Revell They’re still battling a bit of jet lag, but members of the Fort Frances High School band arrived home early Sunday morning with stories and hundreds of photos from their long-awaited trip to Italy over the March Break. “It was so good!” FFHS music teacher John Dutton said […]
Staff The “Goodbye Winter—Hello Spring” social to benefit the “Community Chest” here Friday night was a big hit, netting more than $17,000 to help district families with medical expenses. The fundraiser sold a total of 284 tickets, drawing people of all ages not only from Fort Frances, but Emo, Rainy […]
Staff The countdown is on as people around the globe, including those here in Rainy River District, join together and turn out their lights for “Earth Hour” this Saturday between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Created by the World Wildlife Federation just two years ago, “Earth Hour” has grown as a […]
the MNR Five Northwestern Ontario residents have been convicted for various hunting violations involving the illegal killing, tagging, and possession of a cow moose. Three Ear Falls residents, Kurt Krause, 74, Richard Krause, 31, and Greg Adams, 35, along with two Perrault Falls residents, Jeremy Reynolds, 37, and Rikki Reynolds, […]
Press Release Results from a recent CNIB survey suggest many Canadians lack critical knowledge about glaucoma and are not taking the necessary steps to detect it early. The survey found Canadians over the age of 40 hold significant misconceptions about glaucoma—the second-leading cause of vision loss among seniors in Canada. […]
the OPP What is identity theft? Identity theft, called the fastest-growing crime in North America, involves the acquisition of information or documents of a living or deceased person. This information then is used to commit crimes. Typically, identify theft includes fraudulently obtaining or forging government documents, such as driver’s licences, […]
Ice conditions throughout Sunset Country have been changing rapidly over the past week and anglers need to exercise extreme caution when venturing onto the ice if they choose to go fishing before the end of the month. Last year I fished walleyes right up until April 14 on Lake of […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Spending up to $10,000 to hire 100 “fake” homeless people for an evening might sound to some like an odd use of tax dollars in a recession. But Toronto city officials say the “decoys” are needed to ensure the statistical validity of the city’s second-ever survey of […]
