Staff This marks the beginning of a five-week shutdown for paper machine #6 at the AbitibiBowater mill here. Citing poor market conditions for its pulp and paper products, the company announced less than two weeks ago it temporarily would curtail operations at its Fort Frances mill through March on a […]
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Duane Hicks The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is getting ready for its sixth-annual customer service challenge, with the “mystery shopping” to start in a few weeks. RRFDC officer manager Cynde Milette said 29 district businesses signed up for the challenge as of the Feb. 20 deadline, including 20 from […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Colin Drombolis to the position of manager of information systems, effective March 2. Drombolis brings to this position extensive experience and knowledge in the field of Information Technology (IT). He obtained his Computer Programmer Analyst […]
Press Release The Northern Ontario Sustainable Communities Partnership will host a workshop on “Community Forests: A Tenure Reform Option for Community Sustainability in Northern Ontario” on March 4-5 at the Prince Arthur Hotel in Thunder Bay. NOSCP was formed in November, 2006 in response to the forest industry crisis in […]
Press Release Two Grade 6 classes from St. Francis completed their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program last Thursday. D.A.R.E. is a highly-acclaimed program that gives kids skills needed to avoid involvement in drugs and violence. The students had a fantastic time learning how to implement the D.A.R.E. model, including […]
Duane Hicks Town council passed a bylaw Monday night to impose the new sewer and water user fees for 2009. As previously reported, the residential sewer and water rate will remain the same as in 2008 at $770.04 per year, or $64.17 per month ($34.09 for water and $30.08 for […]
Yvonne Hutten Do you have debt that has been transferred to a collection agency? Are you getting phone calls from someone telling you if you don’t pay now, you’ll end up in court? While it may seem easier to avoid answering the phone, ignoring a collection agency’s attempts to contact […]
Staff Book-lovers looking for some bargains will have to wait no longer as the Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s holds its fifth-annual book sale tomorrow through Saturday (Feb. 26-28) at Revco Carpet here. The public has been bringing in donations of books since Feb. 17. But […]
Peggy Revell While there’s been a decrease in the number of households experiencing homelessness, or at imminent risk of homelessness, across the district, an increasing number of families are accessing services such as food banks, according to the most recent statistics kept by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration […]
Press Release Local MP John Rafferty, who also is the NDP’s forestry critic, yesterday expressed disappointment and frustration in the announced layoffs at AbitibiBowater’s Fort Frances pulp and paper mill—and at the Harper government’s inaction throughout the prolonged forestry crisis. “This layoff is a great blow for workers at the […]
Ken Johnston In Rainy River, many people know Garry Halverson for his expert craftsmanship as a carpenter and cabinet maker. But as time goes by, more and more may know him for his new business called “Wood Art by Garry.” Halverson started doing scroll saw art about six or seven […]
Press Release The Northwestern Health Unit’s board of health passed a resolution on Friday (Feb. 20) to divest the hearing aid dispensing services of the audiology program in the Kenora, Dryden, and Fort Frances area, effective immediately. “It is with regret that we are unable to continue to provide this […]
