Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—With spring getting closer all the time, plans already are coming together for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 21st-annual home and leisure show here May 1-2. Chamber manager Dawn Booth said exhibitor packages were sent out last month, and businesses already have started to sign up. […]
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Staff A presentation of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board’s draft budget is planned for tonight’s monthly meeting. Currently in the process of preparing their own annual budgets, municipalities across the district are waiting for the DSSAB budget to be finalized so they know how much of their […]
the MNR A Manitoba resident has been convicted of failing to properly dispose of household garbage and construction material. Jeffrey Allan, 47, of Ile des Chenes, was fined $750 and ordered to clean up the site on Crown land where he had dumped his trash. Court heard that on Nov. […]
Press Release Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. will be conducting on-site surveys at each of its facilities during the week of Feb. 23 through March 1. The goal of the survey is to determine the level of satisfaction with regard to Riverside’s services and facilities. “We want to know if […]
Duane Hicks Area businesses that want to know how good their customer service is, and how they could improve, have until this Friday (Feb. 20) to sign up for the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s sixth-annual customer service challenge. RRFDC officer manager Cynde Milette said that as of noon yesterday, […]
Peggy Revell It may have been a cold winter so far, but Fort Frances has given a warm welcome to an exchange teacher and her family from Australia. “The people here are lovely,” said Maree Callaway, who arrived in January to teach at Fort High during a year-long exchange program. […]
Duane Hicks For the seventh-straight year, the Town of Fort Frances will be receiving money from the Moffat Family Fund to hand out to local groups and service clubs with the aim of helping youths and families. Fort Frances once again has been selected to receive $43,750 in funds to […]
Duane Hicks With an eye towards the implementation of meters for all water customers in coming years, town council will see industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) customers starting to pay more for water and sewer in 2009. While the rates have not yet been passed as a bylaw, town council […]
Staff A group of local residents will get a chance to voice their concerns about the rezoning of property on Emo Road here at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing scheduled for Wednesday, April 1 at 10 a.m. at the Civic Centre. Back on Oct. 27, council passed a bylaw to […]
Staff Ontario NDP leadership hopeful Andrea Horwath dropped by Fort Frances early yesterday afternoon to meet with local party members. Horwath, the MPP for Hamilton Centre, has been campaigning across the province to replace current leader and local MPP Howard Hampton next month. “It’s my first time here, but certainly […]
Peggy Revell A preliminary budget, as well as discussion on the formation of an ethics committee and code of conduct, were some of the many things looked at during the monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board last night. The board was presented with a very preliminary budget […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON—Don’t just talk to your toddler—gesture, too. Pointing, waving bye-bye, and other natural gestures seem to boost a budding vocabulary. Scientists found those tots who could convey more meaning with gestures at age 14 months went on to have a richer vocabulary as they prepared to start […]
