Press Release Nov. 24-30 is National AIDS Awareness Week, culminating on Dec. 1 with World AIDS Day. Once again, this year’s theme is “Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise.” The Northwestern Health Unit is working in partnership with the Canadian Public Health Association to launch the national campaign designed to prevent […]
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Press Release The Arthritis Society’s annual door-to-door campaign was huge success yet again! The 2008 goal for Fort Frances was $10,000 and with the direction of co-chairs Elma Tucker and Janice Chabot, along with treasurer Donna Law, the volunteers pulled together and surpassed it. “The volunteers here have so much […]
Staff It will prove costly for smokers if they do not step away from the entrances to the Memorial Sports Centre the next time they go out for a puff. Town council on Monday night voted unanimously in favour of a bylaw to prohibit smoking nine metres from the front […]
Duane Hicks While the Town of Fort Frances will provide input at the 2009 Ontario pre-budget consultation in Thunder Bay on Dec. 1, administration and council said Monday evening they’re not sure it will make any difference. CAO Mark McCaig said he’d like to have gotten more notice of the […]
Staff At Monday night’s meeting, town council: •approved a request from the Police Services Board to amend By-Law 66/90-A (which prohibits the use of ATVs in town limits) to exempt police, fire and rescue, paramedic, and bylaw personnel while in the performance of their duties; •authorized administration to purchase 5,175 […]
Press Release Licensed commercial pilots who drive planes full of passengers and young soldiers who drive armoured tanks around Afghanistan won’t be able to drive their friends to hockey practice in Ontario under proposed Liberal legislation, Opposition leader Bob Runciman said Monday. “Legislators have no monopoly on good policy. That’s […]
Duane Hicks After being in existence for about a decade now, the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition has changed its name to Safe Communities Rainy River District. “It better identifies the scope, and it’s in line with all the other safety movements in Canada,” administrative co-ordinator Grace Silander explained. “We’ve […]
Peggy Revell Social housing and provincial “uploading” were two of the many things on the agenda at the Rainy River District Social Services Association Board’s monthly meeting last Thursday. Board members were given a presentation by housing manager Dianne Faragher and maintenance worker Rick Bliss about how, following the departure […]
Press Release AbitibiBowater recently marked its one-year anniversary, celebrating the formation of one of the largest publicly-traded paper and forest products companies in the world. The merger has allowed the company to become a more dynamic, competitive, and sustainable organization in today’s challenging business reality. “AbitibiBowater has made significant financial […]
Duane Hicks Town council unanimously supported proceeding with the request for proposal (RFP) process for the Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre on Monday night, bringing a measure of relief to library board chair Joyce Cunningham. “It’s a good feeling. Each time we get to a new stage, it’s […]
Paige Desmond Thanks to a strong community response, the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team has been granted an extension until Dec. 5 to collect signatures and letters of support from the community. As reported in Monday’s Daily Bulletin, the local SAPT needs the community’s help to keep its […]
Staff Those planning to apply for the vacant trustee seat on the Rainy River District School Board have until 3 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 27) to get their applications packages in. No applications had been received as of noon yesterday, board chair Dan Belluz noted, although there have been a few […]
