Staff Residents living in the central part of town lost power late Saturday night after lightning struck the feeder on Victoria Avenue, the Fort Frances Power Corp. reported this morning. FFPC general superintendent Brian Mueller said the strike destroyed a cut-out switch on the feeder, which is located at the […]
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Staff Local Government Week was promoted by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario as a time for the public to learn more about municipal government. This is the fifth and final article […]
Staff This week marks Local Government Week, which is being promoted by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario as a time for the public to learn more about municipal government. This is […]
Staff With the deadline for nominations coming up next Friday (Oct. 31), the town’s “Citizen of the Year” selection committee is asking the public to think of individuals who have made a difference in our community and nominate them for the award, which is being given out for the 21st […]
Paige Desmond Confederation College students, faculty, and administration were on hand yesterday to celebrate the local campus’ record enrolment of 102 full-time students. Local campus director Anne Renaud noted the college has seen an overall increase at all of its campuses, but added the jump here was the highest. Celebrating […]
Peggy Revell FORT FRANCES—While some people may be celebrating the countdown to the holiday season, another less-popular season also is just getting started: ’flu season. But protecting yourself against the ’flu is not complex, said Donna Stanley, manager of controls of infectious disease for the Northwestern Health Unit. “Really, the […]
Peggy Revell FORT FRANCES—Local speech pathologist Ann Anderson soon will be on her way to the other side of the world after being selected by the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists to be part of a delegation heading to China at the end of the month. Anderson, who […]
Peggy Revell FORT FRANCES—Members of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board were presented with results from surveys sent out to tenants in its social housing units across the district at last Thursday evening’s meeting. The Tenant Maintenance Survey was distributed to units across the district last spring, with […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Expected to help reduce power costs for the local pulp and paper mill, and help with long-term sustainability, the AbitibiBowater biomass boiler project is nearing completion, with the aim to be fully operational in January. “We’re a little over a week away from the first pressure test […]
Peggy Revell If you run your own business and have ever been confused about how sales tax works, then you’ll want to sign up for the PST/GST seminar being hosted tonight (Oct. 23) from 6-9 p.m. at the Rainy River Future Development Corp. office here. The event, alongside others this […]
Staff An information night last Wednesday aimed at trying to drum up new foster homes in the district went well, said Christa Little, foster care co-ordinator for Family and Children’s Services here. “It wasn’t bad,” Little said of the three families who turned out. “We had [four] good presenters,” she […]
Press Release “Antibiotic Resistant Organisms–A Call to Action!” is the theme of this year’s National Infection Control Week (Oct. 20-24). Infection prevention and control programs have been widely-recognized to be both clinically effective and cost-effective in preventing and controlling the spread of infections in health care settings. Since antibiotics first […]
