Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is encouraging its membership to support the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre by making a pledge to the “Drive for 35” fundraising campaign. “The new technology centre has been designed in such a way to provide support to small […]
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Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service will be at Canadian Tire this Saturday (Oct. 4) to kick-start Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-11). Fire safety specialist Wayne Riches said firefighters will be there from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and that the public is encouraged to come out to get […]
Staff Local residents will have a chance to put their bargain-hunting skills to good use—and for a good cause—at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s garage sale this Saturday (Oct. 4) from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. “There’s going to be bake sale items, five dollars a bag,” noted Debbie Bazylewski of the […]
Duane Hicks After spending the last week conducting a successful phone blitz for its “Drive for 35” fundraising effort, “Building for the Future” campaign volunteers are continuing to accept pledges towards the new Fort Frances Library and Technology Centre. “Building for the Future” campaign chair Mark Kowalchuk said yesterday that […]
Paige Desmond Women in Rainy River District can rest assured local candidates running in the Oct. 14 federal election have a mind for women’s issues—and plans of how to address them. For NDP candidate John Rafferty, the lack of access to shelters in the district is a major setback, which […]
Press Release You’ve heard it all before–eat well, exercise, don’t smoke. Easier said than done, right? But what if where you worked helped make these healthy habits easy? The Northwestern Health Unit is encouraging local workplaces to take the “Fit @ Work” challenge, which is being held as part of […]
Press Release With the federal election coming up, Bill Michl, like everyone else in the district, would like to see big change. What’s different is the type of change Michl would like to see. You see, Michl is raising funds for his “Joints in Motion” marathon that will take place […]
Peggy Revell Local residents had the chance to see those hoping to represent Thunder Bay-Rainy River do some verbal sparring at the all-candidates’ forum hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce last night at the Civic Centre. And while each candidate said afterwards that the debate went well, the […]
Paige Desmond “When we went into care, my dad fought for us,” explained Christine. “My mom had schizophrenia,” she continued, describing how she and her four siblings ended up in the care of Family and Children’s Services here. In 1991, when Christine was four, her mom got sick and as […]
Duane Hicks Following up a public information session last Wednesday evening to gauge interest in a second condominium building here, it’s now up to potential buyers to let economic development officer Geoff Gillon know what they want out of any potential development. “I think the evening went very well. A […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River Future Development Corp. has a new videoconferencing unit installed and ready to go, enabling it to bring business training to the district easier than ever before. The unit, provided by the Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre, allows the RRFDC to provide various types of business training […]
Peggy Revell Incumbent Liberal Ken Boshcoff wants his constituents to know he has given his heart and soul to his job as Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP since first being elected to Parliament back in June, 2004. “24/7/362” is what his work ethic is, he said, and one of the biggest […]
