Due to the water tower rehabilitation project, the water tower will be taken out of service for roughly 10 weeks from May 28-July 30. “In May, 2007, we cleaned and did an inspection of the water tower. It was determined that the exterior and interior coating systems must be replaced,” […]
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Weechi-it-te-win Family Services is proud to host a launch party to unveil its new website The “come and go” launch party will take place this Tuesday (May 20) from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. The launch party will include many door prizes, interactive viewings of all links to […]
Rainy River First Nations will be completing its final phase of a veterans memorial there tomorrow with a ceremony at 2 p.m., followed by the annual fish fry at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre near Stratton. “We’re paying tribute to our veterans who belong to the Rainy River First Nations,” explained […]
The Education Centre for the Rainy River District School Board is not expected to be rebuilt as planning for a new Robert Moore School here gets underway. Although attached to the school, the Education Centre was not deemed as “prohibitive to repair” like Robert Moore. This means the cost of […]
Paramedics turned out in large numbers Monday night to ask town council to give them the same rights to retire at 60 as police and firefighters. “Paramedics provide a public service often under hazardous, high-stress conditions,” paramedic John Beaton told council. “They respond to emergencies, providing medical services and transporting […]
The founder of “Stand Up for Mental Health” was in Fort Frances over the weekend for the second-annual comedy night staged by the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. David Granirer developed the company in order to use comedy as a means of empowering people with mental illness. […]
The third-annual Women’s Health Symposium went off without a hitch Saturday at Fort Frances High School and organizers said they couldn’t be more pleased with the results. “I thought the 2008 Women’s Health Symposium was phenomenal,” enthused committee member Dianne Faragher, noting the event drew more than 450 people. “It […]
Next month, he will don his purple cap and gown and, like his peers, proudly walk across the stage to receive his high school diploma. While this might not seem like a difficult feat for most students, for 19-year-old Veryan Erwin, who struggles with autism, finishing his high school education […]
AbitibiBowater is investigating an effluent leak near Fourth Street West and Central Avenue that was discovered yesterday. While they have not yet located the leak, “everything is under control,” Environmental Services manager Gary Rogozinski said this morning. “The mill was shut down anyway because we have a three-day maintenance outage,” […]
The Rainy River District detachment of the OPP has located two girls who had been missing for three days. Charise Bruyere and Kendra Morrison had not been seen or heard from by their family since they left the family residence on First Street East in Fort Frances around 9:30 p.m. […]
Town council passed the 2008 municipal budget last night, which included a 3.1904 percent tax increase for residential homes, a 3.461 percent tax hike for multi-residential, and 1.0714 percent jump for commercial occupied. There also is a 1.3760 percent increase for industrial, a 1.3778 percent increase for large industrial, and […]
Ministry of Natural Resources Fire Rangers responded to a blaze yesterday at Happy Landing Lodge in the Pipestone Lake area. Harrold Boven, with the MNR fire management office here, indicated this morning he isn’t aware how the fire started at this point. “We were there to prevent it from spreading […]
