As people lined up at the Métis Hall here yesterday to pick up their food box from the “Healthy Living” program, they were able to take their food home in a new reusable tote. Previously, the program had been using various cardboard boxes, which often were not returned. The new […]
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The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) is now open to the public. The office, located inside the post office, is ready to assist businesses and young workers with their summer employment needs. Service Canada Centres for Youth link youth and employers. They provide young people with job […]
For several years, Crime Stoppers’ programs across Ontario have been working to reach out to one of the province’s most vital resources—seniors. Because June has been designated “Seniors Month” in Ontario, and June 15 was recognized as “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day,” Crime Stoppers of Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota […]
Voyageurs National Park is initiating a study of the double-crested cormorant colony in Lake Kabetogama starting this month. This study, funded by the U.S. National Park Service, has four principle objectives: •determine population size and other demographic characteristics, including numbers of fledged young/produced per nest; •describe foraging behaviour of adult […]
The Rainy River District Breast Health Network held a charity barbecue Saturday at M&M Meat Shops on Second Street East. No stranger to holding such events, franchise owner and manager Chris McKinnon had a personal reason for staging this one. “My mom is a nurse that works underneath the [breast […]
Ontario pharmacists soon may have the ability to prescribe drugs to patients as Queen’s Park looks to join other provinces to expand the prescribing powers of pharmacists, non-physicians, and nurses. Health minister George Smitherman has said the implementation of this would have to be done with much caution, but that […]
Certificates, medallions, and some hardware were handed out Monday during the Fort Frances High School’s annual “recognition assembly” for academic achievement. Principal Gord McCabe congratulated the students on their accomplishments so far, and encouraged all grades to step up and try to be involved in their school as well as […]
Glen Fenster of Aventura, Fla. took a rest Monday night at the Super 8 Motel here after a hard day of biking. Starting out from Denver, Colo., Fenster first headed to California, travelled up the Pacific Coast to Vancouver, then went across western Canada to Fort Frances, where he crossed […]
The local Salvation Army is hoping area residents step up with donations after its annual “Red Shield Appeal” last month raised only half of its $20,000 goal. And the ministry says it needs to raise that other $10,000 in order to meet the needs of the community. The Salvation Army […]
Fort Frances OPP is asking for public help in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a break-and-enter at an Emo residence on Friday night. Sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight, a male kicked open the door of the residence and confronted the lone occupant before fleeing, police said in […]
As of Monday, the new Meditech system was up and running smoothly at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, with work underway yesterday to implement the system at the Emo and Rainy River health centres. Meditech is a health information system that ties into a regional database. The first phase […]
The Rainy River District School Board’s results for the 2008 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test indicate the district’s students continue to perform well in the areas of reading and writing. Of the 277 Grade 10 students who wrote the test for the first time in March, 83 percent passed both […]
