There are still tickets available for tonight’s second-annual “Stand Up for Mental Health” comedy show. David Granirer, the founder of Stand Up for Mental Health, is emceeing the show, which starts at 7 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. “I think when you see people on stage doing stand-up comedy on […]
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Students in Sharla MacKinnon’s Grade 5 class at J.W. Walker School here had the opportunity to learn about the significance of “Arbour Week” yesterday as Bill Mueller, Rick Huisman, and Mike Gurski of Hydro One visited the classroom. Although Arbour Week in Ontario ran from April 25-May 4, the students […]
The skeet range at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club property by Frog Creek was a busy place Tuesday evening. Len Noonan and Rick Johnson both had perfect rounds of “25.” Noonan also turned in rounds of 22 and 21 while Johnson’s other two rounds totalled 20 and 21. Other top […]
FORT FRANCES—The town discussed the viability of repairing, replacing, or removing the government dock at Pither’s Point during a public meeting Wednesday night at the Civic Centre. Remedial repairs and upgrades are slated to cost $770,000 while replacing the entire dock would cost an estimated 1.5 million. Removing the dock […]
FORT FRANCES—While there will be areas of open water on Rainy Lake for Minnesota anglers on their walleye-opener this Saturday, the North Arm of Rainy Lake remains iced in. While it all depends on the good graces of Mother Nature, at least two local pilots were hopeful “ice-out” would occur […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is actively trying to improve health and food security by raising the nutrition level of the food we eat through a wide range of programs. These include “Plant a row, Grow a row,” food box programs, community gardens in Emo and Fort Frances, a “Buy Local” […]
Despite a current audiologist position vacancy at the Northwestern Health Unit’s Kenora office, the following audiology and hearing services continue to be provided through its Fort Frances and Dryden locations: •hearing tests and screening for people of all ages; •hearing care counselling and hearing health care information; •customized hearing aid […]
Family and Children’s Services here is helping to promote Children’s Mental Health Day today (May 7)—a province-wide campaign to recognize the importance of children’s mental health services. Statistics show one out of every five children and youths under the age of 19 struggles with emotional, mental, or behavioural difficulties. Unfortunately, […]
The Rainy River District Logging & Safety Committee is presenting a “Health and Safety” Forum this Thursday and Friday (May 8-9) at the Memorial Sports Centre and anyone interested is welcome to register. The event is targeted particularly at anyone involved in the forestry industry, including owners, operators, truck drivers, […]
With the snow hopefully gone and milder temperatures upon us, people are looking for more and more reasons to get out of the house and get active. Those looking to do so, raising funds for a good cause at the same time, have to look no further than the sixth-annual […]
With more than 60 exhibitors participating in the third-annual Women’s Health Symposium coming up this Saturday (May 10), you can bet there will be a wide variety of information, displays, and interactive activities for women of all ages to enjoy. The event is slated to take run from 9 a.m.-3 […]
Every year, a group of freshly-graduated high school students move out of their homes and spread their wings in different cities and areas. Some go to Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, and Duluth while some move farther afield to Vancouver, Toronto, and Halifax. It seems that every time this happens, those you […]
