Janice Beazley of Fort Frances, vice-chair of the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), will be the acting chair until a new chairman is appointed. Dr. John Whitfield, founding chair of the North West LHIN, has announced he is not seeking re-appointment to the board of directors to make […]
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FORT FRANCES—Organizers of last week’s Youth Health and Wellness Conference, held at La Place Rendez-Vous here, are pleased with the response they received from the participants and presenters involved. “I’m really glad we had the opportunity to offer a conference like this,” said organizer Shauna-Leigh Carlson, a health educator with […]
The process to re-zone and sell off property at the northwest corner of Nelson Street and Williams Avenue, to be developed into housing lots, will take another step forward at a public meeting scheduled for April 28. The subject of the meeting will be a zoning amendment to change the […]
Under Bill 130, which came into effect at the beginning of the year, Ontario municipalities are required to appoint a meeting investigator to look into closed-door meetings, or go with the services of the Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin, by Dec. 1, 2008. In co-operation with other regional municipalities, Fort Frances […]
FORT FRANCES—After a weekend of nomination meetings to choose the NDP candidate for the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding in the next federal election, it was two-time nominee John Rafferty who came out on top. Rafferty, who lives in Fort Frances, was challenged this time around by former Thunder Bay councillor […]
The provincial budget unveiled last week by Finance minister Dwight Duncan is drawing mixed reaction from provincial leaders and local sectors concerning the budget’s benefit to Rainy River District. The McGuinty government touted the budget as one that makes major new investments in skills, infrastructure, and innovation to encourage economic […]
Prompted by concerns over the orderly flow of traffic back to the U.S. during tourist season, combined with problems during the reconstruction of Central Avenue last summer, town council formed a border traffic committee last fall to help improve flow of both local and visitor traffic in the year ahead. […]
FORT FRANCES—Award-winning Canadian author and presenter David Bouchard offered an important message about literacy last week to a number of area students, as well as some parents. “Reading is not just about success, but about feeling good,” Bouchard stressed to Grade 6-8 students at Robert Moore School on Thursday afternoon. […]
Aimed at helping people who may be at risk for developing a chronic disease, as well as for people and their families who are managing one, the inaugural chronic disease management symposium here Saturday proved to be a hit, drawing more than 170 people. “I think it went really well,” […]
FORT FRANCES—After years of planning to build a new Fort Frances Public Library, the Rainy River District School Board is now suggesting a new proposal be considered for the facility. The board is proposing to have the library built in conjunction with a new Robert Moore School here. The board […]
The Canadian Blood Services annual spring clinic here, originally scheduled for April 9-10, has been delayed for two weeks. It’s now scheduled to run Wednesday, April 23 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and again Thursday, April 24 from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8:30 p.m. at Fort Frances High School. But CBS spokesperson Harvey […]
F.H. Huffman School will be saluted tonight for its “Schools on the Move: Lighthouse Program” under the Rainy River District School Board’s monthly Recognition of Excellence. The Huffman program is one of the initiatives “supported by the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, and was launched to celebrate and connect schools that […]
