The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is still looking for more nominations for its 12th-annual business awards. “Things are going okay, but they’re not going fabulously,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth noted late yesterday. “We’ve got about 41 nominations, and I’ve talked to quite a few people in the last few […]
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With representatives from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, and Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association asking questions, the four candidates vying for the Kenora-Rainy River riding had a lot to say about education issues at Tuesday night’s forum. In response to Progressive Conservative leader John […]
After passing a resolution Sept. 25 to appoint a candidate to fill the vacancy left by Tannis Drysdale, town council changed its mind yesterday and instead will hold a byelection to let the people decide. Voting to reconsider the previous resolution, which had been unanimously approved, councillors then discussed why […]
Abitibi-Consolidated will be conducting burning of the residual branches and treetops that remain after logging operations. The objective of burning is to remove the material in order to permit reforestation of the land, to reduce fire risk, and to improve visual aesthetics in our forests. Burning occurs anytime after Oct. […]
Starting Oct. 1, all 600 LCBO stores throughout Ontario are supporting the cause for missing and exploited children. Child Find Ontario donation boxes will be displayed at LCBO checkout counters until Oct. 31, providing the public an opportunity to donate to the prevention of child luring by predators. For 24 […]
Seen by many as the kick-off to the holiday season locally, those looking forward to the “Spirit of Christmas” had better mark Sunday, Nov. 11 on their calendars. And given that Nov. 11 is Remembrance Day, the theme for the 13th-annual fundraiser is “Memories.” Linda Hamilton, who sits on the […]
There’s nothing like a Tim Hortons oven-fresh chocolate chip cookie—unless it’s twice the size! Tim Hortons “Smile Cookies” once again are going on sale for $1 (tax excluded) in Fort Frances from Oct. 4-7. The special chocolate chip cookies also have double the meaning because all proceeds from the cookie […]
A 29-year-old Fort Frances man was charged with impaired driving, driving with a blood alcohol level over 80 mg, and possession of marijuana on Saturday. Fort Frances OPP officers observed the man operating a 1976 motorhome in an erratic manner on Scott Street shortly after 1 a.m. The man was […]
Mental Illness Awareness Week (Sept. 30-Oct. 6) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now co-ordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness […]
An Atikokan man is facing several charges in conjunction with a motor vehicle accident there in July that killed one person and seriously injured two others. Joseph J. Benjamin, 28, was charged with criminal negligence causing death, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily […]
Paul Dalseg, who was born and raised in Rainy River District, surprised the Riverside Foundation for Health Care last week with his very generous donation of $30,000 in memory of his parents, Paul and Bricken Dalseg, on behalf of the Dalseg Family. “My father raised us to be generous,” Dalseg […]
FORT FRANCES—The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce held its 72nd-annual general meeting last Thursday-Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous, seeing a total of 40 registered attendees and presenters come here from all corners of the region. In addition to getting up-to-date on topics relevant to economic development, the region, and […]
