Tickets are still available for the “Just Imagine” raffle being drawn this Saturday (Feb. 3) at 1 p.m. at Canada Safeway here. Tickets cost $5 each, with the grand prize being a 42” plasma TV—just in time for Super Bowl Sunday. The second-place prize is a laptop computer while the […]
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Boston Pizza International Inc. announced this week it is actively seeking a franchisee in Fort Frances as part of its rapid growth across Ontario. Boston Pizza now has 65 locations in Ontario and plans to open up to 40 new stores across Canada this year. “The opening of Boston Pizza […]
Paul Jewiss was the grand prize winner of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Fun in the Sun” NHL ticket raffle. He won tickets to games between the Montreal Canadians and Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins versus Toronto Maple Leafs, as well as airfare from Winnipeg to Ottawa to […]
FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District Municipal Association agreed to endorse, in principle, the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association’s Regional Recovery Plan at its 16th-annual general meeting Saturday in Emo. The plan was presented by Iain Angus, chair of the Regional Recovery Program (RRP) committee, who explained they have developed a common […]
FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board has learned it will have access to $600,000 in joint federal and provincial funding for a program designed to help keep seniors in their homes longer. The Seniors Quality of Life Support Program (SQLSP) “would assist senior homeowner households with affordability […]
FORT FRANCES—As town council and management continue to work through the 2007 budget process, some good news was announced Monday—the operating deficit has been reduced from $1.3 million to a more manageable $352,000. “There’s a host things we got rid of,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig explained. “Equipment purchases, vehicle […]
FORT FRANCES—With talk about financing, community ownership, and the Family Health Team model stemming back to the fall of 2005, the town will give local residents an update as to the future of the Fort Frances Clinic at a meeting scheduled for Monday, March 5. “Council has been very active […]
A proposed merger between Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater Inc. announced this morning has Communications, Energy and Paperworkers of Canada representatives wondering what the unexpected news will mean to mill operations here and elsewhere. “I’m always concerned when you get two major players merge, and they say there will be ‘syngeries’ realized,” […]
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the site of the first listening session for Diane Maxey’s Easter cantata this evening has been changed. Instead of being held at St. Mary’s Church, interested singers now are encouraged to go to the Zion Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. For more information, call Maxey at […]
FORT FRANCES—After getting the thumbs up from Chief Building Official Rick Hallam, museum staff will begin the task of moving back into the newly-renovated Fort Frances Museum this weekend. “We’re working through the weekend. We hope to more or less be done by Monday,” said museum curator Pam Hawley. But […]
FORT FRANCES—With three weeks to go before the Feb. 16 deadline, local groups and service clubs aimed at helping youths and families are reminded to pick up applications for the Moffat Family Fund. Town administrative assistant Lori Pattison said Friday morning that no applications have been turned in yet, but […]
“Just imagine how much money we can raise in one day!” When organizers selected that name for its “radio-a-thon” yesterday morning, they didn’t imagine the total would surpass $180,000. “We didn’t know what to anticipate,” said Deane Cunningham, chairman of the “Just Imagine” fundraising campaign to purchase a CT Scanner […]
