From one extreme to the next. That’s what Kim Jo Bliss, technician at the agricultural research station in Emo, has experienced the last two years—with 2005 being extremely wet and this past summer resulting in drought conditions. “It’s been a long time since we could say ‘Wow, what a dry […]
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The Town of Fort Frances saluted 2006 “Citizen of the Year” June Keddie, as well as retirees and employees who have reached 25 years of service, at its annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. As she was greeted on stage by 1994 “Citizen of the Year” Mark […]
Take charge of your future with “Summer Company,” an Ontario government program for full-time students aged 15-29. The program provides students with hands-on business experience, training and mentoring, and awards of up to $3,000 to help start their own summer business. To be eligible for the experience, students must: •have […]
Don’t know what to get for that person who has everything? How about treating them to a gourmet meal—all in the name of a charitable cause. Tickets are available for the local Alzheimer Society’s second-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction,” which is slated for Sunday, Jan. 21 at the Fort […]
Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc. announced yesterday the indefinite shutdown of its Ignace sawmill operation. This shutdown took effect yesterday and will impact 29 direct Bowater employees and 20 contractor ones. This decision is the direct result of lumber quotas imposed upon Bowater’s Ontario operations. These quotas are the result […]
Fort Frances council passed a motion Monday night to name citizen appointees to various town committees for the term running Dec. 1, 2006-Nov. 30, 2010. The various committees, including the council reps previously named at the Dec. 4 inaugural meeting, are: •Accessibility Advisory Committee—Jennifer Cawston; •Children’s Complex Advisory Committee—Debbie Bazylewski, […]
An award-winning First Nations children’s author will be in town this Saturday (Dec. 23) for a book signing from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. And while he’s not from Rainy River District originally, he does have a local connection. Larry Loyie is the author of three plays, some short stories, and three […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff attended last night’s town council meeting to offer greetings to the newly-elected mayor and councillors. “I came to offer this council my co-operation to work with you on those items which our orders of government may find some measure of an attempt to revitalize […]
After only re-opening at its new location on McIrvine Road in July, the Fort Frances Bingo Hall will be closing its doors at the end of the year. Linda Larocque, vice-president of the Fort Frances Bingo Association, said a letter was sent out to Bingo hall employees and the local […]
With the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s 19th-annual community Christmas dinner now only a week away, organizers have been bowled over with the generosity of local individuals and businesses. “Things are coming along really well,” Diane Maxey, a community dinner committee member, said Friday. “We could probably just need to get […]
With Family and Children’s Services’ “Adopt An Angel” program coming to an end on Wednesday, the public still has a chance to make a district child’s Christmas morning that much more joyful. “Adopt An Angel” trees are set up at Wal-Mart here and Tompkins Hardware in Emo, decorated with paper […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff is scheduled to speak at tonight’s town council meeting, offering greetings to the newly-elected mayor and councillors. Other business at tonight’s meeting will include: •applications for tax adjustment at 1330 Woodward St., 450-452 Scott St., and 460 Scott St.; •a bylaw to designate the […]
