Town council will begin its 2006 budget process this evening with an open meeting to get input from the public. And unlike last year when no one from the public showed up, two speakers are on the agenda to speak tonight—Chamber of Commerce president Gary Rogozinski and local resident Melvin […]
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With renovations expected to start in January, the Fort Frances Museum fundraising committee has reached two-thirds of its fundraising goal of $130,000. “We’re sort of gearing up for another push here. We still have to approach businesses and some foundations and that,” noted museum curator Pam Hawley. “We have about […]
District residents have come through once again for the Canadian Blood Services donor clinic at Fort High yesterday and Wednesday. CBS community development co-ordinator Harvey Heather reported this morning that yesterday’s clinic attracted 217 donors, from which 193 units were collected. Including Wednesday’s clinic, that brought the total collected to […]
September is recognized for “Take Back The Night” activities across Canada. Events are taking place across Canada to highlight the issue of violence against women. Violence against women can take many forms. It is most commonly divided into the following categories: physical violence which is the most obvious, stalking which […]
In an effort to help inform tourists before they cross the border into Canada, and hopefully help boost the sagging number of visitors coming through here, partners gathered at the Civic Centre yesterday to launch a new website. Found at www.canadawelcomesyou.net, this site is dedicated to answering frequently-asked questions—for both […]
Canadian-certified pedorthist Jim Pattison, C. Ped(C), of Prince Albert, Sask., attended the Calzatecnia conference sponsored by CIATEC in Leon, Mexico earlier this month. CIATEC is an organization formed by the co-operation of the shoe industry and the federal Mexican government. To open the conference, Pattison addressed a world-wide group of […]
The Devlin/La Vallee Volunteer Fire Department had six of its members attend the annual “Fire Con” in Thunder Bay last week. Jim Belluz, Ken McCormick, Jason Caul, Trevor Mills, Gary Greengrass, and Kelly Sterling all made the trip to attend this highly-intensive training. Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson also […]
Come out to the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market this Saturday for Meat and Cheese Day and taste some of the meats being produced locally in Rainy River District. Chef Bob Mathieson will be serving up some savoury selections starting at 10 a.m. Kim Cornell and Pat Clysdale-Cornell of Cornell Farms […]
A baby shower will be held next Tuesday (Sept. 27) at 7 p.m. in the lower level of St. Patrick’s Church in Emo to welcome the newest member of the Lado family (the family from Africa that was sponsored by the Emo community). Christian and Christine welcomed their third child—a […]
A proposal to have a forensic audit done on the expenses of mayor and council was recommended at a regular meeting of the town’s Administration and Finance executive committee yesterday. “It was brought up by one of the councillors on the A&F committee, probably in response to a lot of […]
Hundreds of people, young and old alike, made their way to Scott Street on Saturday for the local Business Improvement Association’s third “Downtown Harvest Days.” “It was really well-attended. We got down quite a variety of people, which is what my intent was—to reach a whole different group,” BIA co-ordinator […]
After being appointed last Wednesday afternoon to fill the vacancy left by the late Coun. Struchan Gilson, John Albanese will be sworn in at the Tuesday, Oct. 11 council meeting. And he’s looking forward to stepping into the role he previously served in from 1985-91. “My goal is to work […]
