This Sunday, local residents are invited to celebrate the landmark for which the district is named: Rainy River. An afternoon full of events has been planned for families to come and spend the day on the banks of the river to celebrate Canadian Rivers Day, the first such event in […]
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International Falls city council took a step towards increasing co-operation with its Fort Frances counterparts earlier this week, establishing a task force to promote communication between the two municipal governments. And if Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk has it his way, council here could take a step in the same […]
The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 and the local ladies auxiliary held its Honours and Awards Night here Monday. For the ladies auxiliary, life membership awards were presented to Joanne Gosselin, Florence Hill, Alyce Lambert, Helen Matheson, Marie McDiarmid, Nancy Shaw, and Betty Sivonen. Pins for years of service were […]
John Rafferty, acclaimed last week to represent the NDP in Thunder Bay-Rainy River in the next federal election, said he and his team are preparing to take on Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff. “People at the doors are telling me they’re not voting Liberal,” he said. “People at the doors are […]
Fort Frances OPP officers are going fishing on Saturday—and hope to come back with more than a good catch. Twenty-seven students from local schools will spend the day fishing with 22 officers who have agreed to donate their boats for the day. The group will leave at 9 a.m. from […]
Due to legislation recently passed by the provincial government, Fort Frances residents can expect to see an increase in their sewer and water bills starting next month. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown confirmed Tuesday that sewer and water rates will be going up here, but refused to disclose exactly […]
Senior kindergarten students in local public schools will begin a full-day, every day program starting in September. “Kindergarten marks the beginning of a very important journey,” Linda Hill, assistant superintendent of education for the Rainy River District School Board, noted at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting here. “We strongly believe […]
The Rainy River District School Board will vote on two tentative agreements reached last month with its teachers at its regular monthly meeting here tonight. The board announced it had reached a tentative four-year settlement with its secondary teachers on May 17, and reached a similar agreement with its elementary […]
A new Fun in the Sun queen will be crowned July 1, a pageant organizer confirmed Monday morning. “It is a go,” said Dawn Booth, who is co-organizing this year’s event with Melissa Gushulak and Cheryl Hoard. The future of the annual pageant was up in the air after only […]
An excessive amount of groundwater required the town to divert sewage into the Rainy River and relieve stress on its sewage treatment system last week. And while the 5.6 cm (2.2. inches) of rain that fell in a 12-hour period was to blame, the fact some residents still haven’t switched […]
John Rafferty will carry the NDP banner in Thunder Bay-Rainy River during the next federal election after being acclaimed as the candidate by party members this week. “I’m very pleased the members in the riding have shown the confidence in me that the have,” Rafferty said this morning. The party […]
The fire situation continues to be very quiet in the West Fire District, with no active fires anywhere in Northwestern Ontario. But the Ministry of Natural Resources is warning that situation could turn around as the fire hazard has reached “medium-high” and even “high-extreme” levels in parts of the region. […]
