There is a new wave of criminal activity encroaching on Rainy River District and it’s costing us a lot of money. That was the message conveyed to delegates attending the 14th-annual convention of the Rainy River District Municipal Association on Saturday in Barwick by one of those who is on […]
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The Rainy River District School Board has approved nine projects to receive funding from the Innovative Projects Program for 2004/05. The program encourages board staff and students to create and plan programs which address student needs that have not been met through existing school or board programs. This year, five […]
The Town of Fort Frances is on the lookout for more volunteer firefighters, with a deadline for applications coming up Feb. 18. “In the past two or three years, this has become an annual thing,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson noted Monday. “We like to keep a complement of 20 volunteer […]
Fort Frances OPP announced this morning they have made arrests in connection to the robberies—and attempted robberies—of several local businesses over the past few months. Members of the Fort Frances OPP arrested Neil Craig Brown, 35, and Pamela Marie Magel, 24, both residents of Portage La Prairie, Man., on Friday […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. will be receiving more than $600,000 from the provincial government to help balance its budget and improve operations. The province announced the $200 million in transitional funding last week, with different amounts going to hospitals depending on their ability to improve efficiency and balance budgets. […]
The Town of Fort Frances is continuing to work through its 2005 budget process, with a special lunchtime committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday being the most recent of discussions. “The budget process is going very well,” said Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig. “The biggest issue we’re looking at […]
It was just another Friday night on the job for William (Hugh) McKinnon—until he went on the Internet to check his Super 7 ticket with Encore. McKinnon said he was pleased to see his seven Encore numbers all matched the winning numbers, but didn’t realize exactly what that meant. “I […]
One local mill union is voting today on a proposed contract reached in late November. The International Association of Machinists Lodge #771, which reached an agreement in principle with Abitibi-Consolidated on Nov. 25, will be voting at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on that deal. But the second union that was […]
January is Crime Stoppers month worldwide. More than 1,200 Crime Stoppers civilian, community-owned programs can celebrate their success in assisting law enforcement agencies to make more than half-a-million arrests while solving over one million crimes. More than $5 billion worth of narcotics have been seized, and in excess of $1.7 […]
The Town of Fort Frances is planning to make an extra effort with its spring cleaning this year, becoming a member of the Ontario branch of “Pitch-In Canada” in anticipation of “Pitch-In Canada Week” (April 18-24). Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said in a report received at Monday night’s […]
The Town of Fort Frances will be operating the Sorting Gap Marina again this summer and not contracting it out to the private sector. Council made the decision during its regular meeting Monday night after approving a report from Community Services manager George Bell. “For the past three seasons, the […]
In response to popular demand, the Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library will be extending the hours of its ninth-annual Valentine bake sale this year. The “Love Your Library Bake Sale” will be held Friday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the library. Don’t miss the best baking […]
