With the annual Terry Fox Run coming up next month, local volunteers already have been working hard and keeping focused on promoting and raising money for the fundraiser. Vanessa Hebert, executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, said volunteers have been stationed at Canada Safeway, Wal-Mart, and Canadian Tire […]
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Blood donation isn’t just for car accident victims and organ transplants. It’s for people who have cancer. Melanie Mathieson, 36, of Fort Frances knows all about it—and she wants to increase public awareness about the value of being a blood donor. She was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in February and […]
After noticeable highs and lows each year since 2001, water levels on Rainy and Namakan lakes are right where they should be this summer, the International Rainy Lake Board of Control reported at its annual public meeting here Tuesday night. “The main message we want to get across is how […]
Anyone with questions or concerns regarding the regulation of Namakan and Rainy Lake, or the water quality on the Rainy River, is invited to the joint annual public meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board here tonight. The meeting is […]
Alicia Delbridge of Fort Frances still is breathing on her own after being taken off a ventilator last Wednesday, her father, Cory, wrote in an e-mail yesterday. The one-year-old fell critically ill back on Aug. 6 while visiting relatives with her family in Calgary, but has shown signs of improvement […]
One hundred additional Ontario FireRangers, including 61 from Northwestern Ontario, headed for British Columbia on Saturday to join 209 other personnel already there assisting in the forest firefighting effort, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported this morning. More than 50 new fires were reported in British Columbia on Friday, which […]
It’s that time of year again when residents should be wary of big, furry visitors in their yards as there’s been a rash of reports of black bears prowling neighbourhoods around town. “We’ve had a total of nine reported bear sightings in the past week,” bylaw enforcement officer Dave Egan […]
Little Alicia Delbridge appears to have taken a significant step towards recovery as she battles a rare heart ailment, says her family who is with her in a Calgary hospital. Her father, Cory, the assistant manager at Canada Safeway here, has informed friends here that the breathing tube that’s been […]
Roughly 3,600 Hydro One customers in Rainy River District had their power interrupted Wednesday afternoon due to strong northwest winds and heavy rain caused by a passing cold front, Hydro One reported. “It was all caused by the storm that hit the northwest [Wednesday] afternoon. When you get winds of […]
With construction on King’s Highway here set to begin Monday, Bay City Contractors Inc. of Thunder Bay last week assured the public that every effort is being made to minimize any inconvenience. Still, local business owners have mixed reactions. “It’s hard to say. It doesn’t help in the short term, […]
A new office of the Nature Conservancy of Canada officially opened here Monday, making history as the first time in the NCC’s existence that a second office has been opened in the same province. The official opening was held at the new office on Scott Street, attended by Rainy River […]
Girls and young women in the Fort Frances area are invited to participate in the first-ever Girl Power Camp at the UMAYC here next week. Organizers have been working on setting up the camp over the last several months and are excited to be offering the program to girls aged […]
