Stephen Ogden (Toronto) and Jim and Cindy Thompson (Atikokan) won the $100 up for grabs Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, respectively, in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4 were Kelly McMahon (Atikokan), Ken Wright (Atikokan), Lawrence […]
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Tom Bruyere will be walking his fifth 20-mile “Walk for Dialysis” this Friday (Sept. 10). He already has collected almost $5,000 in pledges himself, and hopes to increase the total with the help of the others who will be walking along with him. “The support from the community is outstanding,” […]
The Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library will hold its first meeting of the season next Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. downstairs in the library. New volunteers are welcome to attend and needed to get involved in helping our library be the best it can be. The group […]
Two public meetings on the fate of the Esox Lake dam were held last week, providing a look at the options the Ministry of Natural Resources—with input from public—will be weighing before taking action. The first of these meetings was held last Wednesday at the MNR office here while a […]
Enrolment continues to drop locally, with the Rainy River District School Board reporting a decrease of 74 elementary students and 169 secondary ones this year over last. On opening day of the 2004-05 year last Wednesday, the public board reported 1,701 elementary students and 1,330 secondary ones at its 14 […]
With the municipal election taking place last November, town council had no choice but to start working on the 2004 budget late last year. But Mayor Dan Onichuk vowed that won’t be the case for the 2005 budget, with the process slated to get underway later this month. “We have […]
At its first meeting of the new school year tonight, the Rainy River District School Board will hear a report on its summer school and the new credit recovery program that were run over the summer. According to a report by Superintendent of Education Terry Ellwood, more than 20 students […]
With all six “tour de Fort” shows lined up for the 2004-05 season, spokesman Gary Rogozinski is hoping the passports, which are on sale now, move a lot better than last year. “My biggest concern, and the concern of the entire board, is that last year we only sold 300 […]
The public got a chance to see what options the Ministry of Natural Resources is proposing to deal with a deteriorating dam on the Manitou River (Esox Lake) during an open house here yesterday. With a roomful of charts and maps, the MNR illustrated five alternatives as to what can […]
Last Tuesday (Aug. 24), Dryden OPP officers were advised of a vessel collision that had occurred on the back channel of Eagle Lake around 8:30 a.m. on the previous day. In poor weather conditions, with heavy rains and strong winds, the vessel operated by a Wisconsin man collided with a […]
It was a beautiful day, with a great social time, for the Williams and Brannan family reunion held Saturday (Aug. 28) from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the North Branch Community Centre. Some 54 people were on hand, which was a smaller number than usual as some could not get away. […]
There were seven more winners in the weekly Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Aug. 22-28 were Robert McTavish (Devlin), Sharon Stromstad (International Falls), Ben and Frances Grant (Emo), Gerd O’Sullivan (Emo), Dean McLean (Devlin), Dwight Tank (Stratton), and Georges Blanc (Fort Frances).
