The Chamber of Commerce’s spring home and leisure show isn’t happening until May 7-8, but the buzz already is building over the annual event, Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said yesterday. “We made some very exciting changes to our show in 2003 and will introduce even more activities in 2004 to […]
Local News
On March 21, members of the Liberal party in the proposed Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding will vote to nominate the man to represent the party in the next federal election. But local party members will have to travel to Thunder Bay to cast their vote. “The Ontario Liberal Party of […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board met with concerned parents last night regarding its French Immersion program. With only 14 students enrolled so far in French Immersion at the senior kindergarten level at St. Michael School for this September, the board asked for help from parents to encourage others to […]
The Northwestern Ontario Fire Safety Coalition is presenting the third-annual Public Fire and Life Safety Educators Conference on April 29-30 at the La Place Rendez-Vous. Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson, who’s been involved in organizing the conference since its inception, said it’s aimed at providing safety education to anyone […]
One of the most hotly-debated movies to come along in a long time, “The Passion of the Christ,” finally hit the big screens last Wednesday. I can’t remember the last time a film aroused such strong and disparate opinions among regular movie-goers. The film stirred up controversy even before its […]
Superintendent of Education Terry Ellwood will report on the Aboriginal Achievement Pilot Project during the Rainy River District School Board’s regular meeting Tuesday night, which is being held in Atikokan. The Northern Ontario Education Leaders (N.O.E.L.)—made up of eight school boards in Northwestern Ontario—has secured funding from the Ministry of […]
During a stop in Fort Frances yesterday, Thunder Bay MP Joe Comuzzi, minister of state (FedNor), announced FedNor has given $80,000 to the Rainy River Future Development Corp. to create future business and job opportunities as identified in the organization’s strategic plan. Serving the Fort Frances and Rainy River area, […]
Rainy River District will lose an important figure in education this summer when John Madigan, the director of education for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, retires. Madigan came to the board three years ago from the Ottawa Valley, along with his wife, Fran. “We were in a position where […]
A local social housing program has become a bone of contention between the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board. The board received a letter from the ministry in early February, informing them they would be assuming administrative responsibility for the Fort Frances Native […]
For the first time ever, residents of Rainy River District will have the chance to vote Green in the next federal election. Mike Kemper, an aerial photographer and bush pilot who divides his time between his small farm in Miscampbell and a home in Remscheid, Germany, has announced he will […]
The last time Patricia Thompson saw her little sister, they were playing tea together with their mother at the little girl’s foster home in Fort Frances. Thompson didn’t know at the time that would be the last time she saw her youngest sibling, but she is determined to find her […]
A combination of creative teaching and federal funding has given a group of local students an opportunity to try their hands at engineering. The Grade 7-8 classes at J.W. Walker School (housed at Sixth Street School during renovations at their own school) last week unveiled their science projects, which turned […]
