The Town of Fort Frances is on the lookout for volunteer firefighters, with a deadline for applications coming up next Wednesday (Jan. 21). “At this time, we are short a couple of firefighters so we’re putting a call out,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson said Tuesday. “We try to keep 20 […]
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While it still hasn’t been positively identified yet, the white powder that appeared on the steps of Robert Moore School here last Thursday afternoon—forcing the school and adjacent Rainy River District School Board office to close Friday—appears to have been the result of a simple error in judgment by some […]
The Canadian soft drink industry’s announcement last week that it would be voluntarily pulling all carbonated beverages from vending machines in elementary schools across the country will have little effect on the schools in Rainy River District. “The announcement doesn’t really affect us. We don’t have pop machines in our […]
The extensive construction going on at J.W. Walker School is proceeding on schedule and should be complete on time, the new superintendent of plant operations and maintenance for the Rainy River District School Board said at last night’s meeting. Raymond Roy, formerly the superintendent of works (operations) for the Town […]
Fort Frances OPP put in almost 4,000 more hours on the job in 2003 than the year before, detachment commander S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis reported to council here Monday night. In a year-end report, he said local officers worked 33,627 hours in 2003 compared to 29,629 for the previous year. They […]
The Rainy River District School Board took time out from Tuesday night’s meeting to recognize the accomplishments of its staff when chairman Dan Belluz presented a Recognition of Excellence certificate to Kendall Olsen and his mentoring committee. “Our mentors are one of our greatest assets in our ongoing professional development,” […]
Sharon Tibbs has been spending a great deal of her time lately surrounded by mountains of books in the basement of Sixth Street School until the renovations at J.W. Walker School are complete. “I’m the troll in the basement,” she laughed of her long hours in the bowels of the […]
After coming back before council with the blessing of the Community Services executive committee, the new community activities committee proposed by Mayor Dan Onichuk last month will become a reality. “I’m happy we’re moving forward,” Mayor Onichuk said at Monday night’s council meeting. “Now we can advertise [for committee members].” […]
A total of $56.365 was divided up between 14 local recipients Monday night as the town disbursed money from the Moffat Family Fund on behalf of the Winnipeg Foundation. The recipient of the largest portion of this sum was the Kiwanis skate park committee, which got $12,500 towards the proposed […]
As the town continues to work on its 2004 budget, council agreed to institute an interim tax levy and also borrow money to meet current expenditures at Monday night’s regular meeting. Mayor Dan Onichuk said the interim levy is necessary to keep money flowing into the town’s coffers—and maintain operations […]
The Kenora-Rainy River Community Care Access Centre is raising its profile in an effort to increase public awareness and perhaps entice three or four more people to apply for a seat on its board, which began 2004 with just five members. “We would like to get to be better known,” […]
They travel, on average, about 115,000 miles in a lifetime (that’s more than four times around the world). In a typical day, they endure a force of several hundred tons. Yet most of us never give them a second thought—until something goes wrong. The human foot, that marvel of evolutionary […]
