Those looking for the Valley Diabetes Education Centre and Riverside Community Counselling Services won’t find them where they were before the Christmas holidays as both have relocated to new digs. The pair of services now are located at 206 Victoria Ave.—the old St. Mary’s parish rectory— across from the ambulance […]
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Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the recent announcement by the province to start the Waste Diversion Ontario Blue Box Program in February is clearly a boon for the town’s recycling activity. But as to how much of a cash infusion it will amount to, that won’t be clear […]
Christmas came early for Vanessa Hebert this year as a flood of donations for the annual community dinner poured in late last week. “We were starting to worry,” Hebert, the executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, admitted Monday. “But I don’t know why we ever did—the community always […]
Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown is urging town residents to be patient, and keep putting their recyclables into the “blue box” and not the garbage can, until the new curbside pickup schedule comes into effect next week. “I’ve seen some ‘blue boxes’ out there already. We know there’s going […]
News of a case of “mad cow” disease in a dairy cow in Washington state last Tuesday (Dec. 23) has heightened the threat to the beef industry in Canada already reeling from a similar discovery in Alberta back in May, Canadian agricultural officials say. Furthermore, preliminary investigations indicate the animal […]
Whether it’s a significant levy increase or more funding from the province, the Northwestern Health Unit needs more money to do its job properly in 2004, said its CEO and medical officer of health. “We need stable funding for public health,” argued Dr. Pete Sarsfield. “It’s a problem across Canada, […]
The spirit of camaraderie was alive once again here this holiday season as well over 200 people came together at Knox United Church for the annual community Christmas dinner. “I think it went very well. We had a steady stream of people, not too many at once,” said Karen Haney, […]
Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown is urging town residents to be patient, and keep putting their recyclables into the “blue box” and not the garbage can, until the new curbside pickup schedule comes into effect next week. “I’ve seen some ‘blue boxes’ out there already. We know there’s going […]
Canadians returning to Fort Frances from International Falls will do well to do their meat shopping over here, say officials from Canada Customs and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Those entering Canada no longer are allowed to bring most beef, beef products, lamb, goat meat, or cervids (elk and moose) […]
The Northwestern Health Unit officially has learned it will have to wait until at least next month to find out if the provincial Health Services Review Appeal Board decides in favour of its stance on banning smoking in public places. “We found out after the media,” Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO […]
With renovation work on the old Fort Frances High School well underway, some local citizens have started a committee to preserve memories and pieces of history from the First Street East building. The Saving School Memories Committee had its first meeting last week, motivated by Vic Nowak. “I thought it […]
A community benefit tea for well-known district musician Stephanie Hawkins, director of the Rainy River Community Choir, is slated for this Sunday (Dec. 28) at La Place Rendez-Vous. Dainties and coffee/tea will be served at the come-and-go event, which will run from 1-4 p.m. Hawkins, 44, originally from New Brunswick […]
