As the annual charity campaign spearheaded by Canada Safeway employees nears a close, the local store’s fundraising committee handed over a cheque for $7,322.46 to the Kiwanis skatepark committee on Friday. “I thought it was great. I was thinking it might have been around $5,000,” said Kiwanis president Mark Jones. […]
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The provincial election is in full swing now as campaigning enters its third week. Although polls have the Liberals with nearly half of the support of decided voters, NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton isn’t worried that his party will be a flop on election night. “I know we’re […]
The three main candidates vying to capture Kenora-Rainy River riding in the Oct. 2 provincial election squared off in a debate here Friday night here—and as the two challengers found out, experience plays a key role. Ontario NDP leader and incumbent MPP Howard Hampton, who has held the riding for […]
A community improvement plan, which includes an economic development financial incentive plan, submitted by the town to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing earlier this year has come back with the province’s seal of approval. Municipal planner Faye Flatt said the working group that devised the plan had a […]
The Rainy River District School Board has a message for those students who have made a living out of stealing lunch money and bolstering their self-esteem by belittling another’s. Your days are numbered. The public school board presented a sneak peek of the curriculum, which will be implemented by teachers […]
Rumour has it that the official motto at Crossroads School in Devlin is “Go big, or go home.” If so, the school certainly lived up to its motto when more than 200 students and staff doffed their books and donned their running shoes for the fourth-annual Terry Fox Run last […]
Appearing to have fallen short of last year’s total of $11,000, more than 80 participants still managed to show they support the fight against cancer, bringing in a preliminary sum of $7,500 for this year’s Terry Fox “Marathon of Hope” here. “We have a rough idea of how much we […]
The three candidates vying to capture the Kenora-Rainy River riding in the provincial election Oct. 2 duked it out in a debate Friday night at the Civic Centre. But the debate nearly didn’t happen as PC candidate Cathe Hoszowski had a family emergency just minutes before it was to start. […]
When George Bartlett first approached me about participating in the Canadian Diabetes Association’s annual “Celebrity Challenge” a few years ago, I put it off. Always thinking I was simply too busy to do it, there were no excuses left after seeing some of my former co-workers (Jennifer Battler and Reuben […]
The three main candidates vying for the Kenora-Rainy River seat in the Oct. 2 provincial election will square off in a debate here tonight. The debate, hosted by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, is set to start at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre and will be broadcast live […]
A couple who left everything behind to start a new life in Fort Frances is struggling to survive here. Robert Card, 60, from London, Ont., and his wife, De De, 58, from Yankton, S.D., have been staying at a local hotel since Monday, trying to sort out their living arrangements. […]
Living with diabetes isn’t easy. That’s what 11 local “celebrities” heard about during information sessions Monday evening and yesterday morning, but it’s something they’ll find out first-hand starting Saturday when they begin the Canadian Diabetes Association’s annual Celebrity Challenge. This year’s celebrities include Dawn Booth, co-ordinator of the Fort Frances […]
