Town council has been invited to attend the Northern Networks trade conference, which will be held concurrently with the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce annual general meeting here later this month. Speaking at last night’s council meeting, NOACC president Tannis Drysdale urged councillors and town staff to attend the […]
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While there’s no doubt volunteers are the backbone of service clubs and other non-profit organizations, keeping those volunteers eager and active can be a whole different matter. How do you attract new volunteers? What can you do to keep them? How should you recognize them? These questions—and others— will be […]
Town council will hold its first meeting regarding the 2004 budget, and the public is invited to come out and give their input on what should be on the agenda. “The process for tonight’s meeting is to allow the public to come forward and say, ‘I think we should consider […]
Retired high school teacher Rick Wiedenhoeft is the latest to file his nomination to run for town council in the November election, bringing the number of those in the running to eight. “Fort Frances has always been good to me and my family. I thought this would a good opportunity […]
After months of uncertainty, and more than a month with its front doors chained shut, the future of the Red Dog Inn here appears to be stabilizing with a new owner poised to take possession of the property. The new owner, Don Lee of Sioux Lookout, has not finalized every […]
For anyone who hasn’t made the trek across the border to take in an event at the Citizens for Backus/ AB facility in International Falls, this weekend is your perfect chance. It was a year ago this week that the group took over ownership of two old schools in an […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to a blaze at the Walleye Trailer Court around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, making for the second trailer fire this week. Fire Chief Steve Richardson said the damage—totalling $25,000— was contained to the middle part of the trailer while the rest of it sustained […]
Eleven local “celebrities” have been lined up to take part in the Canadian Diabetes Association’s annual challenge, which runs Sept. 13-19. This year’s celebrities include Dawn Booth, co-ordinator of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club president Mark Jones (also of Holmlund Financial), Capt. Angel Sandoval of the Fort […]
As annual maintenance and repairs continue at the kraft mill, local mill manager John Harrison said things have been going smoothly so far. “We’re on schedule,” he noted this morning. “We should be starting back up on Sept. 11.”^The kraft mill was shut down last Friday for its annual late-summer […]
A barbecue to raise funds for the Terry Fox Foundation, and the search for a cure for cancer, will be held tomorrow in advance of the annual Terry Fox Run coming up Sunday, Sept. 14. Tomorrow’s fundraiser will run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the lot beside Pharmasave (the event’s […]
Gardening is said to be one of the most popular pastimes in Canada and certainly Rainy River district residents are holding their own. The warm, dry summer has been ideal for vegetables and flowering plants and many have taken advantage of the season to turn out bumper crops. But one […]
After years of debate and indecision, the Rainy River District School Board announced at their first board meeting of the 2003-04 school year that the building has been sold for the bargain basement price of one dollar. “It is gratifying that the board has approved the offer to purchase by […]
