There are some people in the world who are fortunate enough to land the dream job. OPP Cst. Geoff Hartley is one of those. From the time he was a small boy growing up in rural Ontario, dogs have been his constant companions. So when he joined the OPP 18 […]
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More than 300 people turned up at the Devlin Hall on Sunday afternoon for a delicious family feast—and to give the Crossroads community rink project a financial boost. Sunny skies and the smell of deep-frying walleye fillets undoubtedly were contributing factors as people from all across the district took advantage […]
The crowd arrived hungry both to fill their stomachs and empty their wallets, and Barney Maher couldn’t have been happier. About 200 people were at La Place Rendez-Vous last Friday night for an evening of fun and fundraising during the 21st-annual banquet hosted by the Fort Frances branch of Ducks […]
With the construction of a Wal- Mart here on the horizon, town council last night accepted an offer from the local Business Improvement Area to sit down and discuss partnering for the benefit of the downtown core. “Our board is considering offering assistance to become a significant partner in the […]
The Administration and Finance executive committee will come back to council this evening with recommendations as to the direction the town will take with the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” final report. While council approved the report in principle at its April 14 meeting, it did not want to commit to forming […]
Paris, Tenn. Mayor Larry Crawford and city manager Carl Holder made it clear they were impressed by the “northern hospitality” of Fort Frances during their stay here last week. Unfortunately, the good time they had here was not on their minds once they returned home Sunday night to find tornadoes […]
Area residents who don’t mind lending a helping hand were in the spotlight last Wednesday night during the seventh-annual volunteer recognition banquet at the local Legion. Held in conjunction with National Volunteer Week, this year’s event saw 12 volunteers honoured, including Iva Koski, Ray Dolph, Anna McNay, Daniel and Sidney […]
With a simple “yea, yea, yea,” trustees with the Rainy River District School Board ratified three contract agreements reached with three different unions at their monthly meeting Tuesday night at Donald Young School in Emo. All three contracts were two-year agreements, retroactive to Sept. 1, 2002 and running to Aug. […]
Although the verdict is still out whether the town will provide $150,000 in interim bridge funding to the proposed skatepark project, a local businessman has agreed to pick up the tab if the Kiwanis Club is unable to pay that borrowed money back in three years. “Since I’ve put the […]
The Rainy River District School Board approved awarding a $4.8-million contract for the expansion and renovation project at J.W. Walker School here to a Thunder Bay contractor at its monthly board meeting Tuesday night held at Donald Young School in Emo. The contract, which is $200,000 more than the estimate […]
Local business owner Kim Metke’s appeal of town council’s decision to re-zone property at 1250 King’s Highway—the likely future site of a Wal-Mart—was dismissed last Thursday morning by the Ontario Municipal Board. And now Metke, owner of Pharmasave and Clinic Pharmasave here, is hoping the situation will turn out the […]
As a new resident to the area, I am amazed by how quickly the transition from winter to summer occurs here in Northwestern Ontario. It seems only yesterday Rainy Lake was buried deep under four feet of ice but as you read this, chances are the summer tourist season already […]
