The president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce applauded last week’s announcement that the provincial government is establishing a new delivery model and investing up to $6.88 million to enhance northern tourism marketing efforts. “Ultimately, the success or failure of this model will be determined by the willingness […]
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Those wanting to attend the fifth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner to help local families with medical costs had better act fast as tickets are selling fast for the Feb. 16 event. “Things are going extremely well,” said Georges Blanc, who is helping organize the dinner as both the co-owner of […]
If word last month that Wal-Mart was looking at setting up shop in Kenora got some local residents wondering if that meant the company wouldn’t be coming here, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said yesterday that’s not the case. “All I know is they are proceeding on with their plans here so […]
With socks up to—and kilts down to—their knees, members of the Fort Frances Highlanders were dressed in traditional Scottish attire for the annual Robert Burns Supper at La Place Rendez-Vous here Saturday night. The supper was in honour Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert “Robbie” Burns. But the also is a […]
Projected costs for the renovation/expansion of J.W. Walker School here have risen by $1 million and, like the Bare Naked Ladies tune, it had one trustee asking what the board could do if it “Had a Million Dollars.” The Rainy River District School Board held its monthly meeting here last […]
Rainycrest Home for the Aged re-opened to visitors Monday afternoon after an outbreak of a Norwalk-like virus there apparently has been quelled. Rainycrest administrator Jill Colquhoun reported Tuesday morning that no new cases had turned up in residents over the past 48 hours. “We’re welcoming family and friends of residents […]
The Rainy River District School Board is not scheduled to discuss current contract talks with its high school teachers at its regular monthly meeting here Tuesday night. High school teachers in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan are holding a strike vote Wednesday after two days of contract talks with […]
With a trio of water mains to repair Sunday and Monday, Public Works has “lots on the go,” Raymond Roy, Superintendent of Public Operations, said Monday morning. “We’re pretty busy,” he remarked, noting crews were working on a minor repair on Idylwild Drive as well as a “pretty big break” […]
Local high school teachers will take a strike vote Wednesday after negotiations between their union, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B, and the Rainy River District School Board last week failed to reach an agreement. The teachers, without a contract since last fall, have been in negotiations with […]
Once again the calendar has rolled around to a special time of year. But it’s not a religious holiday. Nor it’s not a commercial holiday created to force lovestruck young men to purchase a plethora of chocolates and flowers for the lass that has caught their eye. And it’s not […]
Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson recently joined Crown Attorney Robert “Buster” Young and OPP Cst. Paul Pirie as local recipients of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. “I was very surprised,” Chief Richardson said Monday. “It was during a special luncheon on Jan. 13,” he noted. “Me and two other district […]
A Fort Frances youth has been charged in connection with a fatal accident Dec. 11 that claimed the life of 15-year-old Rachel Nelson. The youth, who cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act, was charged with one count of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving […]
