After several months of talking with the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, and recently getting its blessing, the Rainy River District Social Services Administrative Board is looking to establish landing pads for helicopters to transport people for emergency medical purposes in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Emo early next […]
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Town council denied a request by Fort Frances resident Melvin Haukaas to rename La Verendrye Parkway as “Canada Street” at Monday night’s regular meeting. “I’m surprised,” Haukaas said yesterday after learning about the decision. “From the response I got from the public and business people I talked to, they liked […]
The “big chair” once again could be a familiar site at Pither’s Point Park next year as a benefactor from eastern Ontario has notified the town he wants to sponsor the project. “We have a gentleman from Oshawa who’s willing to pay for a chair if it’s okay he puts […]
Two local groups will find out by next Friday (Dec. 20) if they were successful in landing funding from Industry Canada to develop a business case for bringing a broadband infrastructure to Rainy River District. The Town of Fort Frances has most of the feasibility numbers already, said Geoff Gillon […]
While town council agreed to take it into consideration, a request from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce to install a sprinkler system in the ’52 Canadians Arena—thereby making it safe to use for non ice-related events—isn’t likely to be fulfilled. Chamber president Alan Tibbetts told council Monday night the […]
Electing the chairman of the Northwest Catholic District School Board came down to a draw-from-a-hat here Saturday morning—literally. Outgoing chair Wade Petranik and Gerry Rousseau, the outgoing vice-chair and a former chair, both were nominated for the top position and after a secret ballot, the vote was a tie. School […]
The proposed skate park being spearheaded by the Kiwanis Club is about to get a big fundraising boost as local Canada Safeway employees have chosen to adopt the project as its charity for 2003. Staff voted over the weekend to adopt the charity, choosing it from a total of 13 […]
A delegation from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will make a brief presentation at Monday night’s town council meeting regarding the ’52 Canadians Arena being unusable for any non-ice related events. “The background is I had the double ice surfaces booked for the trade show this [coming] spring and […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to a call at the Memorial Sports Centre at 4:50 a.m. on Friday after a boiler there malfunctioned and overheated. “At this time, a Union Gas representative and electrical and plumbing contractors are looking at what actually caused the problem,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson […]
On the heels of raising $55,123.53 for the “Community Chest” this past year, local Canada Safeway employees are poised to adopt another worthy cause. “We’re in the process of voting right now,” assistant manager Cory Delbridge said. “The employees have until the end of the weekend to cast their votes. […]
A red kettle you can see from a block away, and the familiar jingling of bells, once again will be part of the holiday season here as the local Salvation Army launches its Christmas kettle campaign next Wednesday. “We’ll be doing it for 10 days, like we’ve done in the […]
The Rainy River District School Board has to leave old Fort Frances High School standing until it can raise enough money to demolish it. The issue was prompted by a Nov. 19 letter from the Town of Fort Frances inquiring about the board’s plans for the First Street East property […]
