With only two weeks to go before little ghosts and goblins take to the streets in search of treats, the organizer of the fifth-annual “Scott Street Scare” said the event is shaping up to be as good as, if not better than, last year. “This is the first time in […]
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Members of the local School Violence Prevention Team got a shock at their meeting last week when they received a provincial award of excellence in crime control. “The award came as a complete surprise,” committee chair Patti Jo Reid said yesterday. “This summer, they told me about it and wanted […]
The arts community may lose its biggest showcase with organizers warning the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts may not go ahead this year. “There is a serious chance the festival won’t go next year if we don’t get more help,” stressed John Jankiewicz, president of the […]
What started as simply delivering newspapers and books to hospital patients has blossomed into a fundraising machine. The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary will celebrate its 50th anniversary with its annual tea this Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at the Red Dog Inn here. “We had friends in the hospital who liked […]
Fort Frances Nursery School is ready to sit down with the public school board this week to discuss its possible future in the expan-ded J.W. Walker School. “I’m getting excited. A lot of people are excited right now because this can really happen,” enthused Sandra Weir, vice-president of the Fort […]
Fire Prevention Week has wrapped up for another year, with the Fort Frances Fire Department giving away prizes to nine local youngsters who had shown their fire smarts. This year’s winner of a GT bike and helmet from Skates & Blades, as well as a “Your Safe Home” kit, T-shirt, […]
Grab your dancing shoes and reading glasses for the annual “Friends of the Library” dinner/dance next Friday night (Oct. 25) at La Place Rendez-Vous. The evening kicks off with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7. Tickets cost $30 each, which can be purchased from “Friends of the Library” […]
Backus Auditorium in International Falls will be a busy place in the weeks ahead with a host of concerts and events aimed at raising money to keep the facility open. Margarett Patnode, spokeswoman for “Citizens for Backus-AB,” said last week the group is eagerly working to complete grant applications as […]
With winter—and ’flu season—on its way, the province-wide influenza immunization promotion has begun and the Northwestern Health Unit once again will hold its free public clinics starting next week. “We had a shipment with approximately 7,000 doses arrive last week,” said Cindy McKinnon, the public health nurse heading up this […]
Town residents could see digital cell phone service here in the near future, Doug McCaig of Fort Frances Network Services said during Tuesday night’s regular council meeting. Using the tower outside Robert Moore School, this expanded service would mean more options for cellular phone customers, who’ve only had the option […]
The owner of a local sawmill said he doesn’t want hand-outs from Ottawa, he wants the softwood lumber dispute with the United States resolved. Kendal Lundy, president and owner of Nickel Lake Lumber, about 20 km east of Fort Frances, was not impressed by the $246.5-million aid package announced last […]
Dr. Pete Sarsfield said he’s preparing to take the hard line with area business owners who don’t have their customers “butt out.” “I was hoping we’d be ready by Oct. 1. or even Sept. 1, but right now, I’d say by mid-November or Dec. 31,” the CEO and chief medical […]
