How stressed is stressed? Clinic Pharmasave is trying to help people find out how high their stress level is during a stress management clinic tomorrow from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Rainycrest auditorium. To register for the clinic, which still has a couple of spaces open, call 274-6204 […]
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While the numbers may not have been as high as last year, the annual Terry Fox Run here yesterday was deemed a success, raising about $8,600 with more money yet to come in. “I think it went pretty well,” organizer Vanessa Hebert, executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, […]
Recreation appeared to boom in 1932 when the Amateur Athletic Commission was established in May to promote amateur athletic sports in the town. The commission would have complete charge of the new athletic field donated by the town and on which the baseball club was building a diamond. Officially opened […]
A coalition of animal welfare and environmental groups called on Natural Resources minister Jerry Ouellette on Friday to remove Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon from the nuisance bear panel struck last week. They charge his only interest in sitting on the panel is to lobby for the reinstatement of the […]
Citizenship and Immigration Canada pulled the plug Thursday afternoon on a controversial U.S.-based bass fishing derby that was being held in Ontario waters of Rainy Lake. The Denny’s Super 30 Rainy Lake Invitational, slated to run Thursday through Saturday, ground to a halt just before the first weigh-in was supposed […]
Got furniture, musical instruments, or other items you just didn’t manage to sell at a garage sale this summer, but still want to get rid of? The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is looking for your donations—or even items to sell on consignment—for its inaugural “Giant Used Furniture Sale” slated […]
Whether it’s people trapped in a burning building or a family who has just lost a loved one in an accident, professional firefighters, police officers, and others with “front line” professions can face a lot of stress on the job. In response to that, the Rainy River Critical Incident Stress […]
From the raised ladder of a yellow fire truck yesterday, a Canadian and American flag flapped in the breeze. Filing past the flags, fire, police, and emergency personnel gathered outside the Civic Centre here Wednesday morning for two minutes of silence to honour their comrades lost in the terrorist attacks […]
Based on recommendations given to council at its Aug. 26 meeting by engineering consultants R.J. Burnside and Associates, the firm has been hired again to further study the town’s sometimes problematic sewer system. “We’ll get going with this fairly soon,” Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said Tuesday. “It’s pretty […]
Drag out the running shoes, the annual Terry Fox Run for cancer research is set for this Sunday. The fundraiser will begin at the Fort Frances Museum with registration at 1 p.m. and then the run at 2. And as the event nears, organizer Vanessa Hebert is calling on everyone […]
A committee struck up last Friday to look into Ontario’s nuisance bear problem may be key to getting the spring bear hunt reinstated here, said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “The timing is of the essence here. The new premier [Ernie Eves] promised to reinstate the spring bear hunt, an issue of […]
District residents love their dogs. That was especially clear here Saturday when more than 30 pet owners—young and old alike—showed up at Pither’s Point to raise about $7,500 for the local Friends of Animals during the second-annual “Paws Around the Park.” “Last year’s event was truly exceptional in terms of […]
