With delegates from 33 countries attending, the World Health Organization’s Conference on Safe Communities, which officially started here Tuesday morning, has lived up to be a truly international event. And in keeping with the spirit, the Rainy Lake Multicultural Association has planned a free mini “Culturama” on Wednesday to ensure […]
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The Northwest Ontario Recycle Association will be no more as of June 30, selling its assets to the City of Dryden, NORA chair Dennis Brown revealed Tuesday. “At our board meeting on April 24, we decided the future just wasn’t there for NORA,” he remarked. “So the City of Dryden […]
Pipers, a children’s choir, and hundreds of volunteers, parents, and community members gathered on Tuesday morning to welcome the world to Fort Frances for the World Health Organization’s 11th International and 5th National Conference on Safe Communities. “Welcome to the greatest district in Ontario and also the safest,” said Mayor […]
Fishermen and boating enthusiasts rejoice! The ice on Rainy Lake might be completely gone by the end of the day, according to Silvia Ottarson of Rusty Myers’ Flying Service here. “Officially, it’s not completely out yet. We’ve had open water here for a while, out to Kettle Falls,” she remarked […]
Drivers licences will be issued, fire crews will be protecting local forests, and all corrections officers will be back to their regular shifts starting today as public service workers voted to end their eight-week strike. Striking Ontario Public Service Employees Union members voted this weekend to ratify a tentative deal […]
The federal government announced Friday it’s chipping in $75,000 for the World Health Organization conference being held here next week. Local MP Robert Nault, also the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, announced this morning that the money would be given to the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition to help […]
Ontario public servants could be back to work Monday if they vote to accept the province’s latest contract offer. About 45,000 members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, including 4,500 in Northwestern Ontario, will be voting on the offer this weekend. Local OPSEU members will vote tomorrow afternoon at […]
Citing poor weather, the local Business Improvement Area cancelled its “Clean Sweep” event planned for Thursday and rescheduled it for next Thursday. “Cloudy skies, snow in Kenora and Dryden and here. And you know what bugs me, I can look outside today and I see the sun is out,” BIA […]
In conjunction with the World Health Organization’s conference coming here next week, the local Lions Club will get into the spirit of things with a meet-and-greet luncheon Monday at the Lions Millennium Park on Second Street East. “We thought we could maybe make contact with other Lions from across the […]
District residents truly were in the spirit of giving the “gift of life” this week, donating more blood to the Canadian Blood Services’ clinic here than organizers had sought. Some 412 pints of blood were donated—exceeding the two-day quota of 385 by 27. “That’s the first time we broke the […]
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in. –Matthew 25:35 The Joy of Life Fellowship Church here is trying to see that no one goes hungry for at […]
There’s still some number-crunching to do yet but the “Ice for Kids” committee put a cap on its five-year fundraising drive yesterday—exceeding the targeted amount of $500,000. “We’ve had a surplus of over and above the amount that we’ve committed,” committee co-chair Les Baker said Thursday morning. “We had a […]
