Sidney Bruhl needs to write an award-winning play to restore his fortune and save his career. His former student, Clifford Anderson, has penned a murder mystery that could do just that. Of course, Sidney’s thoughts turn to murder—and so the stage is set for Fort Frances Little Theatre’s upcoming production […]
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April is the month when the youth of our community and country really show us what they can do. It’s the month when about 170,000 teens volunteer 30 hours of their time to participate in World Vision’s “30-hour Famine” by going without solid food for 30 hours—relying on nothing but […]
Kim Metke, owner of Pharmasave and Clinic Pharmasave here, walked away as Entrepreneur of the Year for the second time at the seventh-annual Chamber of Commerce awards banquet Saturday night at the Red Dog Inn. He also won that award in 1996. “I realized that I had a pretty good […]
The inaugural Ontario Business Improvement Area Association conference in Hamilton last week proved very informative to local BIA members who attended it. “It was a very good conference,” Larry Syrovy, who sits on both the local BIA and OBIAA boards, said after returning home late last Wednesday. “It helped us […]
Town council agreed Monday night to endorse the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board petitioning Health and Long-Term Care minister Tony Clement to declare this district a priority for funding to fully staff land ambulance services. “We have an issue within the Rainy River District, and all over Ontario, […]
Stephen Harper claiming the Canadian Alliance leadership in one ballot is possibly the best thing that could have happened to the party, the president of the Kenora-Rainy River riding association said. “I’m very happy about the Alliance vote, very happy about the outcome,” Brian Williams said over the weekend. “I […]
The Rainy River District Area Services Board looks like it will become a reality following an announcement by Coun. Dave Bourgeault at Monday’s night’s regular council meeting here. “We unanimously decided to proceed with our proposal to go forward with the Area Services Board,” said Coun. Bourgeault, who is chair […]
Everything from cookbooks to kids’ books, journals to novelty items, will be up for grabs tomorrow from 2-8 p.m. when “Friends of the Library” holds its semi-annual book fair at the Fort Frances Public Library. For those who can’t make it tomorrow, a second day of the book sale will […]
April 1 is the deadline for people to register to have their say on the smoking bylaw issue during a public meeting slated next Tuesday (April 2) at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre. And this meeting may be your only chance to do so if public interest doesn’t pick […]
With an increase in personnel and some changes in procedure over the past several years, the OPP office here needs renovations, S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said. The request for such renovations will be officially received by council at tonight’s regular meeting at 7:15 p.m. at the Civic Centre. “Over the past […]
Picket signs were propped up against trees, shoved into lawn chairs, and sticking out of car windows in front of the courthouse here today as local Ontario Public Service Employees Union members took part in a provincial “day of action.” The day of action served to highlight concerns of the […]
The garage sale season will kick off tomorrow with a monster garage sale for the local community youth centre. “We have computers that are older but cool, old hockey memorabilia like a Gordie Howe helmet, leather gloves, hockey jersey,” centre co-ordinator Darcy Neufeld said. “People have brought in snowshoes, video […]
