Youth violence will be the focus of the local Community Policing Committee’s conference slated tonight and tomorrow at La Place Rendez-Vous. “Just from the things that go on in our community, the issues around youth violence, we put together the School Violence Prevention Team, a sub-committee of the CPC, which […]
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District residents can dispose of household hazardous waste tomorrow in Emo in what organizers hope will become an annual collection. The hazardous waste day–organized by the Rainy River First Nation’s Watershed Program and the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition–will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Emo municipal […]
Christmas will be coming here early this year as the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual trade show gets underway tomorrow at the Memorial Sports Centre. “There’s lot going on. We’re very, very excited,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said this morning. “There’s going to be over 50 exhibitors. And we […]
Doug Maki’s first-degree murder trial, which was slated to begin here Monday, is going to be delayed, Crown Attorney Robert “Buster” Young confirmed Thursday morning. “There’s been some new expert evidence generated by the Crown, the police actually, that we have to consider,” he noted from Atikokan, adding the jury […]
As the town and local businesses race for high-speed Internet access, the Rainy River District School Board has taken the bull by the horns and invested in its own infrastructure. Over the weekend, a 120-foot communications tower was erected at Robert Moore School here with Northwest ConX. Along with towers […]
Representatives of all Treaty #3 First Nations, together with Canadian and U.S. war veterans, gathered at the Nanicost pow-wow grounds here Tuesday morning to honour those who died in last week’s terrorist attacks. “We are here to pray for those people and what has happened in New York City,” said […]
After a successful campaign supporting the Fort Frances Friends of Animals as their annual charity this year, employees at the local Canada Safeway store will wait a while before picking one for 2002. “We haven’t started any of that yet,” trainee manager Hans Holland said Tuesday. “We usually get the […]
Following a minute of silence, bells will ring worldwide tomorrow at noon to mark the United Nations’ 20th-annual “A Peal for Peace.” Although no formal ceremony has been organized in Fort Frances this year, local residents are encouraged to remember the observation at noon tomorrow. “Wherever you are, whatever you […]
CUPE Local #65 representatives and Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living administrators are returning to the bargaining table Tuesay after the province announced funding for the organization. On Friday, Community and Social Services minister John Baird announced the ACL here will receive $124,960 to enhance services and attract […]
Couchiching resident Tom Bruyere was walking along River Road to Fort Frances on Friday to raise money to help maintain the new hemodialysis unit now up and running at La Verendrye hospital here. Bruyere, who discovered he had diabetes 28 years ago, was scheduled to walk about 20 miles on […]
With frightening images of planes crashing into the World Trade Center and reports of thousands of lost lives dominating the media, schools–including some here–are prepared to deal with any impact of Tuesday’s catastrophic events on students. At schools under the Northwest Catholic District School Board, including St. Michael’s and St. […]
While yesterday’s terrorist attacks made their biggest impacts in New York City and Washington, D.C., the aftermath has affected lives here–especially if you were planning to fly somewhere or drive across the U.S. border. And things still weren’t back to normal as of this morning. Despite some media reports yesterday, […]
