The public is invited to make suggestions for the 2002 municipal budget during a public session at the Civic Centre prior to Monday night’s regular council meeting. “It’s an opportunity for the public to come forward and put in requests for services and facilities,” noted CAO Bill Naturkach. The meeting […]
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A $550,000 expansion at Rainycrest Home for the Aged here will allow less cognizant residents to be separated from others there. Construction currently is underway for a second dining room, which will enable staff to keep the two groups separated within the home. “It’s basically for those patients who are […]
Emergency sirens wailed briefly in Fort Frances on Wednesday night after Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for Rainy River District around 10 p.m. The sirens were sounded to warn residents to prepare for the possibility of a tornado hitting. “We had a tornado warning, which is one up from […]
The new recycling truck added to the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association’s fleet for Fort Frances back in May is out of commission after catching fire Saturday. “The truck was going very well until Saturday, when it started on fire,” noted Cindy Buttner, owner of Buttner Enterprises which picks up the […]
Those attending the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship next week once again have an alternative to alcoholic drinks during the evenings thanks to the local chapter of Ontario Students Against Drinking and Driving (OSAID) “We had a really great time [making ‘mocktails’] last year, and it was great success–we broke […]
Until recently, Casa Ampara did not have a problem with advanced education–the girls at the orphanage never expected to receive any more schooling than what they already had. Few had even finished secondary school. And those who did generally left the Casa fully unprepared for the outside world. The girls […]
For Stella Keast, comfort comes in the form of a dress. Keast, who is critically ill with auto-immune hepatitis, dons the traditional Ojibway “jingle” costume whenever she can to take part in pow-wows and other cultural events that lift her spirits. Since her illness, these customs have taken on a […]
With less than a week to go before a two-day kayakers’ symposium kicks off here, Eric and Caren Fagerdahl of Rainy Lake Boatworks have more news to report. Earlier this week, they received two phone calls from people offering to contribute their own expertise to the family’s second-annual symposium. The […]
Now on Day 69 of their strike against the Association of Community Living here, CUPE Local #65 members were buoyed by Friday night’s fundraiser at the local Legion. “After the social, people’s spirits are really up and they’re already talking about the next event,” Local #65 president Gwen Miller noted […]
With less than a month to go before his fourth-annual bike tour, Donny Little of Kenora already has raised some $4,000 for the Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario (BISNO)–a cause near and dear to his heart. Little, now 32, was a typical teenager in the summer of 1985, spending […]
Every Thursday for the next six weeks, the Fort Frances Public Library will hold a special event for children–ranging from a morning of games to an afternoon cooking lesson. “We have had no problem getting children to sign up for these ‘Thrilling Thursday’ events,” said librarian Margaret Sedgwick. “We have […]
Momentum is gathering in the push to have both a provincial jail and young offenders’ facility in the district. After meeting with a private consulting firm, the Jeffery Group, from Toronto last Thursday, Emo Reeve Russ Fortier, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, Rainy River First Nation Chief Jim Leonard, and […]
