The local Citizens for a New Bridge Committee is saying “no” to plans to build a new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here. And the group is calling for supporters to attend a public meeting next Monday (Dec. 11) at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre, where plans for the […]
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More problems have hit the controversial international bridge linking Fort Frances and International Falls after a truck heading into the U.S. used the wrong lane Friday morning and may have caused structural damage. The lane along the west side of the bridge, designed for lighter vehicles like cars, remains closed […]
Dr. Shayla Kennedy last week joined the local practice of Dr. Jeremy McGuire as an associate chiropractor. Raised in Erickson, Man., Dr. Kennedy began her academic career by attending the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. “After I graduated, I took one year […]
Six local homes will be featured as Riverside Foundation for Health Care presents its “Magical Christmas House and Light Tour” this Sunday (Dec. 10) from 5-8 p.m. Although ticket sales have been going a bit slow this year, organizer Joan Allison is hopeful they’ll begin to pick up as the […]
Gord McBride and Dan Belluz were elected the new chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Rainy River District School Board during its first meeting of the new term here last night. “I’ll try to do the job to the best of my abilities,” said McBride, who has served as chair […]
It’s the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s turn to make a play in the town’s ongoing hiring process for an economic development officer. The town last week handed the RRFDC a list of criteria they will be required to meet in any new contracts. “I think we should go back […]
With meals, jokes, and even tears, town employees, volunteers, and councillors were thanked for their contributions over the past year at town’s annual dinner Friday night. “This evening, at this gathering, we always recognize the people who make the team and I’ll be the first to realize that there’s no […]
Barbara Forsyth drove in this week from Dawson City, where they know how to bring history alive. A member of a former well-known Fort Frances family, and once a Homecoming queen at Fort High, Forsyth said she was intrigued by local plans to stage a centennial celebration in 2003. Part […]
Well over 400 students from Fort Frances and Rainy River high schools, as well as Big Grassy, Big Island, Lac La Croix, and Saskatcheway-Anishnabe, flocked to the Red Dog Inn here last Thursday for the Seven Generations Education Institute’s annual career fair. Focused on getting kids to think about what […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association has been denied permission by town council to run a separate canteen upstairs in the arena kitchen during hockey tournaments and Muskie games this season. “This puts a challenge up for us to raise funds,” noted Dave Egan, a member of the “Ice for […]
With ’flu season now upon us, the Northwestern Health Unit here is doing its best to ward off the illness this winter with a series of free immunization clinics around the district. “At first, these types of clinics were only designed for those people who were at a high-risk for […]
The future looks a little rosier for the Rainy River Future Development Corp. Fort Frances council has put aside other applicants for the town’s economic development officer and is taking a closer look at what the RRFDC has to offer. “We asked them to alter their application and we’ll talk […]
