Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Believe it or not, Mother Nature costs the town more than half a million dollars in the annual budget for snow removal, snow plowing, salting and sanding and maintaining the sidewalks. Travis Rob, Operations and Facilities manager, said there are two cost categories for the Operations and Facilities budget, one […]
Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit has declared the Respiratory Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home over. Riverside continues to have our detailed safety procedures and infection prevention control practices in place, which are designed to ensure the health and safety of our staff, the […]
Tannis Drysdale, a longtime Economic Development consultant on contract with the Town of Fort Frances is moving on from the role after eight years. Drysdale announced she would be working on her last report for the town at the Jan. 4 meeting of the Economic Development Executive Committee. “It’s been […]
The Town of Fort Frances council discussed the possibility of having a skating trail on Rainy Lake at Monday’s council budget deliberations meeting. Council said they could help an organization spearhead its development. The request came from the Municipal Accommodation Tax Advisory Committee (MAT), who wrote to council saying they […]
New and continuing restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted every industry in the country, and transportation is no exception. With a relative dearth of public transportation options in the region, beyond of the provincially funded OntarioNorthland, any company in the game has had to adapt to the […]
Last summer, the Town of Fort Frances welcomed Gabrielle Lecuyer as the municipal clerk, and Lecuyer said she could not be more excited in her new role. “Fort Frances is quite picturesque. It’s a nice area. We instantly loved the area because we are quite outdoorsy,” Lecuyer said. “We go […]
After clinics close, vaccines will still be available from smaller sessions, to be offered as needed at NWHU Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) urges those who still need a first, second, or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to book an appointment when eligible. The health unit’s large vaccination clinics will […]
The Town of Fort Frances Emergency Control Group is continuing to monitor the COVID-19 situation and following the guidance from Public Health. With this stated, given the latest announcement regarding the Province’s steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022. The Town of Fort […]
The Town of Fort Frances council will begin its annual budget deliberations tonight. This will be the first of five virtual meetings to discuss the municipal budget. The other meetings will be held on Feb. 7, Feb. 22, March 7 and March 14. Tonight’s agenda will see council discussing the […]
Police appealing to the public for information (FORT FRANCES, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for public assistance in connection with a suspicious death in Fort Frances. On January 25, 2022 at 10:14 a.m., members of the Rainy River District Detachment of the OPP located a deceased […]
The Town of Fort Frances has received a $97,000 charitable grant from the Winnipeg Foundation to support non-profit and charitable organizations, town council reported at Monday’s meeting. This grant is a contribution from the Moffat Family Fund which aims to support and advance economic, social, physical and intellectual well-being of […]
The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) is challenging families with young children to read 1,000 books together before the first day of Kindergarten. The new program, appropriately being called “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” is exactly what it says on the label. Parents and caregivers are tasked with reading […]
