Just days before the Human Resources Centre of Canada for Students (HRCC-S) closes its doors for the season, its placement officers are proud to announce a successful summer. The centre, a division of the federal government which works to match up students and employers for the summer, said they placed […]
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The Terry Fox Run–which almost didn’t happen here in Fort Frances–now has a seven-person committee to head it after a meeting Tuesday afternoon. The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau stepped in last Friday and has now organized a group to manage the annual run next month. “[The meeting] went very well,” […]
The director of education for the Rainy River District School Board said trustee representation for the November election has been firmed up–and nothing much has changed. “Rainy River will get one, Atikokan will get one, Fort Frances will get two, Emo will get one, and Devlin/La Vallee will get one,” […]
Rainy Lake Boatworks hosted its first kayaking seminar Sunday afternoon with successful results–and they’ll do it again next year. The seminar was led by experienced kayaker Darrell Makin, who kicked things off by saying the skills of paddling and rescue are probably what those on hand would get the most […]
Construction of cell phone towers is well under way and residents should be able to chat on their portables from Thunder Bay to Rainy River by early next spring. “We’ve added another site. Before there was one at Bears Pass, now we are building one at Nickel Lake and one […]
“Every single position that it takes to run the tournament was volunteered,” said Kirstan Bodnarchuk, volunteer director for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. This year, a record 525 people dedicated time to the tournament from directors and team leaders to daily volunteers. “It wouldn’t happen without them, I don’t […]
Whether you went for the fish, the hypnotist, the food or the music–chances were no one was disappointed this weekend. The activities ranged from kids’ dance recitals to karate to minnow races to live local bands at night. “We had a good mix of everything–there was something for everyone,” said […]
The Riverside Foundation’s Care Close to Home campaign has received a $100,000 commitment from the Town of Fort Frances. “The council decided to give $100,000 and look at it again next year,” said Coun. Struchan Gilson this morning. The Care Close to Home campaign had requested a contribution of $500,000 […]
The OPP had much to celebrate this weekend–despite huge crowds and alcohol, they had only two incidents to report. “For the size of the crowd and the amount of people who attended the bass championship and the other events, I feel it went very smoothly,” said Cst. Cameron Howard of […]
Public health inspectors want residents to take advantage of their water-testing program for only a dollar–but they’re also urging people to make sure they’re not taking in untreated surface water first. Surface water–water from lakes, wells or any source that is exposed to possible contamination by humans or animals– has […]
Increased safety measures by Canada Safeway could make it harder for area farmers to get their goods stocked on the store’s shelves. Effective immediately, Safeway’s suppliers must show proof that their production process meets federal food health and safety standards. For local producers, that means paying to bring in an […]
Fort Frances town council has agreed on which roads in town now will be renovated with the available funding. During a special meeting of the committee of the whole, council members chose how to spend the over $800,000 budgeted to the town’s operations and facilities division. Council sat down with […]
