The “Big Bike Ride” is coming to Fort Frances on June 14 to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and pledge sheets are now available. “The sooner we get the pledges going, the better,” said co-ordinator Lori McColl, who operates out of the Foundation’s regional office in Thunder […]
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Diabetes is a major health problem in Rainy River District, where 15 percent of the population is afflicted with the disease. But staff at the Valley Diabetes Education Centre, located at La Verendrye hospital here, is trying to bring that number down through awareness and informed choices. They’re also aimed […]
The province is poised to implement mandatory trail permits for snowmobilers in Northwestern Ontario and across the rest of the province, MPP Joe Spina revealed here Friday afternoon. Spina, the parliamentary assistant to Tourism minister Cam Jackson, was in town primarily to promote Ontario Tourism Week (May 19-28) in conjunction […]
How the school renewal budget will be spent on the five public elementary schools in town, as well as Alberton Central, is something the Rainy River District School Board’s facilities review committee will be looking at after it discusses feedback from stakeholders at its meeting here June 12. The committee, […]
A monument dedicated to aboriginal war veterans will be unveiled and blessed at a ceremony at Couchiching next Tuesday (June 6), which coincides with the anniversary of D-Day in 1944. Currently, 105 aboriginals are being honoured for their service during both world wars, in Korea and Vietnam, as well as […]
Despite finding out two week ago that Rainycrest Home for the Aged here would not get 32 long-term care beds for a special needs unit, administrator Kevin Queen said yesterday “things are looking pretty good” for reallocating some or all of the home’s 21 empty beds. “We may be getting […]
Crossroads School in Devlin may have walked away from the second-annual “Quest for Knowledge” with top honours yesterday but all 160 participants left with a better understanding of native culture. Wilfred Cyr, director of Educational Support Services for the Seven Generations Education Institute here, said “Quest for Knowledge” is mainly […]
Only La Vallee and Alberton will continue to look into the pros and cons of amalgamation after Emo pulled out of the discussions. “They [council] just didn’t feel that a study was necessary at this time,” said Emo clerk/treasurer Brenda Cooke. “A commission isn’t on the radar screen in the […]
From a forest trail to a hectic event, you never know where you are going to bump into him. And from a large fire to a small frog, you never know where he’ll be aiming his lens. For about 20 years, freelance photographer Bill Morgenstern has been photographing Rainy River […]
“If you ride one today, you’ll own one tomorrow.” That’s what the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ Association believes about the impact this unique animal has on its rider. Rachel Hill of Alberton would wholeheartedly agree. She has two of them and as far she’s concerned, there’s no finer horse in […]
Whether it’s learning to speak correctly, regain strength of a injured limb, or adapt to life at home with a disability, the rehabilitation department at La Verendrye hospital here can provide the services to keep people in step with their lives. Speech pathologists Lona Mohan and Lindsay Strickland have the […]
All Ann Cox of Fort Frances wanted was to keep herself focused on her goal towards achieving a diploma in Human Resources at the Confederation College campus here. She did that–and more. During convocation exercises for the graduating class of 2000 last Thursday evening at the Townshend Theatre, Cox also […]
