“Joan Allison and her special events committee put the ‘fun’ in fundraising,” Teresa Hazel told guests attending Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s third-annual fundraiser dinner here Saturday night. More than 200 guests raised over $21,000 in support of district hospital projects but Hazel said the real success of this year’s […]
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Even though the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition may not have funding in place to support a co-ordinator after April 1, its office moved from the Northwestern Health Unit to more spacious digs above Betty’s earlier this week. The new 750 sq. ft. office, located at 266 Scott St., gives […]
Alison Agar continues to recover at Ronald McDonald House in Toronto with her mom, Wendy, three weeks after receiving her third kidney transplant at Sick Children’s Hospital there. “She’s doing very well,” her father, Doug, a teacher at Fort Frances High School, said Monday. But she must remain in Toronto […]
Quitting smoking is hard–just ask Debbie Kempf. At least two good stabs at it in the past few years ended when she lit a cigarette. But the Fort Frances woman is bound and determined to kick the habit for good when she butts out March 1 as part of the […]
“This is not a pleasant position to be in,” Rainycrest administrator Kevin Queen said last week, conceding doubt grows as he still awaits word on a proposal for a 32-bed special needs unit there. “We haven’t had an interview set up,” he added, noting Rainycrest first pitched the proposal to […]
As the town’s computer software is adapted to the year 2000 step-by-step, Civic Centre staff can only wait and see if the repairs are made in time to get property tax bills out. Ed Yu Associates, the Vancouver-based company managing the town’s software, has been able to get some of […]
With four of its six season concerts and two extra ones now wrapped up, “tour de Fort” organizers can enjoy about a four-week breather before the next set of musicians hits the Townshend Theatre stage. “Scruj MacDuhk,” a Celtic band, is slated to perform here March 25, with the a […]
The Northwest Energy Association met Friday to discuss plans to amalgamate management for Northwestern Ontario utilities–and discuss plans in preparation for a competitive market. “We’re going to have to prove ourselves when competition shows up so we’re getting prepared,” said Larry Hebert, an NEA member from Thunder Bay. The NEA […]
Joan Allison is getting out her feather boa and dusting off her top hat for the third-annual Riverside Foundation for Health Care fundraiser dinner coming up Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous. “We’re over 200 [guests] and that was our goal. But if we can get 230 before Thursday, it would […]
More than 500 students gathered at the Red Dog Inn last Thursday to attend the Seven Generations Education Institute’s third-annual career fair. “It’s to give aboriginal students an opportunity to see what careers are available and show them how to work towards that goal,” said Delbert Horton, chief executive officer […]
Six Fort High students learned a lot while attending sessions from law to science and technology at the recent “Encounters with Canada” conference in Ottawa. “I went to a sports and fitness one,” noted Nicole Rogozinski, a grade 10 student who attended the Jan. 31-Feb. 6 conference with Erin Anderson, […]
With the FFHS Millennium Reunion now only months away, former students from Fort Frances High School have begun to meet in their decade groups to plan their events. By the end of the month, all the decade groups will have held their inaugural meetings. Topics being discussed at the meetings […]
