Usually, pain is not a symptom of breast cancer, making breast health awareness all the more important for women. In conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Rainy River District Breast Health Network will host its third “Luncheon of Hope” on Oct. 23. Slated for 11:30 a.m. at La Place […]
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The tone of the interview yesterday with Natalie MacMaster was casual to say the least. Although she was doing a business call from London, Ont., it seemed as if she was calling a friend from the kitchen in her home on Cape Breton Island as her first words into the […]
Carol Lyons, a member of the Community Auditorium Volunteer Committee, stepped forward last week to address queries over the $50 price tag for tickets for the gala grand opening of Townshend Theatre next week. Featuring two shows by Natalie MacMaster and her Celtic band, the grand opening gets underway Monday, […]
In what is expected to be a series of meetings with the U.S., Canada came away feeling “everything went well” in Washington, D.C. late last month regarding the border water dispute. “Canada strongly gave their position regarding the conservation of walleye and stated the regulations in place addressed significant conservation […]
Tomorrow’s open house at the water pollution control plant along the river on McIrvine Road also is doubling as its grand opening, with the ribbon-cutting ceremony set for noon. The open house gets underway at 11 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m. Bruce Spottiswood, superintendent of Public Works/Facilities, said work […]
The Rainy River Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAP) is putting out feelers to community organizations and volunteers for ideas on substance abuse/injury programming to be submitted with their three-year activity plan to the Ministry of Health next week. SAP is now about halfway through Year Two of its five-year program. […]
For the six students who recently landed in the district as a part of the American/Scandinavian Student Exchange program, Canada was the country to sign up for. “Everybody goes to the USA,” said Julia Loos, 17, of Germany, noting she wanted to go someplace different. “The USA didn’t interest me […]
District elementary students soon will find out in the classroom that kidnapping, drugs, and other threats are not the number-one risks they face when the “Risk Watch” pilot program takes off later this month. A comprehensive injury prevention program overseen by the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, “Risk Watch” will […]
Nuinsco Resources Ltd.’s plans to build a $1.8-million decline ramp that would facilitate the removal of 1,500 tons of gold zone rock from its Richardson Township site has been postponed. Nuinsco president and COO Garry Hughes said Friday the decision largely was due to a poor gold market. At the […]
Staging the second Labour Day celebration after a 10-year absence, the Fort Frances and District Labour Council saw a good crowd turn out for Monday’s event although it didn’t match last year’s numbers. Kicking off with a pancake breakfast hosted by NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton on Saturday, […]
The summer school program offered to district grade eight students in July came as a financial loss, according to a report presented last night at the Rainy River District School Board’s first regular meeting of the school year. Due to the low enrolment of only 33 pupils from Rainy River […]
For Trudy McCormick, becoming the new staff lawyer at the Rainy River District Legal Clinic for both the Fort Frances and Atikokan offices was an attractive offer for a couple of reasons. First of all, McCormick said she was looking for a new challenge after running a private practice in […]
