The task of raising $2 million could very well be in the cards for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care after it was announced at last night’s annual meeting that the district-wide feasibility study that was completed more than a month ago could point them in the right direction. “The […]
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A local family is getting a greater appreciation for the ways of the wild after becoming surrogate parents to a pair of goslings. Jo and Ken Olson of Third Street West took in the orphaned geese more than five weeks ago after a friend found the birds abandoned near Flanders […]
Six children from Belarus should be in for an exciting six-week vacation next month when then are reunited with the host families that took them in last summer. With the youngsters slated to return July 6, the four host families–Cathy Zin and Terry Wilcott, Albert and Linda Beller, David and […]
There are missing buoys on Rainy Lake and that poses a safety concern, the coast guard has warned. “Our marine patrol has been out and they have made contact with the coast guard and notified them of the missing buoys,” Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said yesterday. Craig Coughlin, […]
Organizers of the “Canoe for Cancer” social next Wednesday at the Fort Frances Curling Club plan to donate the proceeds towards the purchase of furniture for a new chemotherapy room at La Verendrye hospital. The room, to be built when the emergency ward there is renovated, will be used strictly […]
Rainy River hospital will be getting an extra $350,000 it needs to run without going into a deficit after a series of meeting with Ministry of Health officials last Thursday. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., said they’re “delighted” with the decision after spending the past several […]
The Northwestern Health Unit yesterday issued a press release on the possible short and long-term effects of inhaling diesel fumes. But if that’s worrying residents of Central Avenue here affected by the diesel oil ground contamination from the nearby CN Rail site, they aren’t talking to the media about it. […]
Fort Frances once again is without a scheduled air link to Winnipeg after Nakina Air closed up shop here just 60 days after first offering its service. And the chances of landing another airline to pick up the service right now looks slim. Nakina Air pilot Greg Bourdignon said the […]
Is it an April Fool’s joke in June, or is there a black panther roaming around the west end of town? People claim to have seen the cat near the gravel pit owned by George Armstrong Co. Ltd. And now, a Lyndy Place resident said she caught it on videotape […]
It may be long way away from the “Rock” but the Newfie Connection and Craft Shop in Devlin may be a hit with mainlanders across the district. Owner Kim Mose figured about 200 people dropped by her store over its three-day grand opening last Thursday to Saturday, and they literally […]
The District 1A senior games will be held here next Wednesday to Friday, attracting more than 100 athletes from Dryden and Kenora to compete against Fort Frances. Local registration will take place next Tuesday from 8-10 a.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre. All other athletes can register there each day […]
Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo brought his anti-drug message to about 250 youth at the Couchiching Bingo Palace yesterday . Chuvalo has fought in 97 fights against the likes of Mohammed Ali, Joe Frazier, and Floyd Paterson. Now, at age 61, he is still battling to teach children about the […]
