NorFab Building Components Ltd. of here received a regional business achievement award at the Ontario Global Traders Awards ceremony for Northern Ontario in Sudbury last Wednesday. “We were pleasantly surprised,” said sales manager Brian Hagarty, adding Dave Bourgeault of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines office here nominated the […]
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The ball is now in the court of Abitibi-Consolidated and Boise Cascade, CAO Bill Naturkach said, after meeting with town administration about what it would take to build a new “off-bridge” Canada Customs facility here. Naturkach gave a verbal report to the committee of the whole of council Monday, along […]
Amid positive feedback about the food, entertainment, and silent auction, the biggest buzz surrounding Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s second-annual fundraiser dinner here Friday night was the more than $25,000 it raised. “I think it far exceeded our expectations,” enthused Foundation director Wendy Frattolin. “We raised more than last year […]
It isn’t official yet but the feeling is “positive” that the Northern Ontario Heritage Funding Corp. will approve a $1.75-million loan to provide a cellular phone corridor from Thunder Bay to Rainy River, and as far north as Morson and Nestor Falls. Vic Prokopchuk of Sapawe, who’s been working with […]
It was a packed house at the Legion here Saturday night as local residents, and some from International Falls, came out to enjoy the traditional food and song of Ireland. Billed as a pre-St. Patrick’s Day party, sponsored by the Rainy Lake Multicultural Association, about 145 people came out to […]
Since January, the Multicultural Youth Council, in affiliation with the United Native Friendship Centre here, has been making cross-cultural understanding among local teens its top priority. Now the council has been given the chance to really shine when it brings youth groups from across the region to the Northwestern Ontario […]
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. has been given another extension for submitting its budget to the Ministry of Health, it was announced at the regular monthly board meeting here last Thursday night. “The Ministry of Health had originally required us to submit our budget on Feb. 1,” noted Riverside CEO […]
Lorne Elliott doesn’t like to tout his own talent. Fortunately, others are more than willing to do it for him. When the host of CBC Radio’s “Madly Off in All Directions” was asked what people could expect from his stand-up comedy routine being staged here Friday night at Robert Moore […]
The local Sears outlet will soon join some 100 others across Canada as a dealer store. And with that comes plans to expand the retail space here to include the front portion of the Scott Street building which formerly housed Wood’s Sewing Centre. Within the next few weeks, the front […]
Fort Frances entrepreneur Mark Faragher of Nova Body Works, located in the town’s industrial park, has given people easier access to some of his locally-made fibreglass products by setting up shop downtown. Known as “Factory Outlet,” the store–located at 509 Portage Ave. (formerly Cripes, It’s a Castle)–already is attracting customers […]
After six weeks of training, 15 young adults aged 19-29 are now working at jobs they never dreamed of after beginning their six-week placements through the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living’s “Youth at Risk” program. “They’ve worked really hard over these past weeks,” said project co-ordinator Allene […]
Thanks to a provincial grant, a new program being implemented at Fort High this year will help some students make the transition to the job market a little easier. Named “Bridges: School to Work Transition Grant,” the proposal to get a program up and running here was submitted to the […]
