Learn. Grow. Achieve. That’s the aim of the Rainy River District Business Women’s Network, which formed at the beginning of the year with a goal to provide a forum for business women to share ideas and information, develop and use contacts for moral support and advice, and provide assistance whenever […]
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The town’s bylaw department will be keeping a close eye on roller-bladers and skateboarders after a local resident raised concerns over pedestrian safety in the downtown area. It will bring a report back to council at the end of July to see if the wheeled-action on town streets and property […]
The Fort Frances Kiwanis Club has been given an honorable mention for its work running Sunny Cove Camp. The honour officially will be presented July 5 to local Kiwanis rep Gord McTaggart at the International Kiwanis Convention in Montreal. “It’s quite an achievement for our club,” noted secretary Cal Robertson. […]
Wrapping up on Saturday, Safe Kids Week could safely be called a success. Organized by the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, along with everyone from Bell Canada to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Safe Kids Week was comprised of a series of events held to stress the importance of safety […]
The town is looking into handicapped access in the downtown area after a study done by the Northern Action Group showed only 21 percent of buildings here are accessible to those in wheelchairs. Of the 137 buildings, which included government, commercial, retail, and legal offices, only 29 were fully accessible, […]
Despite $100,000 in hail damage to its new roofing a month ago, the expansion project at Canada Safeway here is looking good–with completion expected by late fall. “We did sustain hail damage during the May 15 storm, and had some minor setbacks to the new roofing, but it didn’t impact […]
It’s been a long time since Denis Cayouette has been in Lorretteville, Que. But when you schedule a bike trip around North America to fight AIDS and HIV, coming home for supper every night isn’t an option. Cayouette left home Sept. 29 last year and headed south along the eastern […]
Abitibi-Consolidated said today that the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada executive will meet with presidents of its locals Friday in Montreal to discuss the company’s proposal on “process,” which has been the stumbling block hindering contract negotiations between the two sides to date. Abitibi-Consolidated came forward with a […]
Bob MacDonald said the golden rule for making the perfect frame is always “measure twice before you cut once.” And after being in the framing business for 18 years, he knows what he’s talking about. MacDonald invited me out to his shop at Bear’s Pass (aptly named Bob’s Shop) last […]
After more than half a century of use as a privately-owned getaway, Campfire Island turned the page on a brand new chapter last week. Located on Rainy Lake just south of the Noden Causeway, Campfire Island is now in the hands of Wayne and Pat Howard of Emo, and his […]
Homeowners here may get burned on their insurance costs if the town goes ahead with its restructuring proposal to reduce the number of full-time staff at the fire hall. Mike McKenna, with the Fire Underwriters Survey which “grades” municipalities, noted staffing played an important role in their assessments. But he […]
It was a day Lois Elaine Medicine has been awaiting for a long time. Medicine, one of 16 people who graduated at the Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority ceremony yesterday, received her Ontario teacher’s certificate after completing the Native Teacher Education Program. She has been a teacher assistant under Mary […]
