The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is gearing up for its next goal–to have the district listed as a “safe community” with the World Health Organization by the year 2000. Coalition rep Doug Langtry said he’s aiming to have the application off by the end of the month, noting the […]
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It was a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Or in Joan Fenner’s case, being somewhere else at the right time. The Montreal woman and her two-year-old son, Ian, came to Fort Frances on Jan. 2 to celebrate Ukrainian Christmas with her parents, Nick and […]
For Stephanie Carroll and her family, the battle is almost over. The eight-year-old Fort Frances girl has made it through eight chemotherapy sessions and two surgeries in her fight against cancer. Just one more surgery–a bloodstem transplant–is left. After that, her cancer should stay in remission. “We’re hoping,” noted Carroll’s […]
To say “The Arrogant Worms” are an off-the-wall kind of group is a bit of an understatement. Adjectives like zany, wild, even crazy would describe their onstage antics to a T. But a crowd of almost 400 people fell for their act hook, line and sinker last Wednesday night as […]
If you’ve ever had somebody tell you to “paddle your own canoe,” it mostly likely was a blunt piece of advice on how to live your life. But for Owen Johnston and Guy Donaldson, the old adage means putting their homemade cedar-strip canoes to glide on Rainy Lake. Johnston, an […]
The Rainy River District Municipal Association working group will meet with unincorporated area residents next Tuesday in Emo to try to come up with an agreement for the local area services board proposal. That came after district municipal reps met with Joe Spina, parliamentary assistant to Northern Development and Mines […]
The Northwestern Health Unit will continue the fight to keep its doors open when it makes a plea at the Rainy River District Municipal Association annual meeting next Saturday for payment beyond February. And Dr. Pete Sarsfield, chief medical officer with the health unit, admitted he expected things would get […]
With the Jan. 31 deadline for an incentive program through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (formerly the Workers’ Compensation Board) fast-approaching, the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition has 90 of the almost 700 businesses in the district on board. That’s almost double the goal to have 50 signed up […]
Although it will help, the $61,100 grant Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. is getting from the province for restructuring won’t make up for what it has already cut–or the cuts it expects to have to make down the road. Riverside CEO Paul Brown said the grant will cover 85 percent […]
Nineteen people have signed up to compete in this year’s “Quest for the Best” being held next month in conjunction with the Little Amik Winter Carnival, one short of a full program. This year’s theme is “Rhythm of the Night.” Those competing this year includes Melanie Bodnar (Fort Frances), Alyson […]
Fort Frances residents should find out at a special meeting tomorrow night how town council plans to proceed on the $5.5-million design/build ice facility. While discussion will start in-camera at 6:30 p.m., council will open the doors to vote on the issue. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said the committee of the […]
The clock is ticking as the Northwestern Health Unit threatens to close its doors Feb. 1 if area municipalities don’t pay their bills by midnight tomorrow. It also will issue layoff notices Friday to its 100 employees, including about 30 in Fort Frances, Emo, Atikokan, and Rainy River), and start […]
