Community support for a drug and alcohol-free environment within the 10 area First Nations got a healthy endorsement here Friday morning when almost 300 people showed up to participate in a “Rally and Walk.” The event–the first of its kind–included a banner-waving march from the Senic River Mall on Second […]
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For a little more than a year now, counsellors at the Door of Hope Counselling Services have been helping their clients find ways to deal with the stresses of everyday life. While providing a professional level of advocacy has evolved most successfully in terms of a client base, counsellor Ron […]
When Sandra Morrisseau joined the Couchiching Volunteer Fire Department, she probably never expected to be called to a fire at her own home. But early Sunday morning, she watched her house go up in smoke. “It’s completely lost,” Morrisseau said Monday from her brother’s home where she, her husband, Charlie […]
Shortly after passing a resolution not to commit more town dollars to the auditorium project at Westfort, Fort Frances council made a “friendly amendment” to kick in another $300,000 to bring its maximum financial commitment up to $1.8 million. But with that, the auditorium will house only 434 seats, not […]
Spotting a huge, unidentifiable object in the evening sky with flashing lights “not like an airplane” may sound far-fetched but it’s a scenario at least a dozen residents from Fort Frances to Barwick said they saw Sept. 20. Reported to be extremely large, stationary for up to an hour, and […]
It wasn’t about buying and selling, or even about trade. It was about making contacts with people on both sides of the border. And it was a real success for Trish Neilson of Rainy River Preserves, who was attending her first “Northern Networks” trade conference. Neilson decided to attend the […]
Fort Frances council could be putting the brakes on the proposed Rainy River District Area Services Board by insisting on representation by population. That’s the warning Rainy River Mayor Gord Armstrong, who chairs the working group putting together the proposal, relayed after hearing council here gave the go-ahead to the […]
The invisible trading wall is crumbling as 150 participants opened up possibilities of doing business with their counterparts on the other side of the Canada-U.S. border. That’s what happened at the fourth-annual “Northern Networks” trade conference held in Fort Frances last week. And organizer Geoff Gillon, with the Rainy River […]
With provincial funding having run out for the Community Development Corp. for the West Rainy River District, Geoff Gillon said his office is looking to pick up the slack. But just how they’re going to do it remains to be seen. Gillon and the Rainy River Future Development Corp., based […]
National unity, health care, children and job creation were the focus yesterday afternoon as Gov. Gen. Roméo LeBlanc opened the 36th Parliament with the Speech from the Throne. And with that, Gov. Gen. LeBlanc outlined the direction the Chrétien government would be taking Canada into the new millennium. Liberal government […]
“tour de Fort” is gearing up for its fifth season with the sale of passports this weekend downstairs at the Fort Frances Public Library. They’ll be on sale Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and again Sunday from 1-4 p.m.–and only 200 are up for grabs. “It might sell out on […]
It’s going to be a weekend of firsts for the Northwestern Ontario Association of Chambers of Commerce as it holds its annual fall conference here. NOACC president Dave Barker said the executive will present position papers to its members this year rather than pass a number of resolutions. In those […]
