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Looking for something to do over the Victoria Day long weekend? Why not go through your book shelves, pick out some titles you’ll never read again (or maybe never get around to reading in the first place), and donate them to a good cause? The “Friends of the Library” will […]

The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary executive held their regular monthly meeting on May 7 in the board room of the hospital. Dixie Badiuk and Helene Cone are gearing up for “Rockin’ for a Reason.” This year it will be held at the “Spring Market” on May 24 and 25 at […]

Construction season has returned and with it comes one-lane traffic for area residents coming and going via the east end of town. Until the second week of June construction will be ongoing at the overpass, as highlighted by manager of Operations and Facilities Travis Rob at the town council meeting […]

Council’s budget has been balanced and with it comes a small tax increase for property owners. Town treasurer Dawn Galusha made a presentation to council during its regular meeting on Monday evening that revealed a 1.13 percent tax increase for residential properties. On a $100,000 home this equates to $20.67 […]

The community is working together to become better informed and better able to address the issue of substance abuse within the district. A “Community Conversation on Substance Abuse” was hosted by the Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAPT) at La Place Rendez-Vous last Wednesday to better inform parents, the general public, […]

A local class is working hard to keep Rainy River and the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed free from pollutants. Grade 8 teacher at Fort High, Jody Bonner-Vickers, and her class delivered a presentation during a council meeting on Monday about the Drain Stencil Program that’s running for its third-consecutive […]

June is “Seniors’ Month” so the Fort Frances Senior Centre will be celebrating with a seniors’ fair to be held on Thursday, June 6 at the centre. An interesting day has been planned. The doors will open at 9 a.m. for check-in, coffee and socializing. The fair will officially start […]

Town council is taking a stand for Northern libraries following the province’s 50 percent cut to Ontario Library Service North which resulted in the elimination of half of its unionized staff. Council voted Monday evening to support a resolution put forward by McKellar, Mulmur, and Essa townships that denounces the […]

Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Health Unit has declared the respiratory and gastroenteritis outbreaks over at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home, effective as of yesterday. All social events and activities at Rainycrest have resumed. All visitors are now welcome. The respiratory outbreak was first declared on May […]

Residential property owners will be looking at a 1.13 percent tax increase this year, as outlined in a budget presentation at last night’s council meeting. This means those who own a home assessed at $200,000 will pay $41.34 more on property taxes. Coun. Douglas Judson and Mayor June Caul said […]