Duane Hicks Registration for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is underway, with this year marking the reintroduction of the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) language division to the 79th-annual event. After being absent from the festival for a number of years, the committee was asked to consider reviving the […]
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Press Release A new monitor for the Endoscopy suite at La Verendrye General Hospital here was installed in December. The $18,000 project, purchased through funds raised from the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Fiesta Like There’s No Manana” fall gala, features a large screen that produces an enhanced image, making […]
Duane Hicks With Valentine’s Day less than a month away, Tess Coish of Tess’ Kitchen here once again is taking her heart-shaped cookie cutter out to help a good cause. Coish now is taking orders for cookies until Feb. 11, with proceeds this year to go to help local woman […]
Sam Odrowski Repap Resources Group vice-president Sean Twomey outlined its plans for the idled pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances to delegates attending the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Stratton. He said they hope to purchase the mill this year and re-open operations 90 […]
Duane Hicks Town council may consider installing a sidewalk along Keating Avenue, from the entrance of J.W. Walker School to First Street West, but it will depend on several puzzle pieces falling into place first. The request for the sidewalk came from local resident Merv Ahrens as one of a […]
Sam Odrowski Students at Mine Centre School celebrated the launch of a coding program called “MicroWorlds JR” that is available in Ojibwe to help students develop an interest in coding and their indigenous culture. MicroWorlds JR, designed for pre-readers to Grade 4, will be available at all of the Rainy […]
Duane Hicks The 2019 preliminary capital budget includes funds earmarked for a feasibility study regarding the Shevlin wood yard, which will give town council some idea as to what can be done with the property. But whether or not that property will be needed by Repap Resources Group if it […]
Duane Hicks The north-end rink will not re-open this winter but the boards will stay up in case town council decides to change its mind in the future. During its initial budget meeting yesterday afternoon, council discussed a request from local resident Randy Thoms to re-open the rink, which was […]
Press Release The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board would like to confirm that in conjunction with the $15 million provincial investment in capital that is proceeding across the district as listed below, a review of the current service delivery model was completed. •$2.4 million (Rainy River) for retrofit/addition […]
Press Release The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board would like to confirm that in conjunction with the $15 million provincial investment in capital that is proceeding across the district as listed below, a review of the current service delivery model was completed. •$2.4 million (Rainy River) for retrofit/addition […]
In an article in yesterday’s Times regarding applications for musicians to play at the Rainy Lake Square later this year, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. gave the wrong deadline for voting. The public voting on musicians will begin Feb. 15 and end March 1, not April 9. The Times […]
Barb EverettSubmitted by The Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Br. #29 met on Jan. 9, with 24 members in attendance. The meeting was brought to order at 7 p.m. by president Alfreda Easton. Minutes from the Dec. 12 general meeting and the Jan. 2 executive meeting were read and approved. An […]
