Staff It’s been a little over a year since the Northwest Catholic District School Board received approval from the Ministry of Education to consolidate St. Michael’s and St. Francis schools here into a single JK-Grade 8 school. Now the project is continuing to move forward. Trustees, via electronic motion, awarded […]
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Staff Area school boards are seeking feedback from families for the 2017-18 school year calendar. The feedback collected through the survey will be taken back to the Regional School Year Calendar Committee (comprised of five area school boards) for its use while creating the new school year calendar. The survey […]
Staff The election is underway. A total of 15 nominees are running for 14 seats on the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, including two vying for the role of president. The executive and director nominees were announced Tuesday evening at the Chamber’s annual general membership meeting at […]
Duane Hicks The Riverside Foundation for Health Care wants district residents to give a gift from a heart this year. Its annual Christmas donation campaign is now underway, with this year’s focus being on raising funds for a much-needed blood coagulation analyzer—a piece of equipment that helps everyone no matter […]
Duane Hicks After a lifetime of volunteering, Ruth Caldwell has no intention of retiring. After all, she loves this town. Caldwell, 85, was honoured Monday night as the 2016 Citizen of the Year for Fort Frances before town council and friends. “I’m very proud to be honoured, to do this […]
Duane Hicks The federal government is maintaining its commitment to a strong immigration program and will welcome 300,000 immigrants in 2017—40,000 more than the previous target number of 260,000. But with a labour market shortage in Rainy River District, could more immigrants to Canada mean more people coming here to […]
Duane Hicks With the Rainy Lake Market Square on track to be built starting in the spring, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is focusing on ways to make it a vibrant community hub right from the get-go. “We’ve been spending a bit of time and attention on grant writing […]
Snowshowers are likely tonight, with a possible accumulation of less than 2.5 cm (one inch). Look for an overnight low of zero (32) and northeast winds at five-10 m.p.h., gusting up to 15 m.p.h. Tomorrow will see a chance of snow and rain, with a high of two (36) and […]
Staff 2016 Citizen of the Year Ruth Caldwell will be in the spotlight at tonight’s regular meeting of town council. Caldwell was announced as this year’s top citizen at the Nov. 14 meeting, but will be officially honoured tonight with her and friends in attendance. While the council meeting will […]
Staff The local Xi Tau chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is hosting a “Holiday Baby” photo contest. It is looking for photos featuring babies aged 24 months or younger (as of Dec. 1). Entries must be dropped off at either Curvy Chick or Sun Life Financial by tomorrow at 8 […]
Staff Local MP Don Rusnak’s constituency office here will be moving. The office will be relocating from its current location at 608 Scott St. to its new one at 271 Scott St. The office will be closed Nov. 28-Dec. 9 to make the move. A Christmas open house will be […]
Duane Hicks The Northwest Community Legal Clinic is among the 11 Northern Ontario legal clinics that will benefit from an expansion to client services, enabling them to better help in matters involving senior and elder law, employment law, and Workplace Safety Insurance Board law. Legal Aid Ontario is investing $3.3 […]
