Staff The deadline to nominate district businesses and individuals for the 20th-annual Rainy River District Business Awards is coming up this Monday (Feb. 1). Jennifer Soderholm, executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday that some nominations have been submitted so far but the Chamber would love […]
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Staff Tickets are still available for “Forget Me Not,” the annual charitable dinner hosted by the local Alzheimer Society. Set for this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous, Alzheimer Society executive director Rossana Tomashowski noted ticket sales haven’t been going as well as organizers had hoped. “We have […]
Duane Hicks The local doctor recruitment committee would like more money from the town, but council says it doesn’t want to pay more when the rest of the district isn’t paying its fair share. At a budget meeting Monday afternoon, council received a letter from the Fort Frances & District […]
Duane Hicks Fireworks will get a boost here this Canada Day. At a budget meeting yesterday afternoon, town council agreed to give $7,500 to help put on the pyrotechnics display—$2,500 more than it has in past years. The request came from Dave Coats of the Fun in the Sun committee, […]
Duane Hicks The process to develop the new Rainy Lake Market Square likely will take another step forward at tonight’s council meeting. The Planning and Development executive committee is recommending council award a request for proposals to a Winnipeg-based architecture firm, Scatliff Miller Murray, for the completion of the design […]
Press Release The local Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary held its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 13. It was great to see 34 members come out on such a cold evening. The charter was draped in memory of Marie Bodnarchuk. This month, we lost another very active member when […]
Press Release Despite efforts to reach a deal this week, mediation between the Rainy River District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (District 5B) ended unsuccessfully during the night of Jan. 19. The teachers’ union informed the board that it intends to continue its partial withdrawal of […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances & District Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee has been busy securing new doctors to serve district residents and is requesting $80,000 in the town’s 2016 budget to keep the ball rolling. In a letter to council, to be received at its budget meeting Monday afternoon, […]
Duane Hicks Know of a business that deserves recognition? Nominations are open for the 20th-annual Rainy River District Business Awards, which will take place Thursday, Feb. 11 at La Place Rendez-Vous. “The nomination process has now begun,” Jennifer Soderholm, executive director of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, said this […]
Duane Hicks A local restaurant has landed on The Food Network’s list of “10 Highway Hotspots to Try On Your Canadian Road Trip.” Flint House, which opened its doors at the end of November, was among the top picks by Dan Clapson in his Jan. 14 article at www.foodnetwork.ca “In […]
Heather Latter With plans to expand its employment services, staff of Community Living Fort Frances and District looked to the expertise of Bob Vansickle, supervisor of employment service at Community Living Sarnia-Lambton, during training that took place Monday and Tuesday at La Place Rendez-Vous. “We want to get into the […]
Heather Latter The committee behind the recent “Families for Families” fundraiser, which raised more than $60,000 to bring a refugee family to Rainy River District, now is looking to bring in a second one given it significantly surpassed its initial goal of $35,000. “The committee has decided we will use […]
