Duane Hicks Calling on the province to ensure a low-cost, long-term fibre supply for Rainy River District was the overriding theme of the Ontario 2015 pre-budget consultations held yesterday morning at La Place Rendez-Vous here. “The conversation through the presentations this morning regarding the re-opening of the mill is not […]
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Duane Hicks Town council went over a revised version of its 2015 operating and capital budgets during a meeting yesterday. While the preliminary 2015 operating budget council received at its regular meeting last week indicated a surplus of $1,877, the updated version now shows a deficit of $70,317. Some of […]
Staff After gathering information on the interest of reintroducing the French Immersion program at St. Michael’s School here, a recommendation on how to proceed will be presented at tonight’s regular meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board. Superintendent of Education Brendan Hyatt is recommending the program be introduced at […]
the OPP Around 5:20 a.m. yesterday, Rainy River District OPP officers responded to the report of a robbery at a residence on the 1000 block of Crowe Avenue here. An investigation revealed a male had entered the residence and assaulted the lone female occupant. The female was taken to hospital […]
Press Release Due to a number of residents experiencing influenza-like illness at Rainycrest Long-Term Care here, an outbreak was declared late Friday. Visiting residents is permitted but please do not do so if you are experiencing any symptoms of ill health, such as: •cough; •stuffy nose and sore throat; •fever; […]
Look for scattered flurries before midnight, along with an overnight low of minus-seven C (19 F) and east winds at five m.p.h. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, with a high of minus-three (26) and low around minus-eight (17). Calm winds will become northwesterly at five m.p.h. There is a 20 […]
Press Release Over the last few days, it has become clear that the ’flu has taken hold in communities throughout Rainy River District. As a result, there has been an increase in the number of patients presenting at Riverside’s emergency departments in Fort Frances and Rainy River, as well as […]
A.L.A.G Members of the Assisted Living Action Group yesterday voted unanimously in favour of working with an experienced seniors’ housing corporation to develop an assisted living/retirement living community in Fort Frances. A.L.A.G. and this corporation extensively have researched one another and mutually agreed they are a good match to move […]
Staff Patrick Morrisseau was elected to the Couchiching band council in yesterday’s byelection. He will join Chief Sarah Mainville and fellow councillors Ron Archie, Bill Perrault, Dave Bruyere, Lucille “Bugsy” Morrisseau, and Christine Jourdain on council until the next band election in 2016. Angela Mainville, Daniel Mainville, and Nicole Perrault […]
Press Release Committee members for the upcoming Dudley Hewitt Cup, which the Fort Frances Lakers are hosting this spring, will meet Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Super 8 Motel. Committee chairman Larry Patrick said the aim of the meeting will be to nail down some of the […]
There is a chance of snow and freezing drizzle tonight, with a possible accumulation of less than 2.5 cm (one inch). The overnight temperature is expected to rise to minus-six C (22 F) by 5 a.m., with south winds at 10 m.p.h. Snow is likely tomorrow, with a possible accumulation […]
the OPP On Sunday around 9:40 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP was dispatched to a single-motor vehicle collision Highway 11, about 1.7 km west of Gehl Lake. When officers arrived at the scene, they located an unoccupied red pickup truck in the south ditch with the engine on and […]
