Haley Anderson An environmental-mining catastrophe in B.C. sparked discussion here during the Rainy Lake Conservancy’s (RLC) annual general meeting on Sunday at La Place Rendez-Vous. There was a breach in a tailings pond dam at a copper and gold mine owned by Imperial Metals Corp. near Likely, B.C. last week, […]
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Duane HicksHeather Latter The vacant Rainy Lake Hotel will be demolished and redeveloped into the Rainy Lake Market Square in the future thanks to nearly $1 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) and downtown business owners couldn’t be happier. “I think it’s a great idea and I’m […]
Duane Hicks The vacant Rainy Lake Hotel will be demolished and redeveloped into a market square in the future thanks to nearly $1 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC). Mayor Roy Avis learned of the good news yesterday afternoon after meeting with Northern Development and Mines minister […]
Duane Hicks The vacant Rainy Lake Hotel will be demolished and redeveloped into a market square in the future thanks to $997,500 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC). Mayor Roy Avis learned of the good news this afternoon after meeting with Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle […]
Staff The Rainy River District Victim Services Program is trying to end sexual violence against men and women of all ages by creating a local Sexual Assault Network and recently launching a website to provide resources to those who need them. Peggy Loyie of Victim Services here explained the Rainy […]
Staff Stephen Sinclair has filed to run as a Fort Frances trustee for the Rainy River District School Board in the upcoming municipal election. “For the past several years, I have been very active in my school council, as well as being active with the Parent Involvement Committee,” he noted. […]
Staff The first candidate for Fort Frances council in this fall’s municipal election has filed her nomination papers. Charleen Mallory said it is something she has been thinking about since returning to town in April, 2013. “I’m Fort Frances-born and bred,” she noted this morning in front of the museum, […]
Press Release Transport minister Lisa Raitt yesterday announced federal government is investing $36,173 for the purchase of a runway condition reporting system at the Fort Frances Airport. This system will provide timely, accurate, and precise wireless reporting and recording of runway conditions. Funding comes from Transport Canada’s Airports Capital Assistance […]
Haley Anderson FORT FRANCES—The annual joint public meeting on the regulation of Rainy and Namakan lakes was held last night at Rainy River Community College in International Falls—and the International Rainy Lake Board of Control was flooded with questions and comments from the more than 70 people on hand. Col. […]
Heather Latter New Gold has hired a general manager for its Rainy River project, which is located in Richardson Township north of Barwick. Grant Goddard, originally from Montreal, has almost 40 years of experience in mine operations, including the recent construction and start-up of a Cameco uranium mine in northern […]
Staff Fort Frances council agreed at its meeting last night to support the Municipality of Wawa’s resolution regarding the reduction of payments under the Power Dam Special Payment Program. The annual payment for the hydro-electric generating station here, provided by the province, was set to remain at the 2012 level […]
Staff With the deadline for nominations for this fall’s municipal election set for Sept. 12, the town is taking steps in case there is a “lame duck” council. Pursuant to the Municipal Act, there are provisions whereby council is prevented from doing certain acts once it is determined that a […]
