Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has set the date for the 18th-annual Rainy River District Business Awards gala, and now is asking for people to start thinking about businesses they’d like to nominate. The gala will take place Thursday, March 6 at La Place Rendez-Vous, said Samantha Manty, […]
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Staff An incident involving acid getting into the mill’s treatment system has been addressed and won’t have a serious impact on operations. Xavier Van Chau, director of communications and corporate social responsibility for Resolute, said there was a procedural error Monday in which a valve for sulphuric acid was left […]
Press Release New Gold Inc. yesterday announced the results of its feasibility study for its Rainy River Project north of Barwick. Through the second half of 2013, New Gold’s development team worked with third-party consultants to complete the study. The purpose was to ensure the key inputs and assumptions used […]
It was a good start to 2014 for Donald Morrison (Folkston, Ga.), who won the $2,000 up for grabs Jan. 1 in the Rainy River Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Joe Tessier (Thunder Bay) won the $100 prize for Jan. 1. Winning $30 for Jan. 1-4 were Frank […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Power Corp. is making the transition to “true monthly billing,” meaning that customers now will be billed for electricity used between the first and last day of every month. But before they get the first bill for 2014, FFPC customers will be getting their final bill […]
Duane Hicks The Rainycrest Auxiliary made Darryl Galusha’s Christmas wish came true—buying a wheelchair washer for the long-term care facility that will benefit residents and staff alike. It was perfect timing from an infection control standpoint, noted Rainycrest’s director of seniors services and administration, who showed off the new equipment […]
Duane Hicks As town council and administration get ready to begin their bi-weekly budget meetings Jan. 20, it already looks like there will be some challenges ahead. Council received the preliminary 2014 operating and capital budgets at its regular meeting this past Monday, with the former indicating a $360,075 shortfall. […]
Duane Hicks •Jan. 7, 2014—Several homes near the village of Plaster Rock, N.B. were evacuated after a train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire. •Dec. 30, 2013—A freight train carrying crude oil near Casselton, N.D. collides with one carrying grain that had derailed earlier. The result saw fireballs shoot […]
Duane Hicks Town council has given its support—in principle—to the development of assisted living facilities in Fort Frances as proposed by the Assisted Living Action Group. A.L.A.G. vice-chair June Caul spoke to council Monday night to ask for mayor and council’s formal support for the project, adding the group is […]
Duane Hicks Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. and Rainycrest Long-Term Care have branched out to provide convalescent care here. As of Monday (Jan. 13), the facility opened up four beds—two single-bed rooms and one two-bed room—for patients who no longer need to be in hospital but who still are unable […]
Duane Hicks Resolute Forest Products dropped another bombshell yesterday by announcing paper machine #5 (PM5) here will be idled until at least the end of March. Plans call for production to cease Jan. 31, with about 150 employees being impacted by the shutdown. The company said markets for groundwood specialty […]
Duane Hicks The tally of unpaid fines under the Provincial Offences Act (POA) keeps getting higher because the town has limited powers to collect them. The topic of uncollected fines came up during last night’s council meeting, at which the write-off of the 2007 POA accounts receivable in the amount […]
