Duane Hicks Registered nurse Joanne Ogden and nurse practitioner Danette McIntyre are in Port au Prince, Haiti this week to volunteer their services. Ogden, who works at Fort Frances Area Tribal Health Services, and McIntyre, employed at the Gizhewaadiziwin Access Centre, had been thinking for some time about going to […]
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Duane Hicks The inaugural “Walk of Hope” for ovarian cancer awareness likely will become an annual event here. Organizer Aimee Beazley, whose mother, Donna Lee, passed away from the disease last August, was pleased with the success of Sunday afternoon’s event and aims to do it again next September. “I […]
Heather Latter As classes at Confederation College here got underway last week, campus director Anne Renaud was thrilled to see plenty of new faces walking through the doors. “We have over 80 first-year students, which is a lot of new students,” she enthused, noting they saw a total of about […]
Staff Work on Second Street East between Mowat Avenue and Central Avenue finally will wrap up this week, with the intersection expected to be re-opened by the weekend. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said paving subcontractor Pioneer is on site this week and the first job they’re going to […]
Staff Town council and administration are prepping to begin work on next year’s budget, with a timetable expected to be approved at tonight’s regular meeting. If approved, the process will kick off with a public input meeting slated for Monday, Sept. 23 in conjunction with the regular council meeting that […]
Press Release A chance to have a boot-scootin’ fun time raising money for health care is still available as some tickets are left for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s annual dinner coming up next Saturday (Sept. 14) at the Emo Arena. “The tickets are selling well and we’ve sold […]
Heather Latter With a power outage planned for most of Sunday, and favourable weather in the forecast, local resident Aimee Beazley is inviting the public to take part in a “Walk of Hope” for ovarian cancer awareness. “My mom [Donna Lee] passed away August of last year from ovarian cancer,” […]
Staff When drug scenes involve children, the crime is not only drug abuse—it’s also child abuse. Finding out how to better help those children is the purpose of the Drug Endangered Children (DEC) conference to be presented by the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team at the Adventure Inn […]
Heather LatterSarah Pruys While the “Tour de Fort” lineup for the 2013/14 season was announced earlier this year, president Jen Yerxa wants everyone to know passports are still available for the 20th year of the concert series. “I’m excited,” Yerxa enthused. “We have a really awesome lineup this season and […]
Heather Latter The local “Kids & Company” entertainment series is gearing up for its 2013-14 season, which includes a total of five shows, with season passes and individual show tickets on sale soon. “I’m really excited about this season,” enthused committee chair Leslie Danielson. “I’m hoping we can diversify our […]
Heather Latter Two third-year medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine are eager to begin hands-on learning as they complete their 30-week Comprehensive Community Clerkships in Fort Frances starting this week. While Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. has been accepting third-year NOSM students since 2007, this is the […]
Duane Hicks With the first phase of work on the Huffman subdivision wrapping up this fall, the town has seen some interest in the new lots from prospective buyers. “At this point, we have not begun our marketing for the lots but we do have serious inquiries and fully anticipate […]
