Staff Resolute Forest Products’ future is based on innovation and sustainability, company president and CEO Richard Garneau told delegates at the annual meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association in Thunder Bay last Thursday. “The forest products industry has been instrumental to the history and economy of Northwestern Ontario, and […]
Local News
Duane Hicks Coinciding with National Victims of Crime Awareness Week (April 21-27), Peggy Loyie of the Rainy River District Victim Services Program was honoured with the Attorney General’s Victim Services Awards of Distinction for 2013. Loyie, among 10 other individuals and six organizations receiving the award last week in Toronto, […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business & Community Expo 2013 is being hailed as a success by organizers. Chamber manager Annely Armstrong said 1,249 paid adults went through the doors at the Memorial Sports Centre on Friday and Saturday, with many more children under 12 and volunteers […]
Staff In the spirit of Earth Day, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre last week launched a new program to get adult patrons to “branch out” in their recreational reading. As a participant in the Ontario Library Association’s annual “Evergreen Award” recreational reading program, the library is encouraging adults […]
Staff Lots in the proposed Huffman subdivision have been available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis as of Monday morning. But none had been snatched up as of yesterday afternoon. As reported Friday, the town elected to switch to this method after an attempt to sell them through a […]
Duane Hicks With the United States looking to explore the option of collecting a fee to enter the country by land, no one involved in business on either side of the border seems to think it’s a good idea. “We are cautious because we know this is only a proposal […]
Duane Hicks The provincial government has promised to address concerns municipalities have had about the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. following a meeting Monday with members of a coalition consisting of Fort Frances and six other Northwestern Ontario communities. Mayor Roy Avis, along with leaders from James (Elk Lake), Espanola, Dryden, […]
Staff The 30th-annual Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and charity auction is set to take place this Friday (May 3). The popular event again will take place at La Place Rendez-Vous, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. Don Cumming, who is helping organize prizes for the event, expects the last six […]
Press Release The gastrointestinal outbreak warning has been lifted at the Rainy River Health Centre. The outbreak was called April 21. As a result of the outbreak, immediate family members were asked to restrict their visit to the resident’s room and refrain from visiting other residents while at the Rainy […]
Staff Nicholina Youroukos will be the guest speaker at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s general membership meeting tomorrow night. Youroukos, who recently completed her Masters in Environmental Studies in Nature-Based Recreation & Tourism at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, will be at the meeting, which runs from 6-7:30 p.m. […]
Duane Hicks Lots in the proposed Huffman subdivision now will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis after an attempt to sell them through a lottery draw resulted in none being purchased. A few people showed up for the draw yesterday evening at the Civic Centre, but no one entered […]
Staff Shaping up to be bigger and better than ever, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business & Community Expo 2013 is set to go tomorrow and Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. “We are really excited that we have two arenas full, lots of prizes, [and] lots of booths […]
