Staff Town council will receive a trio of presentations from the recently-formed group, Seniors Retirees Against Pension and Elder Abuse, at tonight’s regular meeting. Wendell Stevens will speak about the property assessment appeal by Resolute Forest Products Ltd., and how it might affect taxpayers, while Gordy Bell will talk about […]
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Duane Hicks Local residents and the town will have to wait to learn the Ontario Municipal Board’s decision regarding an appeal of the re-zoning of property located between Minnie Avenue and Williams Avenue, sometimes referred to as the “Nelson Street Park.” After hearing more than four hours of evidence both […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce once again will partner with 93.1 The Border to host “Quest for the Best.” This annual event will be held Thursday, July 26 at the Memorial Sports Centre. After the thrilling conclusion to last year’s competition, the Chamber of Commerce is excited […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has stepped forward to help put on Canada Day celebrations and will organize the July 1st parade. Chamber manager Anthony Mason said he had been thinking about helping out the “Fun in the Sun” committee by taking on the event, but felt […]
Duane Hicks Being presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal was the last thing Rainy River First Nations’ elder Dorothy Medicine expected while attending the 42nd-annual Manitou Fish Fry on Friday. “I was very surprised,” said Medicine after being given the medal by local MP John Rafferty at […]
the OPP On Saturday around 9:05 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP was called by a local family to help locate an elderly male with Alzheimer’s. A 79-year-old Fort Frances male left his residence to walk his dog around 4 p.m. When he failed to return home, his family called […]
The Canadian Press SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont.—Two Winnipeg men are OK following a bear attack in Northwestern Ontario. Police said the men were camping on Dunbar Lake, north of Sioux Lookout, when the attack occurred early Saturday. Investigators said a 65-year-old man suffered bites and scratches when a black bear dragged […]
Heather Latter After plans were announced late last year indicating the Ontario Court of Justice’s intention to relocate the resident judge for Rainy River District to a base in Kenora or Dryden, area lawyers and municipal leaders voiced their concerns and pushed to retain a full-time resident judge here. But […]
Press Release Summer has arrived! Along with summer, welcome to the summer job search for students! Lucky for those students, NCDS in Fort Frances has the Summer Jobs Service Program. The SJS Program serves the entire Rainy River District, including Fort Frances and Atikokan, as well as out to Nestor […]
Sarah Pruys The local “Relay for Life” has entered into a partnership with the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, committee chair Jenn Anderson announced. “Every dollar over our goal goes to the Foundation,” Anderson noted. “The goal is $44,500, so every dollar over that,” she explained. Last year, the local […]
Heather Latter Jack Hedman remembers years ago when Fort High athletes crowded around the front of the bus to hear the stories told by driver Sid Asselin. Now a retired teacher, Hedman had coached several sports and while travelling hundreds of kilometers to compete against rival teams, Asselin would entertain […]
Duane Hicks J.W. Walker student Cameron Lidkea scored a K.O. at the Canada-Wide Science Fair last week in Charlottetown, P.E.I., winning the bronze medal “Award of Excellence” for Grade 7/8 students for his science project, “Striking Difference.” The Grade 7 student was awarded a certificate, $300 in cash, and a […]
