Press Release In March, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at the Fort Frances port of entry processed 53,703 travellers in 29,478 vehicles, which represent a 7.5 percent increase in travellers and a 1.03 percent decrease in vehicles compared to March, 2011. Twenty-six charter buses carrying 557 passengers, 650 commercial […]
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Duane Hicks Local Salvation Army captains Angel and Marlene Sandoval will be leaving Fort Frances in two months and moving to Ariano Irpino, Italy. Capt. Angel Sandoval made the announcement Friday evening during a Salvation Army appreciation dinner at Knox United Church. “We enjoyed the work here. One of the […]
Staff A “Relay-O-Rama” fundraiser is being planned for this Saturday (May 5) and organizers are looking for more vendors to participate to raise funds for the annual “Relay for Life” and to help fight cancer. “It’s a mix of ‘relayers’ and vendors who are looking to come together for the […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP responded to a single motor-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. The collision took place on Highway 622 about 14 km north of Atikokan. Brian Scott McDonald, 31, of Atikokan, the lone occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead […]
Press Release In a joint release issued yesterday (April 26), David Baxter of Thunder Bay Insurance and Duane Cridland, of Gillons’ Insurance in Fort Frances, announced the two firms are in the final phases of a merger that will create the largest independently-owned insurance brokerage in Northwestern Ontario. “We are […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is looking to possibly relocate from its current location at 474 Scott St. Chamber manager Anthony Mason said yesterday the Chamber has expressed interest in the Fort Duty-Free property on Mowat Avenue (the former location of The UPS Store, which recently relocated to […]
Staff An appeal of the re-zoning of the property known as “Nelson Street Park” has been set for Thursday, May 24. The Ontario Municipal Board hearing will start at 11 a.m. at the Civic Centre. As previously reported, local resident Eric Rude submitted an appeal on behalf of himself and […]
Staff The number of thefts under $5,000 reported in Rainy River District was up from 10 in February to 17 in March. A total of 12 of the incidents were in Fort Frances, Insp. Steve Shouldice reported at the Police Services Board meeting Tuesday. These included one theft of a […]
Press Release If the Liberal government is serious about job creation in Ontario, why won’t it employ Ontario workers in its call centres? That was question being asked by Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell during Question Period on Monday. Campbell has learned that one of the call centres responsible for […]
Allan T. Bedard A productive and cordial meeting was held between Resolute Forest Products Ltd. officials and members of the Senior Retirees Against Pension & Elder Abuse on April 19 at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre boardroom. Attending company officials were pension and benefits administrator Benoit Briere and […]
Press Release “Moving Forward” is the theme of this year’s National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, which is taking place April 22-28 across Canada. Activities across the country will focus on raising awareness of services available to victims of crime in Canada, such as those provided by the Rainy River […]
Duane Hicks Portage Avenue underpass modifications will be among the summer construction projects going on here. The town has put out a call for tenders for the installation of a storm sewer forcemain underneath the railway tracks on the northwest quadrant of the underpass, noted Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
