Press Release It was an 18th birthday present that Sgt. Keddie Brow will remember for the rest of his life—earning a ticket to the National Cadet Marksmanship Championships in Quebec City from May 6-11. Sgt. Brow, along with F/Sgt. Oryn Albanese and Cpl. Matthew Nowak, proudly represented 908 Rainy Lake […]
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Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care recently received a letter from the hospital board of directors giving it the go-ahead to begin fundraising for a digital mammography unit. “This is great news for the citizens of the Rainy River District,” said board chairman Deane Cunningham. “The Foundation is […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances and the local Kiwanis Club will partner to possibly develop an off-leash dog park here in the near future. An ad hoc off-leash dog park committee will be established to select a site, as well as look after the design and development of […]
Duane Hicks With word that the doctor shortage in Rainy River has been alleviated, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board passed a resolution last Thursday to suspend payment by municipalities of a supplemental levy for extra ambulance coverage. DSSAB CAO Dan McCormick said two factors played a part […]
Heather Latter As a First Responder at Fort Frances High School, a team of students, including Jerry Wu and Lyle Dolph, has been on the scene to assess everything from chemical burns and drug overdoses to lacerations, bone trauma, and seizures. But while they’ve been trained to deal with these […]
Duane Hicks A local committee of stakeholders is recommending the old Rainy Lake Hotel be demolished and redeveloped as a “Mainstreet Market Square.” The preliminary plans were unveiled at a public meeting last Wednesday night at the Legion. The market square may contain a gateway paying homage to the former […]
Duane Hicks Canadian scientist and doctor, Sir Frederick Banting, and his assistant, Charles Best, are credited with the first successful treatment of diabetes with insulin 90 years ago. But even today, Canada ranks among the leaders in diabetes research and management. This was part of the message delivered by keynote […]
Staff The OPP North West Regional Command, in partnership with the Fort Frances and Atikokan Police Services Boards, are pleased to announce that Insp. Steve Shouldice has been named as Rainy River District OPP detachment commander. “On behalf of the board, congratulations,” John McTaggart, chair of the Fort Frances Police […]
Duane Hicks Bell Mobility wants to rent space on the water tower here to install six wireless mobility antennae to its concrete foundation. Council approved, in principle, the rental at last night’s regular meeting. Bell Mobility now will go and work out the structural details on how the concrete foundation […]
Press Release Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers invariably would feature undead girls and evil dolls—much to her teacher’s dismay. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and […]
Duane Hicks Town council will receive a request tonight from Robert Moore School to make certain changes to traffic signage during the school year. The school is asking that signage on the 700 bock of Crowe Avenue, as well as at the intersection of the 200 block of Fourth Street […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty has been appointed Official Opposition critic for the Northern Ontario Economic Development Initiative (FedNor) by NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. “It’s a great honour and a great responsibility to have been asked by Tom to stand up for Northern Ontarians,” Rafferty said. “Economic […]
