Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Community Chest has set Sunday, Feb. 12 at La Place Rendez-Vous as the date and location for its fundraiser dinner, with tickets to go on sale starting next week. While the last dinner was held back in February, 2010, the charity continues to help district […]
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the OPP With the recent mild weather, the OPP is reminding the public to be very cautious about changing ice conditions. Last Friday (Jan. 6), officers responded to a call regarding a motorist near Haymarsh Bay on Rainy Lake. The driver of a pick-up truck was driving on an ice […]
Duane Hicks While the possible reassessment of the mill property here will play a role in this year’s town budget, it will be quite a while before council and administration find out what the impact may be. Town treasurer Laurie Witherspoon said yesterday the Assessment Review Board has scheduled a […]
the OPP Kenora OPP continues to investigate a fatal motor-vehicle collision that occurred during the early-morning hours yesterday on Highway 17 in the Dogtooth Lake area. A westbound tractor-trailer unit jackknifed on the highway around 1 a.m. and was struck by an eastbound tractor-trailer unit. The driver of the eastbound […]
Press Release As of Jan. 5, Ontario students can apply to get 30 percent off the cost of their tuition. To help keep the cost of post-secondary education affordable, the provincial government is taking 30 percent off the average tuition for families—that means $800 for undergraduate university or college degree […]
Press Release This is Alzheimer Awareness Month. . . . Let’s face it! Get the facts. Know for sure. Canadians still are dismissing symptoms of dementia as “just old age” based on survey results released last week by the Alzheimer Society. Close to 50 percent of Canadians lived a year […]
Press Release Rooksana Randeree, RD, clinical dietitian for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., is offering a “Healthy You” weight management program for free at La Verendrye hospital here. The program is a group weight management approach that focuses on lifestyle changes that may help you reach—and maintain—a healthier body weight […]
Courtesy of the Valeda Larocque of Atikokan is celebrating her 100th birthday today (Jan. 11). She was born and raised on a farm in Pinewood, then raised her own family (with her late husband, Leonide Larocque, a railroad worker) on a farm in that community. She lived there until a […]
the NDP Timmins-James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson and Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha charged last week that the Northern Growth Plan has failed to address the real needs of Northern Ontario. The plan calls for the creation of “hubs” to promote development, but Sudbury and Thunder Bay are the only cities […]
the OPP The OPP would like to remind the public to be careful when venturing out on area lakes and rivers. With the mild temperatures the region has been experiencing lately, ice thickness may not be the same as in years past when we usually have had a stretch of […]
Peggy Revell The true origins of a complaint filed with the Justices of the Peace Review Council by the previous Rainy River District School Board was questioned last night by trustee David Kircher. A complaint was sent to the review council in 2008 by then board chair Dan Belluz on […]
Heather Latter “Zumba” might be the new age Jane Fonda-type dance workout but with its Latin rhythms and international flavour, it’s been gaining popularity here in Fort Frances of late. And given there are now at least five certified “Zumba” instructors in town, many residents can take part in the […]
