Staff Today is the start of “Movember,” where men around the world grow moustaches to raise funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. Local men are encouraged to participate by registering at ca.movember.com with a clean-shaven face, then for the next 30 days grow their moustaches to become […]
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the OPP On Sunday around 10:45 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers responded to a report of a group of kids setting fire to a vehicle in the area of Crowe Avenue here. When the call came in, police were told the kids responsible for setting the fire ran away […]
Staff Sturgeon Creek School’s efforts to promote parent engagement will be saluted at tonight’s Rainy River District School Board meeting. The school and its council will receive the board’s monthly “Recognition of Excellence” following this past year’s effort to encourage better relations between home and school, including organizing a parent […]
Schreiber OPP received a call of an explosion at Terrace Bay Pulp Inc. in Terrace Bay yesterday around 4:45 p.m. (EST). One person was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of injuries sustained. The name of the victim will not be released pending notification of next-of-kin. Two others […]
the OPP On Oct. 26, the Fort Frances Community Drug Action Team, Fort Frances Crime Unit, and a Treaty #3 Police Service drug enforcement officer stopped a vehicle in Nestor Falls. Two individuals from Winnipeg were arrested, resulting in the seizure of prescription medication. Derek Pember, 47, was charged with […]
Staff The public is encouraged to attend a meeting regarding the town’s revised official plan tomorrow (Nov. 1) at 6:45 p.m. at the Civic Centre. Consultant Greg Hynde of Quartek Group and municipal staff will be on hand to provide information and receive public feedback. There will be a formal […]
Press Release On behalf of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., the board of directors would like to announce the retirement of president and CEO Wayne Woods, effective March 31, 2012. Upon his departure, Wayne will have dedicated 13 years of service to Riverside. The board has retained the services of […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis and other regional leaders voiced their opinions on airports and other issues to federal Transport minister Denis Lebel yesterday during the grand-opening of the new Red Lake Airport terminal building. Mayor Avis said this morning that he and mayors from across the Kenora […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service and Union Gas responded to a natural gas relief valve going off early yesterday evening at the Union Gas town border station (TBS) on Mowat Avenue. A member of the public had reported the smell of natural gas in the vicinity […]
Staff In a repeat performance of 2009, Holmlund Financial won The Great Canadian “Spook-tacular” Chili Cook-Off and Cake Roulette yesterday at the local Legion. Decked out in devil horns, the team of Susan Bodnarchuk and Bruce Holmlund wowed the judges with their concoction, “Holmlund’s Hell of a Good Chili,” to […]
Investors constantly are being bombarded by a mantra-like litany to diversify their holdings. Any objective observer should acknowledge this is a cop-out. Instead, what is essential is to determine if the possible loss in an investment situation is greater than the amount of a possible return. Whatever strategies are employed […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty today tabled Bill C-338, which will better protect the severance and termination of workers when their employer enters bankruptcy proceedings. “The tabling of this bill is the fulfillment of a promise that I made to former Buchanan workers some time ago to […]
