Press Release Students are being encouraged to show how they can make their schools healthier. Now in its fifth year, the Healthy Schools Recognition Program encourages school communities to pledge to do something healthy, such as: •planting a vegetable garden on school grounds; •establishing a daily running or walking club; […]
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Staff Six business start-ups in the Fort Frances and Kenora area are being supported by Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. investments. Five getting support through the NOHFC’s Northern Ontario Entrepreneur Program include: •Squeek E Kleen Auto Detail Specialist of Fort Frances ($21,484) for leasehold improvements to establish a vehicle-cleaning service; […]
Press Release Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammad are among the most important and influential persons in history. They are remembered for the examples of their lives, their insights into the human condition and the nature of ultimate reality, and the religious movements they inspired. It would be hard to name […]
Duane Hicks With councillors continuing to get pelted with questions about snow removal, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the town is doing its best, following winter control policy, and even stepping up efforts this week to move more of the white stuff. “We have had 10 events in […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District School Board established a new audit committee at its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday night. The new committee comes as the board implements the Regulation 361/10 under the Education Act, which says all boards across Ontario now must have an auditing committee to oversee […]
Duane Hicks Maybe it’s the fact some residents haven’t had “blue box” curbside pick-up since before Christmas, but the new recycling bins on Sixth Street West have seen a flurry of deposits since opening last week. But this has meant that the bins are having to be emptied far more […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will continue to allow weddings at Sunny Cove Camp in 2011. At its regular meeting Monday night, town council authorized a maximum of four weddings per season at Sunny Cove Camp during the shoulder seasons (May, June, and September, and the August long […]
Duane Hicks The town will have more “eyes” open for vandals inside and outside the Memorial Sports Centre in future with the addition of six surveillance cameras. Council authorized the installation of the security gear—at a cost of $6,390,15—as a non-budgeted item at its regular meeting Monday night. Mayor Roy […]
Duane Hicks Town council hopes to increase interest in the town’s various advisory committees by better defining what they do and educating potential members on their roles. “Council is concerned with the number of people that are applying for a number of committees that we have,” said Coun. Andrew Hallikas, […]
Staff The Ministry of Education has approved funding for the renovation of St. Michael’s School here to accommodate the start of full-day junior kindergarten next fall. “It’s exciting to be involved in the school construction once again,” Chris Howarth, superintendent of business for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, said […]
Peggy Revell The “Meals on Wheels” program here is in need of some helping hands. “We’re always looking for volunteers,” said local co-ordinator Gaby Hanzuk. “We have 52 weeks in a year, and in a perfect world I would have all 52 weeks covered—which doesn’t happen.” Hanzuk said the program, […]
Staff A total of 2,020 birds, representing 30 species, were spotted during the annual Christmas bird count held over the holiday season. This year’s count was held Dec. 26, with six people watching bird feeders to record observations. Five others in vehicles covered 244 km on a route around the […]
