Press Release Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton on Monday asked the minister of health and long-term care how much longer the seniors who currently are at Lake of the Woods Hospital will have to wait for long-term care beds. “Twenty-seven alternate level of care patients in medical surgical beds are […]
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Staff With one novel already under her belt, district resident Crystal Gallinger now has a second one available for readers. “I appreciate all the support that the Rainy River District has given me,” Gallinger said of the response she’s seen since her first novel, “Justified,” was published this past spring. […]
Staff With the support of more than 50 percent of those who voted in Monday’s municipal election, Dave Kircher has secured one of the two trustee seats for Fort Frances on the Rainy River District School Board. Kircher garnered 1,570 votes while longtime trustee Dan Belluz earned 734 votes to […]
Staff With one less seat for Fort Frances on the Northwest Catholic District School Board, it was incumbent Paul Cousineau who was ousted once the results of Monday’s municipal election were in. Anne Marie Fitzgerald and Harold Huntley retained their seats, garnering 370 and 293 votes, respectively. Cousineau was third […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team (SAPT) will continue here thanks to funding through the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. The district OPP detachment announced yesterday afternoon that the Fort Frances Police Services Board has received $99,846.31 to help sustain the program. “There was […]
Duane Hicks Trick-or-treaters will be taking to the streets this Sunday for Hallowe’en and one stop many are sure to make will be to Tess and Robert Coish’s haunted backyard at 1030 Scott St. But in order to make it as successful as it’s been in the past two years, […]
Staff Construction to complete the new Robert Moore School is still underway and will continue in the upcoming months. Originally slated to be completed by the start of the 2010 school year (and students and staff did start their year off in the new facility), the completion date first was […]
Duane Hicks With the natural gas line replacement project wrapping up here after two years, Link-Line and Union Gas have left a token of appreciation to the community behind—a new sun shelter at the McIrvine Rotary Park. The foundation for the shelter was poured about three weeks ago, and the […]
Duane Hicks Coinciding with the old adage, “One good deed deserves another,” organizers of an upcoming benefit event for the Fort Frances “Community Chest” are looking for individuals and businesses to donate “acts of kindness” to be sold off for the fundraiser. “Any gift of time and service will be […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Great Canadian Chili Cook-off and Cake Roulette” was a success last Wednesday, not only treating a hungry public to a variety of chili made by local groups but reaping a harvest of non-perishable items for local food banks. The Fort Frances Public […]
Staff Garnering more votes than the other two candidates combined, newcomer Dave Kircher nabbed one of the two public school board trustee seats for Fort Frances. The unofficial preliminary results from yesterday’s municipal election saw Kircher elected to the Rainy River District School Board with 1,570 votes. Longtime trustee Dan […]
Staff The results from yesterday’s municipal election show new leadership for several district municipalities. In Emo, Vincent Sheppard was elected mayor, garnering 309 votes to defeat incumbent Ed Carlson (222). Meanwhile, newcomers Robert Simmons (305), Vernon Thompson (304), and Anthony Leek (299) were elected as councillors, along with incumbent Gary […]
