Staff While Rainy Lake Realty Ltd. closed its office earlier this year, broker Alan Zucchiatti is still active selling properties on Rainy Lake. The Times erroneously reported in last week’s Fall Home Improvement supplement that Zucchiatti had retired. In fact, while he doesn’t deal with in-town properties any more, he […]
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the OPP On Tuesday, Oct. 5, Rainy River District OPP officers, with assistance from the OPP Northwest Region K-9 officer, responded to an alarm at Emo Drugs. Officers discovered the front door to the store had been broken. Upon arrival, police investigation revealed the culprit had entered the building and […]
Press Release When is someone just forgetful and when is forgetfulness a sign of an underlying condition? That question, and other issues surrounding memory loss, will be addressed at a free public presentation at the Backus Community Center in International Falls on Thursday, Oct. 28. The event is being offered […]
Press Release “Operation Christmas Child” is the world’s largest Christmas program. Participants of any age can fill shoe boxes with a variety of school supplies, toys, hygiene products, and even a personal note/picture. The boxes travel around the world using every form of transportation imaginable—from trucks to boats to planes […]
Press Release Local MP John Rafferty is hosting a series of disability tax credit workshops and town hall meetings across the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding this week. The first meeting will be held tomorrow (Oct. 14) at the Emo Legion. The disability tax credit workshop will run from 6-7 p.m., […]
Duane Hicks A proposed zoning bylaw amendment needed to build a 10-unit residential complex in the north end of town saw some opposition at last night’s council meeting. As previously reported, the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. has applied to amend the zoning for lands proposed to be severed […]
Duane Hicks It looks like Fort Frances town council will get a pay raise after all this December after mayor and the majority of council voted to repeal a decision made in the spring to delay an increase in remuneration until December, 2012. The only one who voted against reversing […]
Duane Hicks As the town looks for individual nominees for its annual “Citizen of the Year” award, Coun. Ken Perry suggested last night that J.W. Walker School get special recognition as a group which does good work in the community at the town’s annual appreciation supper next month. “The ‘Citizen […]
Duane Hicks It was an evening of fond memories, laughter, and even a few tears. A sold-out crowd of 220 people gathered Friday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous to celebrate the career of Dr. Angus J. Mackintosh, who retired Sept. 30 after 39 years of being the obstetrics and gynecology […]
Duane Hicks Focuses first on user fees, water meters Keen to get started on the 2011 budget process, town council has begun talking about user fees for 2011, agreeing that each executive committee examine their respective fee schedules line by line. As part of the process, a 1.7 percent cost […]
Peggy Revell An exchange is in the works later this month to give old children’s Hallowe’en costumes a new home. For families with children’s costumes that no longer can be used, the exchange is a way to pass them to others, explained Sherri Putzer, who is organizing the two-day event. […]
Duane Hicks There’s still no doubt the district deserves the title of a “safe community” after the Safe Communities Rainy River District (SCRRD) scored a perfect 20 out of 20 for the fourth-straight time on the National Report Card from Safe Communities Canada. Rainy River District scored a five out […]
