Staff Time to clean out the garage and basement. Anyone with oil, paint, batteries, and other junk they can’t normally dispose of should mark Saturday, Sept. 11 on their calendar since it will be the annual Fort Frances and Rainy River District Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste Day. Residents will […]
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Press Release It is with great excitement that Northern Community Development Services (NCDS) has started yet another project to help benefit the community. 2010 marked the first year that graduating students from Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan high schools were able to apply for a $1,000 bursary to help […]
Press Release The “Garden of Life,” situated in front of La Verendrye Hospital, was created to symbolize the chance of new life through the kindness and selflessness of those who chose to donate their organs. It is a visual reminder of the importance of the need for registered organ and […]
Staff Federal Industry minister Tony Clement is slated to make a special announcement at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre when he visits town next Tuesday (Aug. 31). Clement also will speak about bringing new business to Northern Ontario at a luncheon from noon-1:20 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. […]
Press Release More than 300 Métis citizens from communities across Ontario attended the Métis Nation of Ontario’s 17th-annual general assembly. It was held at Old Fort William in Thunder Bay—a site of important historical significance to Ontario Métis as one of the key posts along the fur trade routes their […]
Staff The results for the 2010 4-H beef show, held Saturday in conjunction with the Emo Fair, are as follows: 4-H Beef Club Open Show •Grand Champion market steer—Justin Bujold •Reserve Champion market steer—Kelsey McLean •Champion (first weight division)—Kelsey McLean •Reserve Champion (first weight division—Nick Teeple •Champion (second weight division)—Justin […]
Press Release A Kenora man has been fined $250 and also was ordered to pay the $2,475 cost of putting out a fire he started near a wooded area in Kenora District. William Renner pleaded guilty to dropping hot ash within 300 metres of a forest or woodland. Court heard […]
Duane Hicks Coun. Albanese also running for re-election With the deadline to file nominations to run in the Oct. 25 election coming up Sept. 10, both Mayor Roy Avis and Coun. John Albanese have joined Coun. Sharon Tibbs among those council members seeking re-election. “It’s not a last-minute decision,” stressed […]
Peggy Revell Canada’s ambassador to United States has vowed he will work to speed up the appeals process for Americans with older convictions for minor criminalities wanting to cross the border into Canada. The issue of was one of many that Gary Doer, who stepped into role of ambassador just […]
Duane Hicks While in past years they’ve been more focused on lobbying for money, local delegates instead voiced their concerns about various issues to provincial representatives last week at the 2010 Association of the Municipalities of Ontario conference in Windsor. Coun. Paul Ryan, who attended the conference with Mayor Roy […]
Peggy Revell Water levels on the Rainy and Namakan systems have seen two different extremes this year. Such was the message delivered during the joint annual meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board last Tuesday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous […]
Duane Hicks Those used to seeing Wayne Lundstrom walking with his dog guide, “Sammy,” may have noticed he’s been without the pooch since mid-July. The reason why is Sammy did not manage to maintain her training and was returned to her foster family in southern Ontario. In simplest terms, the […]
