Staff After a year off, the Women’s Health Symposium is returning to the Townshend Theatre here on Saturday, May 8 from 9 a.m-3 p.m. This year’s theme is “Diversity—acknowledge, embrace, celebrate.” “It’s about celebrating women of all ages,” said Peggy Loyie, one of the symposium organizers. “Sizes, shapes, and colours,” […]
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Duane Hicks Respite care gives caregivers a break from their responsibilities while their adult family member temporarily is cared for in a long-term care home. At Rainycrest, respite care has been made more pleasant than ever now that the Rainycrest Family Council has redecorated the east-wing respite room—one of the […]
Peggy Revell The big screen will be “going green” at the Townshend Theatre next week as J.W. Walker and Fort Frances High School host the second-annual Environmental Film Festival on April 27-29. Featured films area students will have the opportunity to see this year include “Varmints,” directed by Marc Craste, […]
Duane Hicks Two third-year students from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine wrapped up their comprehensive community clerkships here last week after spending about the last eight months learning on the job from local physicians and other health-care professionals. The third set of medical students who have come through here […]
Duane Hicks Disappointed with the town not allowing them to keep up the fence they had erected at their Sixth Street East home to protect their property from deer, local residents Marie and Lynwood Anderson are moving to New Brunswick to operate a tree farm they have bought. At a […]
Duane Hicks With proposed changes to the prescription drug system making headlines over the last two weeks, Health and Long-Term Care minister Deb Matthews participated in a conference call with media Monday to field questions about the hot topic in pharmacy circles. As revealed by the province two weeks ago, […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances is bringing a motion to Superior Court in Thunder Bay tomorrow (April 22) to permit its maintenance and use of Pither’s Point Park to continue. “As the public is aware, there are court cases ongoing as to the ownership and rights of use to […]
Duane Hicks Plans by the McGuinty government to further reform the prescription drug system are not receiving a warm welcome from pharmacists. The province says the changes are being made “to provide better access to lower-cost generic drugs for patients while continuing to increase annual funding to the drug system […]
Staff Fort Frances may lose one of its three seats on the Northwest Catholic District School Board after a vote tonight on trustee determination and distribution for the upcoming election. While the board was granted an additional trustee by the Ministry of Education following the amalgamation of the Atikokan Roman […]
Staff Those wanting to attend “Dinner with Dr. Vergidis & Friends,” a new educational fundraiser for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care slated for this Friday evening, had better act fast if they haven’t got tickets yet—it’s almost sold out. Foundation director Teresa Hazel said a handful of the 150 […]
Staff A switch in scheduling means those attending the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts to watch the Borderland Community Orchestra play at Tuesday’s 6:30 p.m. session at the Townshend Theatre now will also get to see both Fort High’s senior and jazz band perform. While the senior […]
Staff With the fire hazard remaining high due to the dry conditions this spring, the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service carried out a prescribed burn in the northeast end of town on Saturday. Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong said firefighters were called out to a grass fire Friday night at […]
