Staff More than 500 district customers will see a power interruption on Thursday, April 29 so Hydro One can perform maintenance and upgrades to its system. The townships of Burriss, Carpenter, Crozier, Dance, and Devlin are expected to be affected, specifically customers along Highway 613, including Northwest Bay FN, and […]
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Press Release The OPP will be increasing enforcement throughout the province to ensure motorists everywhere do their part in saving lives by buckling up. The increased enforcement is part of the “Spring Seatbelt Campaign,” which is a partnership between the OPP, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, and other road safety […]
Staff The deadline to nominate a local business for this year’s Northern Ontario Business Awards is fast approaching. “The Northern Ontario Business Awards started 24 years ago, and it is a celebration of businesses and individuals across the north,” said NOBA event manager Kimberley Wahamaa. Encouraging nominations for the various […]
Staff “Every Victim Matters” is the theme of this year’s National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, which runs from April 18-24. “The theme that ‘Every Victim Matters’ is really important,” said Peggy Loyie, executive director with the Rainy River District Victim Services, which is organizing locally-based activities for the week. […]
Peggy Revell With the fall municipal election fast approaching, Michael Lewis is the first person to file to run for a seat on the Rainy River District School Board. “My particular interest in running for the school board is that I think we need a voice in Atikokan that we […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District Social Services Board wants to be perfectly clear: its CAO did not receive a 20 percent pay hike last year. According to the annual list of public-sector employees who earn more than $100,000, released by the Ministry of Finance earlier this month, Donna Dittaro’s […]
Duane Hicks After approving a pay increase for the next term of mayor and council earlier this year, members of council are going back to reconsider that decision. Mayor Roy Avis requested during Monday night’s regular meeting that the pay increase for councillors be reviewed, explaining that when the Ontario […]
Duane Hicks Finding it more difficult each year to drum up the funds—and volunteers—to keep Canada Day celebrations going here, the “Fun in the Sun” committee has asked the town to donate $10,000 to pay for year’s fireworks display. “As with most service clubs and organizations today, the ‘Fun in […]
Duane Hicks The local “Community Garden Team” has asked the town for permission to use municipal property located on Lillie Avenue North, between Fifth and Sixth Street West, to develop a community garden. The team is asking for a plot of about 30 metres by 15 metres, which they would […]
Duane Hicks At a time when preventive oral health care is being recognized as more important than ever, Dawn Gustafson has opened the doors of her own independent dental hygiene practice, “LifetimeSmiles,” here in Fort Frances. One of only a few dental hygienists in the region with their own practices, […]
Peggy Revell Despite declining numbers in past years, local “Relay for Life” organizers have high hopes for this year’s event. “We are committed this year to making sure this is the most enthusiastic relay ever,” said John Homer, who sits on the organizing committee. “I’ve been involved in the last […]
Duane Hicks Plans are well underway for the 31st-annual Kiwanis auction next month, which for a second year won’t take place on TV but be done entirely through the popular Internet auction site ebay.ca Kiwanian Shanda DeGagné-Begin, who chairs the planning committee, said the club will be holding its auction […]
