Peggy Revell New programs for energy savings, investment, and funding for Northern Ontario are being touted by the provincial government with the release of the budget last Thursday. “This is a budget that saw a real focus on Northern Ontario,” Northern Development, Mines and Forestry minister Michael Gravelle said in […]
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Duane Hicks With the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s annual “Customer Service Challenge” about to get underway, district businesses once again have shown a keen interest in treating their customers right. A total of 26 businesses, representing Fort Frances, Emo, Nestor Falls, and Rainy River, have signed up for this […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances and Rainy River are among the 32 communities featured in the new Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal, which was launched in Thunder Bay last Wednesday to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The purpose of the web portal, located at www.immigrationnorthwesternontario.ca, is […]
Peggy Revell Organizers of this year’s “Relay for Life” are inviting the public to a kick-of meeting next Tuesday (April 6) at 6 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. “The open meeting is for anybody who is interested in signing up a team, or volunteering or sitting on the committee,” explained […]
Duane Hicks With the municipal election coming up Oct. 25, Coun. Sharon Tibbs is the first person to file her nomination to run for town council again. Coun. Tibbs, who has served on council for 16 years in all, including a 12-year stint from 1991-2003 and then this current term […]
Peggy Revell Two Fort Frances women will be heading to Haiti next week to assist with relief efforts following the devastating earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation back in January. “We’re going to do what we can,” said Pastor Sandy McEvoy, who will be leaving April 6 for a 10-day […]
Duane Hicks Due to the very dry conditions this spring, the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service and all other municipal fire departments in Rainy River District have declared a ban on all open-air burning until conditions improve. Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong, who also is the district fire […]
A less-known effect of the so-called “great recession” that began last year is the major shift in Canadian consumers’ buying habits. They have switched some of their purchases from brand-name items to private-label goods. Consumer goods once were believed to be as recession-proof as any industry can be. Shoppers might […]
Staff A Five-Mile Dock Road residence was destroyed in an early-morning fire yesterday. “Nobody was in the house at the time, it was unoccupied, so we had a full force of 12 of our firefighters and three of our fire trucks go and respond,” noted Couchiching deputy fire chief Christine […]
the OPP Members of the Fort Frances OPP detachment, along with members of the Northwest Region Crime Unit and Community Drug Action Team, seized a substantial amount of Oxycontin pills from a local man last Tuesday (March 23). As a result of the investigation, police seized 200 80 mg Oxycontin […]
Duane Hicks Harrison switching positions There will be a new manager at the local AbitibiBowater paper mill in the near future after general manager John Harrison last week took a position elsewhere in the company. Jean-Philippe Cote, director of Public Affairs and Government Relations for AbitibiBowater, said Harrison announced internally […]
Staff With only one week to go until the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s annual Good Friday breakfast, those who plan to get tickets had better act fast. Kiwanian Dr. Robert Lidkea said tickets, which cost $8 each and are available at Lidkea Optometry, have been selling well. Only about 25-30 […]
