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 […]
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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 […]
Duane Hicks Seeing a better than ever response this year, the fifth-annual “Medicine Cabinet Cleanout Contest” organized by the local seniors’ coalition wrapped up at the end of March. District residents were encouraged to take all their out-of-date or unused medications they don’t need anymore, bring them to their local […]
Duane Hicks Operations at the local sewage treatment plant have been running efficiently in the past year, with no problems to report, the Ontario Clean Water Agency told town council at last night’s regular meeting. In 2009, the plant never had to run over-capacity and bypass water, Jamie McPherson, OCWA […]
Staff It appears Rainy Lake has its earliest recorded ice-out. At the latest, the ice was out yesterday, although some anecdotal reports suggest it went out Sunday night. Ice-out dates on Rainy Lake have been recorded since 1930, with the previous record being April 13 in 1998. So whether the […]
Duane Hicks Artists, writers, and anyone else with ideas to contribute to the “What Hooks You Here” community rug-hooking project is encouraged to come to a visual communication workshop, led by Val Larson, tomorrow (April 14) from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Fort Frances Museum. While organizers are eager to get […]
Staff The public is invited to participate in the second “Mental Health and Addictions Awareness Walk,” which slated to take place here this Thursday (April 15). “Everyone’s welcome, so please come out,” said Tiffany Clifford, aboriginal alcohol and drug worker with the United Native Friendship Centre, who is organizing the […]
Staff Town council has a full agenda for its regular meeting tonight, including a trio of presentations to receive and seven bylaws up for vote. Council is scheduled to hear an activities report from economic development advisor Geoff Gillon for the first quarter of 2010, as well as a presentation […]
Press Release The Treaty #3 Police Service responded to a reported stabbing at a residence on Onigaming First Nation on Thursday around 9:30 p.m. Upon their arrival, officers located a deceased male. The OPP’s North West Region Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, was called […]
Staff Setting a record for the earliest ice-out of Rainy Lake is still a possibility, but the chances of it happening are up in the air. If the ice goes out before next Tuesday (April 13), it will be the earliest on record—breaking the mark set in 1998. At the […]
