Heather Latter From locations to designs and donations, those on hand for last Wednesday’s meeting regarding the development of a larger community garden here brought forth plenty of ideas to help get the project off the ground. “There are a lot of really great ideas,” enthused Becky Holden, a health […]
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Duane Hicks The Northwestern Health Unit has finalized a new strategic plan for 2010-12, with an emphasis on accountability, fiscal responsibility, partnerships, and measurable goals. One new result of that will be an annual public health report card, said health unit CAO Mark Perrault, who was accompanied by health unit […]
Duane Hicks The fact the Town of Fort Frances is facing a very tough budget year, and more to come down the road, was made clear to council at Monday’s budget meeting, prompting a full review of services for all divisions to find ways to lower the operating budget. Fort […]
Duane Hicks Safe Communities Rainy River District saluted four local people for their continuing work in safety Saturday afternoon during the annual general meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association at the local Legion. Bob Swing, chair of Safe Communities Rainy River District, presented certificates of achievement to Tyler […]
Duane Hicks A district transportation committee wants to address the lack of public transportation for area residents, and create accessible and affordable public transportation between Rainy River and Fort Frances. But it also needs leaders and residents to come together to speak as one voice. Gerd O’Sullivan, who sits on […]
Staff Local green thumbs can gear up for the gardening season as the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market here will be hosting a seed exchange on Feb. 13 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. “It’s just something fun to do in the winter when people are looking at seed catalogues,” Deb Cornell said […]
Staff The efforts of Crossroads students to make a difference in the world around them will be recognized by the Rainy River District School Board at its monthly meeting tonight. This month’s recognition of excellence will be presented to the “Kids Care Club” at Crossroads, which was introduced at the […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will be reviewing its services in an effort to find cost-savings and decrease its operating budget shortfall for 2010. While administration has worked diligently to reduce the operating budget deficit from $531,268 to $246,612 since the last budget meeting Jan. 18, council yesterday […]
Duane Hicks Citing the Harmonized Sales Tax will hurt Northwestern Ontario even more than residents in the south, the Rainy River District Municipal Association passed a resolution here Saturday to petition the province to reconsider the implementation of the HST on July 1. “Anything that could create extra taxes in […]
Staff Fort Frances Little Theatre will hold a general meeting tonight (Feb. 1) at 7:30 p.m. in the boardroom at the Family and Children’s Services office here to discuss projects for the upcoming year. “The theatre group has lots of ideas and plenty simmering on the back burner, but it’s […]
the OPP OPP officers were called to the CN crossing at Atwood Road #2 in Dawson Township yesterday following the report of a vehicle colliding with a CN train. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. when a southbound van collided with a slow-moving westbound train. Four occupants of the van […]
Staff A 49-year-old Onegaming First Nations man is dead following a collision between a truck and snowmachine on the ice road at Sabaskong Bay on Lake of the Woods. The accident occurred around 11 a.m. on Friday, police reported. The victim, who was not identified by police, was driving the […]
