Duane Hicks Life has gotten a little easier for Wayne Lundstrom since he met “Sammy.” Lundstrom returned to Fort Frances on Friday after graduating as valedictorian of his class at the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility in Oakville, Ont., bringing with him the two-year-old black Labrador retriever […]
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Duane Hicks With the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) slated to take effect July 1, district businesses got a rundown of the myriad of changes that await them at a Canada Revenue Agency information session here last Wednesday evening. Called “The Transition to Harmonized Sales Tax-Information for Businesses,” the session was […]
Duane Hicks District businesses once again were in the spotlight Saturday night during the 14th-annual Bell Business Awards at the Adventure Inn here. West End Motors, a long-time mainstay on the local business scene, was named Business of the Year (16+ employees). “I would say that it’s very nice to […]
Peggy Revell You can get a 360° view of the streets of Fort Frances without even leaving your home now that parts of Rainy River District have been added to Google Maps’ “Street View” tool. Street views can be seen by visiting http://maps.google.com and searching for a location (such as […]
Peggy Revell There’s a “tree”-mendous effort underway at Fort Frances High School to get people reading the novels that have been nominated for this year’s White Pine Award with a student/teacher book club that meets each Tuesday at 11:40 a.m. “There’s 10 novels that have been nominated,” Fort High teacher […]
Duane Hicks After being informed the town should be seeing some savings in its budget this year thanks to the provincial uploading of Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), members of council and administration will meet tomorrow with the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board to find out the details. […]
Duane Hicks West End Motors was named Business of the Year (16+ employees) at the 14th-annual Bell Business Awards on Saturday night at the Adventure Inn here. The Business of the Year (1-15 employees) award went to The UPS Store. Meanwhile, Blair and Donna Lowey (Lowey’s Greenhouse) were honoured as […]
Staff The Rainy River District Victim Services Program is asking local residents to help out a woman who lost most of her household possessions in an apartment fire last Wednesday night. Program manager Peggy Loyie said anyone who would like to donate items should contact their office at 274-5687 or […]
Staff Tickets are going fast With the “Community Chest” doling out more money each year to help district individuals and families facing medical bills, organizers are aiming to make this year’s benefit dinner on March 7 at La Place Rendez-Vous as successful as possible. One way others can help them […]
Staff A missing youth was located safe and sound on Wednesday, the Fort Frances OPP reported yesterday afternoon. On Feb. 5, police began investigating the report of a missing girl, Cheyenne Boshkaykin, 13, who currently is a resident of the Training and Learning Centre in Watten Township.
Peggy Revell The public is invited to support aboriginal youth by attending a wild game benefit dinner tomorrow night at the Nanicost complex here. “It’s going to be a wonderful evening, delicious gourmet food, [and] a nice evening out,” enthused Al Hunter, founder and president of the Good Life for […]
Press Release Anne-Marie Fitzgerald, chair of the Northwest Catholic District School Board, has been elected to the provincial board of directors for the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association. She is taking on the role of director-at-large. The Northern Ontario Catholic School Trustees elected Fitzgerald to be their voice to the […]
