Press Release The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop is pleased to announce its 12th-annual writing contest is now open and accepting entries! The five categories this year are fiction, poetry, flash fiction, memoir, and children’s story. In 2010, distinguished judges include Lynn Coady, Betsy Struthers, Pasha Malla, Anne Coleman, and Gordon […]
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Peggy Revell Touting greater efficiency and better service, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is amalgamating the district’s Legal Aid services into a larger region. Legal Aid offices within Rainy River District now will become part of the Northwest District in the Northern Region, with the Thunder Bay office to serve as […]
Duane Hicks The fifth-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” here Sunday evening ended up being successful, raising just under $5,000 for further promotion of Alzheimer awareness and education. “I thought things went okay,” said Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District, who admitted the poor […]
Staff Violent and property crime in Fort Frances was down in 2009, according to OPP detachment commander Insp. John Kendrick, who gave a 2009 year-end police services activity report to town council here Monday. In 2009, Fort Frances OPP had 34,392 calls for service—a 3.2 percent decrease from 2008 but […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances is looking to make all of its agendas and other documents easily accessible online in the future, with council agreeing Monday to include a suite of CivicWeb services provided by iCompass Technologies Inc. into the 2010 budget. “iCompass Technologies has offered the town […]
Duane Hicks Delegates from across Rainy River District will gather at the Legion here Saturday for the 19th-annual general meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association. And with an agenda covering topics from transportation and mining to public health and agriculture, they’ll have an information-packed day ahead of them. […]
Heather Latter Not only is Jody Hamilton looking to gain personal experience by volunteering this spring in Nicaragua, she’s also hoping to make a difference in the lives of the people who live there. “I know they really look forward to having different medical team members come in to help,” […]
Duane Hicks Offering a chance for parents and children to have something to do together on Family Day, town council has agreed to sponsor a free community skate and swim at the Memorial Sports Centre on Monday, Feb. 15. Mayor Roy Avis made the request at yesterday’s council meeting. “I […]
Heather Latter A meeting to continue with plans to move ahead with the further development of a small community garden started this past summer will be held tomorrow (Jan. 27) at 4 p.m. in the boardroom at the Northwestern Health Unit office here. “We have definitely determined there is community […]
Press Release “tour de Fort” presents “He Sang, She Sang,” a sparkling cabaret-style comedy featuring many of the most recognized and best-loved songs from great Broadway musicals, this Wednesday (Jan. 27) at 7:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. This romantic comedy about modern relationships begins on a blind date and […]
Duane Hicks After stopping paper production Tuesday morning due to a problem identified at the company’s effluent treatment system at the lagoon in the north end of town, the AbitibiBowater mill was back in operation Friday night. “We found a solution for the situation at our operation in Fort Frances, […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—After stopping paper production Tuesday morning due to a problem identified at the company’s effluent treatment system at the lagoon in the north end of town, the AbitibiBowater mill here should be back in operation as of this evening. “We found a solution for the situation at […]
