Press Release Rainy River District School Board students from across the district recently attended a multi-media presentation that alerted them to the deadly consequences of impaired driving. MADD Canada and Allstate Insurance Company of Canada are bringing the emotionally-charged production, “Wasted,” to roughly one million students across Canada in the […]
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Press Release The Fort Frances Public Library will be accepting donations for the Salvation Army’s food bank at our free movie nights. Teen Movie Night is the last Friday of the month while Family Movie Night is held on the first Friday of the month. You can check our movie […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Superior North MPP Michael Gravelle and Marilyn Gouthro, chair of the board of governors of Confederation College, last week celebrated the ground-breaking of Regional Education Alliance for Community Health (REACH) at the college, which received federal and provincial funding totalling almost $20.5 million through the Knowledge Infrastructure […]
Val Martindale Thinking about Hallowe’en? Well, why not also think “Polar Plunge?” That’s two scary ideas in one! The Voyageur Lions Club wants you to jump in the lake on New Year’s Day and, to give you a head start, there will be pre-registration on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 9 […]
Heather Latter A local office of Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres (OATC) opened in Fort Frances yesterday—several years after the need for one in the area was first identified. OATC focuses on therapy specifically for those addicted to opiates, such as heroin, morphine, Percocet/Percodan, codeine, and opium. Since its inception in […]
Heather Latter There are plenty of talented young adults in Fort Frances—and even when they move away, they often continue to showcase their talents in their new locations. That’s exactly what Annelise Hawrylak, Sarah Hallikas, and Trevor and Scott Barker are doing while living in Brandon, Man. Beginning tomorrow, the […]
Heather Latter “Project Safe Hallowe’en” is now in it’s seventh year and is growing to include even the very young children. In past years, the program, which promotes safety and distributes glow sticks to trick-or-treaters, targeted students in JK-Grade 8 across the district. But this year, children at nursery schools […]
Duane Hicks After a very successful run this past July in Australia, Bill Michl now is raising funds for his fourth “Joints in Motion” marathon that will take place in the Cayman Islands next December. Michl has committed to raising $5,500 for the Arthritis Society to meet his obligation for […]
Duane Hicks While she may be recovering from shoulder surgery, and will have her arm in a sling for the next eight weeks, local choir director Diane Maxey will get going with several musical projects starting this weekend—and is welcoming new people to get involved. This Saturday (Oct. 24), Maxey […]
Duane Hicks Testimonials sought from immigrants With a launch date set for March, work is continuing on the Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal Project (NOIP), a provincially-funded Internet-based project that hopefully will help attract more residents to Rainy River District. The NOIP will be a web portal having general information pertaining […]
Duane Hicks After requesting last month that town council help make the intersection at King’s Highway and Keating Avenue safer as part of its 2010 budget, OPP Cst. Anne McCoy of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is garnering more and more support for the initiative. Cst. McCoy said she […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Great Canadian Chili Cook-off and Cake Roulette is all ready to go tomorrow at the local Legion, with a dozen teams lined up to compete for top honours. The event will run from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome, Chamber manager […]
