Peggy Revell Negotiations are underway with the province as Family and Children Services of the Rainy River District is facing a budget shortfall that could see it run low of cash before year’s end. “Family and Children Services of the District of Rainy River is currently in dialogue with the […]
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Duane Hicks While the majority of the $2-million renovations at Rainycrest have entailed work not apparent to the eye (namely, improving drainage at the north-end site), the facility also has been improved in several visible ways for the benefit of staff, residents, and visitors alike. On a tour of the […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Power Corp. customers will be without power for about eight hours this Sunday (Oct. 4) so Hydro One can perform necessary maintenance at the Eighth Street transformer station. The outage is scheduled to last from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The disruption initially was supposed to last for […]
Duane Hicks Cracks along the newly-paved underpass are being reviewed to determine what will be done, if anything at all, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told town council last night. “These are basically construction joints. There’s 29 transverse cracks where the concrete slabs were,” Brown said. “The asphalt is […]
Staff At last night’s regular meeting, town council: •heard a presentation from Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong regarding Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 4-10), and proclaimed Oct. 4-10 as “Fire Prevention Week” in the Town of Fort Frances; •presented a plaque of appreciation to Marlene McQuarrie, representing Beta Sigma Phi, […]
Duane Hicks While encouraging fire safety is always part of their mandate, the Fort Frances Fire/Rescue Service will be doing a little more to get its message out to local residents during Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 4-10). Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong will make a presentation to town council […]
Staff Negotiations are underway between the province and Family and Children Services of the Rainy River District, which is facing a budget shortfall that could see it run short of cash before year’s end. “Family and Children Services of the District of Rainy River is currently in dialogue with the […]
Staff A Shoal Lake First Nation man pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder in connection with the 2007 death of Ashley Smith of Naicatchewenin First Nation. Bronson Green appeared before Justice G.P. Smith of the Ontario Superior Court to plead guilty on the charge, and was found guilty by Justice […]
Staff Borderland residents will have a new way to cruise around Rainy Lake as Voyageurs National Park is set to launch its new 49-passenger tour boat tomorrow. “What we’re very excited about is we haven’t had a large tour boat on Rainy Lake for a number of years now, so […]
Press Release One of the focuses of the Zion Lutheran congregation for the past few years has been “Greening the Church and Community.” In conjunction with this, we did a “garbage clean-up” with the Sunday School this past week. We have promoted the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle). We […]
Staff Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the next federal election following three nomination meetings held across the riding that culminated Wednesday night at the East End Hall here. But Rafferty told those on hand that it’s “pretty clear” people in this riding […]
Staff Mere weeks after the paving of the Portage Avenue underpass was completed, some cracks already are beginning to show. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said in an e-mail late Wednesday that the asphalt meets HL4 (or dense hot mix asphalt) specifications, but added, “as you can see, the […]
