Staff The Rainy River District School Board will be looking to approve its 2009/10 budget at its monthly meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Robert Moore School. The board is projecting a budget of $42,899,608, which includes a $424,000 withdrawal from classroom reserves and another $50,000 from working funds. Trustees […]
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Press Release Thunder Bay-Superior North MP Bruce Hyer and Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty announced yesterday they will support of Bill C-391—repeal of the long-gun registry—when it comes up for a vote in the House of Commons. Hyer is offering his support for the bill because he believes the […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Cam Keast to the position of vice-principal of Robert Moore School, effective in September. Keast brings to the position 24 years of teaching experience at the elementary level, and has been dedicated to Robert Moore […]
the OPP Over the past few weeks, the Fort Frances OPP Crime Unit investigated several break-and-enters. As a result of their criminal investigation, officers of the Rainy River District OPP detachment, the Fort Frances OPP Crime Unit, and the Rural Agricultural Crime Team conducted a search of a residence in […]
Rick Neilson “We’re going to build an abattoir,” Steve Loshaw announced to spontaneous applause last night during the annual meeting of the Rainy River District Regional Abattoir Inc. at the Barwick Hall. “When we first started this four years ago, Geoff Gillon told me that it would be a long, […]
Duane Hicks District businesses were in the spotlight yesterday evening as the Rainy River Future Development Corp. unveiled the winners of its 2009 Customer Service Champion awards during the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” deck party at La Place Rendez-Vous. This year’s top 10 champions were (in […]
Elisabeth Heslop Every town has its stories, its history; knowledge, abbreviations, points of reference, things that are known and taken for granted by the locals. These stories are a vital part of the perspective each resident has on the world. My heritage always has been important to me, but I […]
Press Release Fort Frances Wal-Mart again is partnering with the Children’s Miracle Network to raise money for the Children’s Hospital Foundation to help fund medical care, research, and education. From May 14-June 14, customers are invited to show their generosity at Wal-Mart stores nationwide by purchasing a Children’s Miracle Network […]
Jane Tibbetts Three members of St. John’s Anglican Church here in Fort Frances have concluded there is plenty of work for Christian compassion to accomplish. Since 9/11, the media has equated the word “Muslim” with “terrorist.” But the North American Muslim community wants the general public to know the vast […]
Riverside The Riverside Foundation for Health Care donated $391,000 to Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. this year to assist district health care. Some $300,000 is a payment on its $1.5-million pledge for the purchase of a CT Scanner at La Verendrye Hospital here. Last year, the Foundation paid $1 million […]
Duane Hicks Sunny Cove Camp could get some money for upgrades in the future after town council agreed Monday night to submit an application to the Recreation Infrastructure Canada (RInC) program on behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances. In a written report from Community Services manager George Bell, […]
Times’ publisher Jim Cumming was presented with the Margaret Hennigar Award for Exemplary Leadership at the annual Canadian Community Newspapers Association convention last week in Montreal. The award is named after the late Margaret Hennigar, a longtime CCNA member who was active in the association as well as in her […]
