Press Release Public elementary occasional teachers, members of the Rainy River Occasional Teacher Local of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), have reached a tentative agreement with the Rainy River District School Board. Details of the agreement will be available following a members’ ratification vote. “Guaranteed, negotiated working conditions […]
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Staff District residents did their part and gave the “gift of life”—donating even more blood than hoped for during Canadian Blood Services’ two-day spring donor clinic here Wednesday and Thursday. CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said this morning a total of 367 donors came out to Fort Frances High School, donating […]
Duane Hicks Town council will decide once and for all whether to go ahead with Phase II of the Heritage Tourism project, which includes the refurbishment and relocating of the Hallett and lookout tower to the La Verendrye Parkway, at Monday’s regular council meeting. At a budget meeting yesterday, Community […]
Duane Hicks “If we can’t see the opportunities aboriginal people are presenting to us on a daily basis, we, as communities, will not succeed to our fullest potential. “It’s in everyone’s interest to take a strong look at this and say, ‘What can do we differently?’” Anna Gibbon, aboriginal liaison […]
Press Release What do all of these things have in common? •babies playing with toys or hugging a crying child; •digging in the sand at the park, going barefoot in the summer, or gardening; •shaking hands with someone, enjoying a group picnic, or slow dancing at the prom; •shopping, banking, […]
Duane Hicks With news last week that AbitibiBowater was granted court orders for creditor protection in Canada and the United States in order to restructure in the face of a $6 billion (U.S.) debt, many have been left wondering what this will mean for the Fort Frances mill and the […]
Duane Hicks Welcomes new program manager Next week is National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, and the Rainy River District Victim Services Program is taking the opportunity to raise awareness of what is does and how members of the public can get involved. In addition to a media campaign, the […]
Peggy Revell Old medical equipment is getting a new lease on life—and hopefully also saving lives. Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. here is donating out-of-use medical equipment to Medical Equipment Modernization Opportunity Cuba (MEMO Cuba), which aims to help Cuban hospitals in need. “The basic concept is that . . […]
Duane Hicks While the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association and several other groups are speaking out against the proposed re-drawing of travel regions across the province, which would see Sunset Country folded into a massive region stretching from Sault Ste. Marie to the Manitoba border, Tourism minister Monique Smith said she […]
Duane Hicks In these hard economic times, Natural Resources minister Donna Cansfield, Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle, Tourism minister Monique Smith, and Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Jim Watson all vowed Friday that they are doing what they can to help regional municipalities cope now and pave the […]
Duane Hicks In the midst of mills being idled, pink slips issued, and companies filing for bankruptcy, there remains clear potential for the emerging bio-economy in Northwestern Ontario as long as the primary industry can hold on and remain functioning. At the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference held here last […]
Duane Hicks The word “quit” has never entered Terry Evanshen’s vocabulary, and that was the philosophy he shared with 160 delegates gathered here from across the region last Thursday morning. The CFL Hall-of-Famer was the keynote speaker at the 63rd-annual general conference of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association held at […]
