Sam Odrowski After a review of its current service delivery, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is changing to a new model at its child care centres slated to open this fall. The local DSSAB’s board of directors reviewed its current delivery of services and found the “direct […]
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Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent The Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River District will hold a “Coffee Break” fundraiser at the Golden Age Manor in Emo this coming Monday (Jan. 28) at 2 p.m. The guest speaker will be Mary O’Connor, client services co-ordinator for the local Alzheimer Society. “Coffee Break” is the […]
Samantha Pearson, who has spent much of her time this past year at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, is in need of both a new heart and a kidney. But she is not ready to give up, and is grateful for all the support she’s received from friends, family, […]
Submitted Riverside Foundation chair Bill Gushulak back row left, showed off the new OR monitor along with Riverside Foundation Special Events chair Janice Cousineau, Riverside Foundation director Allison Cox, Registered Nurse Skylar Carlson, Registered Nurse Cathy Ash, and Registered Nurse First Assistant Marna Martin, and general surgeons Dr. Karim Eltawil, […]
Duane Hicks Fire officer Gavin Payne tossed another tree onto the trailer while his crew made their way down Frenette Avenue during the Fort Frances Fire Brigade’s annual Christmas tree pick-up Saturday afternoon. This might be the final year for the pick-up as fewer and fewer residents have real Christmas […]
Duane Hicks Bruce Caldwell carved a wood creation during a beginners’ wood-carving workshop held Saturday and Sunday afternoons at the Fort Frances Museum. Led by Steve Latimer, the class was sponsored by the “Friends of the Museum.” For information about future workshops, check out the museum’s Facebook page or call […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Museum curator Sherry George affixed the information card to “Lady in Red”–one of the 26 pieces made by local fibre artists that comprise the new “Fibre Arts Festival” exhibit now on display in the small gallery upstairs. The original piece is made with fabric, rhinstones, and […]
Sam Odrowski Sean Twomey, vice-president of Repap Resources Group, spoke about the company’s plans to purchase the Resolute Forest Products mill in Fort Frances during the Rainy River District Municipality Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Stratton. If a deal is negotiated between the two companies, $71 million will be […]
of the RRDSB Students at Mine Centre School now can develop their computational thinking skills, while reinforcing their knowledge of the Ojibwe language, thanks to a new Ojibwe language version of the award-winning MicroWorlds JR software released last week.
Sam Odrowski Forest tenure consultant Mike Willick spoke about the coming reforms to logging and forest management at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Stratton.
Duane Hicks Fort Frances needs more building lots and that’s something town council will have to think about while working through the 2019 budget process. The “high priority” items listed on the preliminary 2019 capital budget currently includes phase one of developing the 27-lot Erin Crescent subdivision in the northeast […]
Sam Odrowski Local MP Don Rusnak toured the Seven Generations Education Institute’s new facility which is nearing completion here earlier this month and was impressed by what he saw. “Credit to the contractors and [Seven Generations CEO] Brent [Tookenay] for having the contractors work through the winter,” Rusnak said. “To […]
