Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent The Emo and District Lions Club’s “Share Grocery” raffle is now done for another year. Thanks to all our awesome patrons who bought tickets to help us help our district! You are all amazing. Club president Jodi Pellerin and secretary Joanne Ogden will be contacting all the […]
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Duane Hicks The only glulam manufacturing plant in Ontario is nearly ready to go into full production right here in Rainy River District. Titan Manufacturing not only has moved its roof and floor truss shop from its previous location on Highway 11/71 just west of Fort Frances to its new […]
Duane Hicks Every 40 seconds, somebody dies from suicide. Isn’t it time to talk openly about it? In conjunction with Mental Health Week (May 7-13), the Canadian Mental Health Association–Fort Frances Branch and Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre will be hosting a workshop aimed at creating suicide alertness for […]
Press Release Donors across Northwestern Ontario continue to provide “HOPE” and exceptional cancer care services thanks to donations to the Northern Cancer Fund of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation. It was announced last week that Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. (La Verendrye Hospital) was the recipient of two […]
Kathryn PierrozSubmitted by After 19 years of medical practice in his hometown of Fort Frances, Barry Anderson, M.D., general surgeon, has retired. After graduating from Fort Frances High School in 1969, Dr. Anderson continued his studies at the University of Manitoba, where he received his MD in 1975. He became […]
Duane Hicks With a drop in tax rates, many residential property owners here can expect to see a decrease on their tax bills this year. Deputy treasurer Dawn Galusha outlined the 2018 municipal budget at Monday night’s regular council meeting, noting that even though there’s a half-percent increase to the […]
Duane Hicks After being defeated at the council table five times previously, a resolution regarding how the town bills sewer and water installation rates finally was passed by the majority of town council at its regular meeting Monday evening. The town will continue to charge time and materials for the […]
Duane Hicks A women’s clothing and bake sale fundraiser in support of the soon-to-be-launched “Dress for Work” program is slated for this Saturday (April 28) from 8-11 a.m. downstairs at Curvy Chick (256 Scott St.) “Dress for Work” is a new non-profit program that will provide disadvantaged women in Rainy […]
Duane Hicks The Catholic Women’s League (C.W.L.) of St. Mary’s Parish here generously has spread some goodwill to their fellow women of Rainy River District. Members gathered last Thursday afternoon at the new “Welcome Home” Fort Frances Family Centre on Scott Street to pack “Blessing Bags”–reusable bags full of useful […]
The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo museum has made a rare discovery within its own collection: a fully intact egg from the extinct elephant bird that until now, was thought to be fake. Curators at the Buffalo Museum of Science were cataloging pieces in the museum’s collection when […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Australians gathered with descendants of former allies and enemies around the country, on a Turkish coast and in a French town Wednesday in dawn services to commemorate the moment when Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops waded ashore at the […]
By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Kim Jong Un will be in uncharted territory when the third-generation autocrat crosses over to the southern half of the Demilitarized Zone separating the rival Koreas on Friday, possibly on foot, and greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Cameras […]
