Duane Hicks Dan Pella, manager of business sales for Tbaytel, gave Chamber members an update on Tbaytel’s new “Fibre” initiative last Thursday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous.
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Kiera Kowalski Phoenix DeBenetti participated in “Jump Rope for Heart” yesterday morning at Robert Moore School here, which helps raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. In return for the children’s fundraising efforts, the Heart and Stroke Foundation gives back gift cards so they can buy toys and such […]
Kiera Kowalski Sierra Cousineau stopped to smell the soothing bath bombs at Laureen Peters’ booth, “Bomb Liscious Bath Bombs,” during the Mother’s Day Market held Friday and Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Peters had a variety of homemade scents for sale, including “key lime,” “orange creamsicle,” and “stress […]
Kiera Kowalski Deidre Jarvis, food and beverage manager at the Copper River Inn, accepted a résumé from Jacob Bolzan, who is seeking employment after moving back to town from Peterborough. About 15 local businesses participated in a hiring fair that ran there yesterday from 3-7 p.m.
Judy Johanson and Dianne DeBenedet visited J.W. Walker School on Monday to open a time capsule that had been buried 25 years ago at the former Alexander Mackenzie School site. Johanson was the school librarian at the time while DeBenedet was the teacher of the Grade 2 class that contributed […]
Duane Hicks The appointment of a new resident Crown attorney to Rainy River District is welcome news to Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis. Crown attorney Colleen Hepburn started April 21, filling the vacancy left by former Crown attorney Robert “Buster” Young, who has appointed back in 2000 by Order-in-Council. “For […]
Press Release The International Joint Commission’s International Rainy and Namakan Lakes Rule Curves Study Board released its draft report, “Managing Water Levels and Flows in the Rainy River Basin,” for public consultation, which closes on June 1. The board was tasked with evaluating the performance of the 2000 rule curves […]
Duane Hicks Tbaytel’s new “Fibre” service will be available here by November. While there’s still plenty of work to be done, “we’re well on our way now,” Dan Pella, manager of business sales for Tbaytel, told those on hand at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting last […]
Duane Hicks Get those walking shoes out of the closet. The annual “Walk for Alzheimer’s,” hosted by the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, is coming up here June 10, offering 2K and 5K walks along the waterfront. But before then, participants are asked to collect pledges, said Mary Carter, […]
Duane Hicks The Ontario budget tabled last week is taking a step forward to address railway taxation issues, but a local councillor feels more work needs to be done. The province has set a minimum of $80 an acre for property tax rates in municipalities if a rail line goes […]
Press Release Weechi-it-te-win Family Services will hold a free Children’s Mental Health Awareness barbecue this Friday (May 5) in conjunction with Mental Health Week. Featuring hamburgers, hotdogs, and cake, it will take place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at 601 Victoria Ave. Stop by to help us promote and bring awareness […]
Press Release Local MP Don Rusnak attended the 16th-annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues last week in New York City. The forum brings the world together on the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It is a valuable opportunity for Canada […]
