Staff Town council was to get more information on solar panels during its budget meeting this afternoon. A representative from Solar Logix Inc. was scheduled to make a presentation on roof-mounted photovoltaic panels after council had quite a few questions about the subject at its March 7 budget meeting. As […]
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Staff The provincial ‘AAA’ Bantam hockey championship, which gets underway today at the Fort William Gardens in Thunder Bay, will have a local flavour to it. Goalie Brandon Bodnar, defenceman Carter Brown, and forwards Brody McPherson and Rory Keith are joining players from Dryden, Kenora, and Sioux Lookout on the […]
Press Release As part of a Northern Ontario grassroots initiative, pro-life speaker Jojo Ruba has been invited to discuss the value of human life and objective truth. He will present “Loving Our Unborn Neighbour” this Wednesday (March 23) from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church on Colonization Road in Emo, […]
Press Release Canada Safeway is warning the public about a current phone scam whereby either an automated or live caller poses as a representative of the company seeking personal credit card information under the pretext that the person has won a large prize. Canada Safeway does not make unsolicited phone […]
Press Release Northern Community Development Services (NCDS) has completed all the renovations! We would like to invite the people of Rainy River District to join us for an “open house” celebration this Thursday (March 24) from 3-7 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. “The hard work […]
Heather Latter Darryl Allan and Brittany Hayes rehearsed a scene yesterday for the upcoming comedy “Father, Oh . . .” written and directed by Tracy Gibson. The dinner theatre play, which is a sequel to the 2009 production, “Suzette’s Closet,” will run April 7-9 at La Place Rendez-Vous. Tickets cost […]
Peggy Revell Dorothy Friesen read an excerpt from “Create Space for Peace” at St. John’s Anglican Church yesterday afternoon during the local launch for the book created in memory of her late husband, Gene Stoltzfus—known for his lifelong activism for non-violence and peace. The book is a selection of Stoltzfus’ […]
Heather Latter Alexis Latter, left, and Amelia Tanguay had a blast jumping in the puddles along First Street East yesterday afternoon. Given the above-zero temperatures of late, the snow has begun to disappear. Unfortunately, day-time highs are expected to drop below freezing again this week.
Lucas Punkari For the second-straight season, the Fort Frances Lakers and Dryden Ice Dogs are squaring off in the SIJHL semi-finals, with their latest seven-game clash getting underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena here. While only a single point separated the two squads in the […]
Staff Savings from the uploading of the Ontario Drug Benefit Program only will be partially returned to municipalities after the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board approved its 2011-12 budget last night. This year, DSSAB saw its budget fall from $20,479,372 to $15,463,816—a reduction of $5,015,556, or 24.49 percent. […]
Staff The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded to a residential fire late last night on the 1100 block of Colonization Road West. Firefighters were called to the scene at 11:30 p.m., the department reported this morning. They got a quick “knockdown” on the blaze, but the residence sustained […]
Peggy Revell Lillie MacKinnon smoothed out a piece of newspaper while creating her papier maché “Treebeard” mask yesterday afternoon at the Fort Frances Museum. Those on hand had the chance to make both masks and models of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s most famous Ent—a tree-like being—just one of the many activities […]
