the OPP One lane of Highway 11/17 west of Thunder Bay was closed for about four hours yesterday while police, Conmee Fire, and MTO workers dealt with a fire. A home that was being hauled on a flatbed caught fire on the highway, partially blocking traffic in the eastbound lane […]
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Duane Hicks Diane Boustead, left, and Linda MacDonald compared suite layouts of units for the proposed La Verendrye Parkway Village condominium project here during an open house yesterday evening at the Civic Centre. About 40-45 people attended the open house.
Melissa Fletcher Lindsey Noble, left, Tina Pham, Julie Magill, and Taylor Noble were into the spirit of things Monday during “Pajama Day” at Fort High. Every day features a different theme during “Spirit Week.”
Peggy Revell Rowan Mitchelson, Summer Mainville, Evan DeGagne, Thre Windego, and Katherine Payne, from Miss Hyatt’s junior kindergarten class at St. Michael’s, added pennies to their classroom bucket yesterday as the school participates in “Pennies for Patients” all this week. Loose change students bring in will be going towards the […]
Staff One in every two Canadians either will need blood, or knows someone who will, yet only one Canadian in 60 currently donates blood. District residents can help turn that statistic around next month when Canadian Blood Services holds its annual spring blood donor clinic in mid-April at Fort Frances […]
Press Release At the request of three local charities, the Town of Fort Frances is trying again to set up a workshop with the Ontario Gaming Commission to explain the process for obtaining lottery licences. A date for the meeting has not been set yet as the OGC will not […]
Joe Burroughs (Atikokan) and the Windsor Fire & Rescue Services won the $100 up for grabs Feb. 28 and March 1, respectively, in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Feb. 27-March 5 were Kevin Paquette (Atikokan), Celeste Fletcher (Fort Frances), Dave and […]
Dave Ogilvie The public is cordially invited to attend the launch of a new book entitled “Create Space for Peace,” which will be held Sunday, March 20 from 3-5 p.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Fort Frances. The event also will celebrate the life and work of the author, […]
Duane Hicks Several local residents are hoping to strike up a group to help raise funds as well as find ways to expand museum programming further into the community. Called “Friends of the Fort Frances Museum,” the new group would take a page from the very successful “Friends of the […]
Jeff Campbell of Fort Frances was among the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River District’s cash calendar winners for March. Also winning $40 were Leslie Jenson and Ken Johnston/Kim Brown of Rainy River, Fred Tolton of Nestor Falls, George Sinclair of Sioux Narrows, George Sakchekapo of Sioux Lookout, Tim Murphy of […]
Press Release Ontario is taking the next step in its plan to integrate financial literacy into the curriculum this September. Working with the Ontario Securities Commission and the Investor Education Fund, the province is developing new financial literacy resources for teachers to help students in Grades 4-12 learn basic financial […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River District Stewardship Council hosted a workshop Saturday in Emo for district farmers entitled “Land Stewardship and the Farmer.” Although only entering its second year of existence, the council did such an excellent job of organizing the session that more than 60 farmers and other interested […]
