Duane Hicks Focuses first on user fees, water meters Keen to get started on the 2011 budget process, town council has begun talking about user fees for 2011, agreeing that each executive committee examine their respective fee schedules line by line. As part of the process, a 1.7 percent cost […]
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Peggy Revell An exchange is in the works later this month to give old children’s Hallowe’en costumes a new home. For families with children’s costumes that no longer can be used, the exchange is a way to pass them to others, explained Sherri Putzer, who is organizing the two-day event. […]
Duane Hicks There’s still no doubt the district deserves the title of a “safe community” after the Safe Communities Rainy River District (SCRRD) scored a perfect 20 out of 20 for the fourth-straight time on the National Report Card from Safe Communities Canada. Rainy River District scored a five out […]
Peggy Revell Fort High’s music program has received a $10,000 boost thanks to a grant from the Canadian music education charity, MusiCounts. “It’s great for the music department, it’s great for the kids because they benefit,” lauded Fort High vice-principal Peg Keffer about the grant, which is for purchasing new […]
Duane Hicks When spending their final days together, both patients nearing end-of-life and their families would love to share that time at home. Often this is not possible, but Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. and community supporters have come together to provide the next best thing—a comfort care room at […]
Press Release The future of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, the most recognizable community festival in the district, depends on securing a new chairperson for the event. Tom Fry, who has served as chairman for the past three years, is retiring. Fry has been an active volunteer and part […]
Dan Falloon By the sounds of things, the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team may never want to hear the word “aggressive,” or any of its derivatives, by the time they end their NorWOSSA careers. Aggression is the mantra the team is preaching this year—and it clearly has paid some dividends […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie football team was faced with an uphill challenge entering Friday’s showdown with the first-place Dakota Lancers in Winnipeg. The Lancers hadn’t allowed more than seven points in a game, and only had given up 12 points all season. On the flip side, their offence hadn’t been […]
Staff The Fort Frances Thunderhawks are preparing to take flight for the 2010-11 season with promise. The local senior ‘A’ men’s hockey squad has announced a bevy of games for the upcoming year, with a few more still to be determined. This season is set to start off with promise […]
Duane Hicks Dana Lyn Begin, left, and Susan Carmody of RBC Financial Group admired the comfy furniture and stylish decor of the new comfort care room at La Verendrye Hospital during a tour last Wednesday morning. Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. celebrated the opening of its new room, located on […]
Duane Hicks Dr. Angus J. Mackintosh received a gift—a glass etching—from RN Marilyn Erwin, on behalf of the obstetrics department, during a retirement and appreciation dinner for him Friday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The obstetrics and gynecology physician retired Sept. 30 after practising in Fort Frances for the past […]
Dave Ogilvie Emo Coun. Gerd O’Sullivan, left, Rainy River Resources president and CEO Raymond Threlkeld, Rainy River First Nations Chief Jim Leonard, and Naicatchewenin FN Chief Wayne Smith were among the dignitaries who cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Rainy River Resources Ltd. office in Emo. Company […]
