Duane Hicks Residents who have been eyeing the Boston Pizza sign in the west end of town, and wondering when they’ll have a new place to eat, won’t have to wait much longer. With site preparation having started Monday, construction will begin in the coming weeks—with a tentative opening date […]
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Jack Elliott The highlight of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s annual spring dinner and dance, held Friday night in Stratton, was the presentation of the Bill Gibson Award. The recipients honoured this year were Trish and Colin Neilson. Named in memory of Gibson, a past president of the RRFA, […]
Mitch Calvert The title of the race provided a little foreshadowing for Fort Frances native Steve Arpin at Saturday’s ARCA RE/MAX Drive Smart Buckle Up Kentucky 150 at the Kentucky Speedway. Arpin was rear-ended on Lap 79—putting his seat belt to work and ending his race prematurely. He wound up […]
Peggy Revell With “year one” calculations now in, the Rainy River District School Board is reporting success so far with the implementation of its $2.6-million Energy Retrofit and Renewal Program. The project, in partnership with Honeywell Inc., had the board investing to make school buildings more energy-efficient, with a 10-year […]
Duane Hicks The United Pentecostal Church property at 1345 Emo Rd. will be converted into a new apartment dwelling later this year after the Ontario Municipal Board last week denied an appeal of a zoning amendment made to allow the development to proceed, declaring the rezoning “in effect.” Local resident […]
Duane Hicks During an economic activities update to town council Monday evening, economic development advisor Geoff Gillon reminded the public a condominium development is in the works here—and that potential buyers had better act fast if they want to be a part of it. “We are actively pursuing a condominium […]
Elisabeth Heslop Sarah Van De Walker likes an adventure. In 2007, she and a friend dropped everything and spent three weeks backpacking across Europe. Her latest adventure, though, is perhaps one of her most important. Van De Walker left Oshawa, and the big-city life she had known, and moved to […]
Peggy Revell The Valley Adult Learning Association here is looking for members of the public to help test-run a workshop on improving workplace communications before presenting this pilot project at a provincial conference on literacy. “Our staff is presenters at the Lauback Literacy Ontario ‘Sharing Pearls of Wisdom’ conference and […]
Mitch Calvert With the walleye season opening this Saturday (May 16), Darryl McLeod, area biologist with the local Ministry of Natural Resources office, is predicting another good year of fishing. He did warn, however, that the cool weather this spring should decrease walleye feeding in the early going. “Water temperatures […]
Staff It was a familiar story for Fort High’s badminton contingent at the all-Ontarios in Sudbury. Running into some of the best competition the province has to offer, the senior boys’ duo of Tim Desjardins and Rory Bagacki made a valiant effort before being eliminated in the ‘B’ flight Friday […]
Mitch Calvert The storied Rainy River District Fastball League is set for another season. The Fort Frances-based Sight & Sound Wolves are undergoing a bit of a changing of the guard, with long-time ace Bob Andy moving to British Columbia and relinquishing pitching duties to Marcel Pagee. “It’s a tough […]
Mitch Calvert Joyce Wiedeman soon will be putting her hard work to the test. The Fort Frances resident, who lives with her boyfriend, Jon Cooper, part-time here when not in Winnipeg training with Elite Performance, is hitting the stretch drive in her final preparations before the 2009 Manitoba Amateur Body […]
