Mitch Calvert Fort Frances native Christin Thomson isn’t letting a little thing called the off-season slow down her quest to land an LPGA Tour card. Thomson, 25, is spending the next month leading up to Christmas in Phoenix, Ariz. preparing for another full year of golf. “I’m working on my […]
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Paige Desmond Thanks to a strong community response, the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team has been granted an extension until Dec. 5 to collect signatures and letters of support from the community. As reported in Monday’s Daily Bulletin, the local SAPT needs the community’s help to keep its […]
Staff Those planning to apply for the vacant trustee seat on the Rainy River District School Board have until 3 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 27) to get their applications packages in. No applications had been received as of noon yesterday, board chair Dan Belluz noted, although there have been a few […]
Duane Hicks In an effort to further promote medication recorders first launched earlier this year, Grace Silander, patient safety and risk management co-ordinator for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., challenged town council on Monday to take the “Medication Recorder Challenge.” Silander presented council with medication recorders and, stressing the importance […]
Duane Hicks The Northwestern Heath Unit’s search for a medical officer of health to replace Dr. Pete Sarsfield may be nearing its end, with the board waiting to see if a new doctor will take on the mantle in the near future. Fort Frances Coun. John Albanese, who chairs the […]
Duane Hicks As he makes his way around Northwestern Ontario to promote his book, “The Homelessness Project,” Kenora author Jon Thompson is concerned with more than sales—he wants to foster a greater understanding of a problem and get others to take action. While proceeds from the sale of his book […]
Duane Hicks Having weathered a simulated “ice storm” last Wednesday as part of Emergency Management Ontario’s “Trillium Response 2008,” the local Community Control Group generally was satisfied with its response to the exercise. “We were pretty happy with the outcome,” said Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong. “When we went […]
Paige Desmond The Rainy River District Mental Health Services for Older Adults program is hoping its new calendar will get the message of safety out to local seniors. Distributed last week at Safeway here, the calendar combines children’s artwork with safety messages that apply specifically to seniors. “The response has […]
Jessica George In the Early School Leavers Report, by Dr. Bruce Ferguson, it was noted one of the main reasons students drop out of school is their disengagement with school culture and community. It implied that when students were engaged in their school’s activities and culture, they most likely were […]
Duane Hicks A long-time volunteer and founding member of several local charities and events, Linda Hamilton was honoured by the Town of Fort Frances as the 2009 “Citizen of the Year” at its annual appreciation dinner Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. But Hamilton, the town’s 21st “Citizen of the […]
Reprinted with permission This is the award-winning photo, entitled “Dragonfire,” taken by Sarah Pruys when she was 15. It has since appeared in the Nov. 3 issue of Cottage Life. For her first-place photo, Pruys was awarded a Nikon Coolpix S600 camera.
Duane Hicks 2009 “Citizen of the Year” Linda Hamilton, seen here with son, Scott, received a plaque from Mark Kowalchuk at Friday’s night’s town appreciation dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous.
