Paige Desmond In support of the battle against breast cancer, Curves for Women here held an information fundraiser last Wednesday evening, with all proceeds going to the Rainy River District Breast Health Network. Sponsored by several community businesses and groups, the three-hour event was aimed at raising awareness of breast […]
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Rick Neilson Cattleman Neil Dennis, from Wawota, Sask., was in Rainy River District on Friday and Saturday. On Friday evening, he gave a presentation to about 30 farmers on the merits of holistic resource management, and specifically about high stock density. When Dennis is talking high density, he’s talking 800 […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce unveiled its 2008 Business Retention and Expansion report yesterday, outlining the opinions of 86 local businesses that participated in a survey over the past year and the resulting action plan that hopefully helps build a better tomorrow for them. “The Chamber of […]
Peggy Revell Residents across the district have high hopes that the government’s newly-launched “Do Not Call” list will give them some peace and quiet from telemarketers. Launched back on Sept. 30, the list let’s people register their phone numbers, thus making them off-limits to telemarketers. Almost 2.7 million Canadians registered […]
Peggy Revell Members of the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board were presented with results from surveys sent out to tenants in its social housing units across the district at last Thursday evening’s meeting. The Tenant Maintenance Survey was distributed to units across the district last spring, with one […]
Peggy Revell While some people may be celebrating the countdown to the holiday season, another less-popular season also is just getting started: ’flu season. But protecting yourself against the ’flu is not complex, said Donna Stanley, manager of controls of infectious disease for the Northwestern Health Unit. “Really, the best […]
Dave Ogilvie Rick Neilson was declared the new president of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture during the organization’s annual dinner, which was held Saturday night in the Barwick Hall. Linda Armstrong and Angela Halverson agreed to stay on as secretary and treasurer, respectively, for another year. Also elected to […]
Mitch Calvert Thankfully, the result had no effect on the standings. The Muskies (2-5) dropped a lopsided 48-0 decision to a superior Sturgeon Heights Huskies (7-0) team in Winnipeg on Friday—but their first-round playoff opponent already was decided in the form of the Garden City Fighting Gophers before they even […]
Mitch Calvert Tyler Miller’s junior hockey career keeps gaining momentum. After collecting a three-pack of awards for his play last season with the Port Hope Predators of the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League, Miller has picked up right where he left off by nabbing player-of-the-month honours for September in […]
Duane Hicks Aimee McEvoy put her imagination onto the page as she made her own comic book Saturday morning at the Fort Frances Museum. The workshop was held in conjunction with the new exhibit, “Comic Books: A History,” which runs there until Nov. 17. The public is welcome to drop […]
Peggy Revell Tracy Gibson explained how to play the “Tree of Knowledge” to Earla Haukeness during Friday’s home-based business expo. The family history-based board game Gibson created a few years ago was one of many products and services being touted at the inaugural event.
Peggy Revell Joanne Haney and daughter, Joelle, tested one of the grinders for making home-made baby food last Thursday during the “Mother Goose” program at the Fort Frances Public Library. The workshop provided by Janet Drennen, a registered dietitian with the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre here, went over baby nutrition, […]
