In March, 1981, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. established a Quarter-Century Club to honour employees of the corporation and auxiliary members with 25 years or more of service. In 2001, physicians who have had 25 or more years with hospital privileges at Riverside were included in the Quarter-Century Club. This […]
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Complete with the awesome lighting rig, deafening music, and famed songs, “Faber Drive” took to the stage at the Townshend Theatre on Monday night, entertaining both young and old alike during an astounding concert. Lead singer Dave Faber, guitarist David Hinsley, bassist Jeremy Liddle (“Krikit”), and drummer Ray Bull (“Red […]
Janice Beazley of Fort Frances, vice-chair of the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), will be the acting chair until a new chairman is appointed. Dr. John Whitfield, founding chair of the North West LHIN, has announced he is not seeking re-appointment to the board of directors to make […]
Kudos to Canadians from coast to coast who led the world for an hour Saturday night in delivering the message it’s time for concrete action on climate change. Dubbed “Earth Hour,” which was begun last year in Sydney, Australia as the brainchild of the World Wildlife Fund, people across the […]
Six Fort Frances bowlers helped the Sunset Country team earn a third-place finish overall at the Northern Ontario 5-pin Open Provincial Championships held in North Bay over the Easter weekend. The big news came in the mixed division as the Sunset Country squad, including local bowler Andrew Stamarski, captured the […]
Putting on a delightful show for all in attendance, the Border Skating Club held their 36th-annual ice show over the weekend, ushering family and friends into the musical cartoon world of Disney Magic. The season-ending show saw dozens of local skaters take to the ice in celebration of 75 years […]
The Fort Frances Badminton Club held its ninth-annual Invitational Junior/Adult Tournament last weekend, welcoming a host of visitors to Fort Frances High School. The tournament is the only one of its kind in Northwestern Ontario boasting both junior and senior play, with participants hailing everywhere from Stonewall, Man. to as […]
FORT FRANCES—Organizers of last week’s Youth Health and Wellness Conference, held at La Place Rendez-Vous here, are pleased with the response they received from the participants and presenters involved. “I’m really glad we had the opportunity to offer a conference like this,” said organizer Shauna-Leigh Carlson, a health educator with […]
The Emo spray park fundraising committee is thrilled to announce the donation of $10,000 by Kaemingh Fuels and Imperial Oil, making it the first “Builder” status sponsor. David and Arnold Kaemingh committed to make a cash donation of $10,000 before construction of the spray park breaks ground—hopefully by July 1. […]
The process to re-zone and sell off property at the northwest corner of Nelson Street and Williams Avenue, to be developed into housing lots, will take another step forward at a public meeting scheduled for April 28. The subject of the meeting will be a zoning amendment to change the […]
Under Bill 130, which came into effect at the beginning of the year, Ontario municipalities are required to appoint a meeting investigator to look into closed-door meetings, or go with the services of the Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin, by Dec. 1, 2008. In co-operation with other regional municipalities, Fort Frances […]
FORT FRANCES—After a weekend of nomination meetings to choose the NDP candidate for the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding in the next federal election, it was two-time nominee John Rafferty who came out on top. Rafferty, who lives in Fort Frances, was challenged this time around by former Thunder Bay councillor […]
