“Just Imagine” campaign chair Deane Cunningham, right, thanked Emo centenarian Maurice MacMillan for his $500 donation towards a CT scanner for the district—$5 for every year of his life. The donation was announced at a luncheon at the Emo Legion on Friday during the campaign’s kick-off, where local runner Bill […]
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Irene Vanderplaats, left, received a copy of the new seniors’ safety calendar from Gerri Yerxa, a geriatric mental health therapist with the local District Mental Health Services Older Adults Program, last Wednesday at Canada Safeway. Yerxa ended up giving out 200 of the calendars that day. The free calendar, which […]
Bill Michl, third from right, got some help from local runners Kimberly Chorney, right, Dan Loney, Vince Sheppard, Gaydonna Baker, and Lincoln Dunn (hidden) as they neared Emo on Friday afternoon. Michl ran the 60 miles from Rainy River to Fort Frances to kick off the “Just Imagine” campaign. —Heather […]
Junior Muskie basketball player Taylor Meyers wrestled for the ball with two Beaver Brae Bronco players yesterday at Fort High. The play resulted in a jump ball. The junior Muskie hoopsters trounced the Broncos 25-13 to improve their NorWOSSA league record to 5-1. —Alex Cruickshank photo
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute has declared Oct. 20–27 as the 2006 Canadian Patient Safety Week. This year’s theme is hand hygiene—an important contributor to patient safety in health care settings. Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. will be celebrating the week with a public information booth set up in the […]
An all-candidates’ forum sponsored by the Fort Frances and District Labour Council, originally scheduled for tomorrow night at the Métis Community Hall, has been cancelled. “While fully supporting the efforts of the Fort Francs and District Labour Council president [Dale Gustafson] in planning an all-candidates’ forum, the Fort Frances and […]
FORT FRANCES—With none currently offered here on any permanent basis, the Town of Fort Frances is putting out a call for expressions of interest in hockey schools. In a report from Community Services manager George Bell approved by council at Monday night’s regular meeting, he noted the Lakehead U. Thunderwolves […]
Betty-Anne MacKintosh of Family and Children’s Services and Grace Silander, right, chair of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, visited a Grade 1 class at J.W. Walker School yesterday to show the students the free glow sticks they will be receiving next week to wear around their necks while trick-or-treating […]
FORT FRANCES—Local Canada Safeway employees chose to adopt the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s CT scan drive for its 2006/07 “We Care” campaign. Safeway staff took time this weekend to look over applications from 14 local non-profit organizations and voted in favour of the “Care Close to Home 2” campaign. […]
FORT FRANCES—Acting on behalf of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA), Coun. Tannis Drysdale was to bring forward a resolution on Monday night for council to support the fight against the cancellation of the GST Visitor Rebate Program. The resolution is in support of NWOTA, the Kenora District Camp […]
FORT FRANCES—While a second all-candidates’ forum—sponsored by the Fort Frances Labour Council—is scheduled to take place Wednesday evening, at least eight of the council candidates will not be attending. Rick Wiedenhoeft said late Monday morning that he, Tannis Drysdale, Todd Hamilton, Neil Kabel, Andrew Hallikas, Paul Ryan, and Sharon Tibbs […]
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team were strong in round-robin play over the weekend in Dryden, but then faltered in the playoffs of a 12-team tourney there. To start, the black-and-gold played their best volleyball of the season in the preliminary round—finishing second in their pool. Fort High played three […]
