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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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Bill Michl, second from left, was greeted with cheers just moments after completing his 60-mile “Run for the Scan” from Rainy River to Fort Frances on Friday. It was aimed to help jumpstart the “Just Imagine” campaign to raise $1.5 million for a CT scan at La Verendrye Hospital. With […]
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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 […]
