With the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual home and leisure show coming up April 28-29 at the Memorial Sports Centre, organizers are expecting a full house of exhibitors this year. “If we were not to get anybody else at this point, we’d still be full,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth […]
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Heather Hudson, activation co-ordinator at Rainycrest Home for the Aged, addressed those gathered at the volunteer appreciation Luncheon there yesterday afternoon. They also heard from administrator Soili Helppi and volunteer Wanda Johnson. Ruth Caldwell recited her “Ode to Rainycrest Home Volunteers” and Sandy and Whitney Stalmach provided entertainment during the […]
Isn’t springtime exciting? The snow is melting and the birds are starting to sing again. When you swap your heavy winter jacket for a light wind breaker, you also know it’s time to do a little spring cleaning in your wardrobe and around the house. The Salvation Army Thrift Store […]
Highway 11 is closed to traffic five km west of Jellico due to a tractor trailer rollover, reported OPP this morning. The trailer’s load of cardboard has spilled out and police are on the scene. A further update will be given by police when the situation has changed.
Eight weary hockey fans from Atikokan began the long bus ride home from Kingston last night after hitting a wee pothole on the road to becoming Kraft Hockeyville 2006. The judges felt we had a very strong entry but had “lost a little bit on the video” and a a […]
In 2005 the park developed two 30-person group campsites in accordance with the Voyageurs National Park General Management Plan. One site is on Rainy Lake and the other site is on Kabetogama Lake. The park built these sites to accommodate large groups who visit the park and want to camp […]
Jolene Veldhuisen of Emo was one of many Fort Frances High School students who took some the time to donate blood at the Canadian Blood Services domor clinic last April. CBS is hoping the public will come out and give blood next week for a pair of donor clinics at […]
Around 3:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday, officers from the Atikokan detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a speeding vehicle on Highway 11 near Price Creek. Investigation revealed that the vehicle had earlier been reported stolen by the North Bay Police Service. The driver of the vehicle, a 25-year-old Chisholm […]
Alberton council ultimately decided to support the Rainy River Future Development Corp. at its regular meeting last Wednesday after revisiting the discussion tabled since mid-February. The RRFDC had asked Alberton for $7 per capita for the 2006-07 fiscal year to help fund its services, meaning Alberton would contribute $6,692. “After […]
After nearly six years on the job here, Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson will be moving to southern Ontario next month to take a position there. As of May 29, Richardson will be deputy fire chief for the Town of Georgina, a community on Lake Simcoe, northeast of Newmarket. […]
Perseverance pays—and so does being a great employer. Mia (Pearson) Wedgbury could attest to both. The former Fort Frances native, the daughter of Mary Jane and Ross Pearson, is president and co-founder of “High Road Communications”—Canada’s largest technology-specific public relations agency. And last week, her Toronto-based firm garnered second place […]
In an exceptional move, local secondary school occasional teachers went on strike yesterday in the face of failed negotiations with the Rainy River District School Board. It is a rare instance of occasional teachers going on strike in Ontario, and likely is the first case of secondary school occasional teachers […]
