Abbey McLeod, six, returned the favour and drew a clock on the face of her cousin, Wyatt McLeod, also six, during “Rock Around the Clock,” a New Year’s party at the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday. About 20 kids aged six and up came out to have some fun before […]
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Insp Dave Lucas is settling in as the new Ontario Provincial Police detachment commander for the Fort Frances cluster. Insp. Lucas, who just moved here from Thunder Bay, commenced his duties Wednesday. Most recently, he’d been working as the unit commander for the Northwest Regional Professional Standards Branch. Former detachment […]
The sixth-annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner is coming up Sunday, Jan. 29 at La Place Rendez-Vous, and organizers once again are hoping to raise lots of money to help district families facing medical expenses. Georges Blanc, who helps organize the dinner as both co-owner of the Rendez-Vous and a member […]
The mayor of Atikokan says his Northwestern Ontario town is “hopefully making progress” aimed at softening the economic and social blow of the closure of the nearby coal-fired power plant next year. “We have several things on the horizon,” Dennis Brown said yesterday. Brown said a study on the feasibility […]
With the New Year bringing the first agriculture-based web classroom courses ever offered in Canada, Ian Barrett, executive director of the Ontario Agriculture Training Institute (OATI) in Guelph, announced last week an incentive is being offered to those who participate in the January and February courses. The Agricultural Management Institute […]
Local candidates in the upcoming federal election will have the opportunity to debate the issues twice in Rainy River District next Wednesday (Jan. 11), with one scheduled in Fort Frances and the other in Stratton. Incumbent Ken Boshcoff (Liberal), John Rafferty (NDP), and David Leskowski (Conservative) all have confirmed their […]
The Downtown Core Committee report unveiled last month should figure prominently as a local initiative in 2006, and the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce wants to continue being involved in shaping the future of the business community here. “We’ll continue on, as a Chamber, some of the things we’ve been […]
The annual Christmas Bird Count for Rainy River District was held Monday and although the numbers were low, four species never counted here before were sighted. “Spotting some new species was quite interesting,” noted Ilka Milne, Northwestern Ontario program manager with the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Milne said the species […]
Bill Gushulak, left, Pat McPherson, Bernice Armit, and Graham Matheson admired the new plaque that was hung up in the Ice for Kids Arena on Dec. 21. The plaque is dedicated in memory of Dave Armit, a longtime hockey supporter who recently passed away. The plaque also will recognize and […]
Dale Gill of the Voyageur Lions Club got a little cheeky at the Polar Plunge on Sunday. He was among the top three fundraisers of the event, bringing in more than $1,200. —Melanie Béchard photo
Joseph Maki had a hard time climbing back up the hill at the Lions Park in Emo on Saturday after sliding down it. Many children in the village took advantage of the mild weather by skating, sliding, and snowmobiling over the weekend. –Heather Ogilvie photo
Malori Grover, right, and her new son, Christian Douglas Ramsay, posed with her mother, Loretta Martin, yesterday morning at La Verendrye Hospital. Christian, whose father is Doug Ramsay of International Falls, Mn., was the first baby of the new year born in the district. He was born at 10 a.m. […]
