The provincial Festive R.I.D.E. program concluded Jan. 1, with seven drivers being charged with impaired driving offences in Rainy River District. As well, out of the 5,377 vehicles checked, 28 other liquor-related offences were laid and one 12-hour suspension issued. During the campaign, which ran from Nov. 26-Jan. 1, there […]
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“Fort Frances: A Story of a Town and its People,” written by Neil McQuarrie in conjunction with the town’s centennial in 2003, has won an award. McQuarrie’s work captured the Gertrude H. Dyke Award for best popular, full-length publication, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society announced during a reception Sunday […]
“Danae’s Song” is a 90-minute long tribute to the life and death of 16-year-old Danae Ashton Grace Dupuis, who was a front-seat passenger killed in a drunk-driving collision on Oct. 3, 2000. “Danae’s Song” is unlike anything you’ve seen before. It presents a new perspective to impaired driving issues facing […]
With a rash of armed robberies in town over the past month, the Fort Frances OPP is working to educate local store owners as to what they can do to avoid being targeted for theft—and how to cope if they are. “Basically, what we’re doing is going businesses to business […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will be pursuing a higher profile in 2005, its president vowed yesterday. “We’re going to be more visible,” said Gary Rogozinski. “It’s a pretty ambitious goal for 2005, but that’s the direction the Chamber has to go. “The Chamber has to be the voice […]
A combination of deep snow, sub-zero temperatures, and a bitter wind meant the annual Christmas bird count was an abbreviated affair this year. The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists participates in the annual survey and submits its findings to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, where they are included in the […]
Like the first pale streaks of dawn in the eastern sky after a long, sleepless night, news last week that the United States will begin accepting imports of some live Canadian cattle came as tremendous relief to district beef farmers. Last week, the U.S. government announced it would allow the […]
Fourteen Fort Frances women voluntarily have taken on new identities and new looks—all for a good cause. They’re called the Vala Follies, Northwestern Ontario’s answer to the Rockettes, and will be starring in The Vala Variety Show. The curtain rises Feb. 12 to raise literacy awareness and funds for the […]
The local Legion held elections at its general meeting on Dec. 9, with the following people appointed for 2005—Ron Mondor (president), Ray Watson (first vice-president), Norris Piccinato (second vice-president), and Glen Westover (Sergeant-at-Arms). The past president is represented by Cde. Lance Halstead. The chair positions have been filled as follows: […]
January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society is preparing to raise funds to help in the fight against the disease. First and foremost is the “Penny for your thoughts” weigh-in, said Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the local Alzheimer Society. For a second […]
The planning has come together for a day-long “community summit” here Jan. 13, where the focus will be on issues that will impact Rainy River District in the next five years. Now it’s a matter of getting more registrants to sign up before the deadline this Friday (Jan. 7), organizer […]
The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society needed 15 members for a quorum at its annual meeting on Dec. 14. But only nine showed up—ending the meeting before it started. Of those who came out to the December meeting, most were board members, including RRVAS president Emily Watson, who also is […]
