The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board reported a healthy surplus for the year ending Dec. 31, 2003 at its monthly meeting here last Thursday. The board had a surplus of $2.7 million, according to its audited statements, presented by Jon Evans of BDO Dunwoody. While the surplus is […]
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The Rainy River Future Development Corp. met for its annual general meeting last Wednesday at La Place Rendez-Vous, and saw one new member appointed to its board of directors. Martin Dufresne of Rainy River is the newest appointee to the board after Bruce Holmlund chose not to run again. No […]
The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines announced Monday it would be releasing funds to three communities in Rainy River District to help pay for upgrades at water treatment plants. “We are committed to strengthening communities across the north,” Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci said in a press […]
A substantial increase in funding this year means the Kenora and Rainy River Community Care Access Centre will be able to put more money into essential programs like acute and chronic home care services. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced July 9 that it would be providing $73.2 […]
Nearly 100 concerned citizens came out to a meeting at the Backus auditorium in International Falls last night to discuss how to raise the needed renovation funds to prevent the complex from being permanently closed. “We’re kind of at a roadblock, another little hurdle,” said Kay Arnold, chair of the […]
Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale was notified last week that she’ll be sitting on the Ontario Parks board of directors for a three-year term. “It should be interesting work,” she said Friday. “Provincial parks are crucial to the promotion and furthering of tourism in Ontario,” Coun. Drysdale added. “Throughout Northwestern […]
Whether or not the town has the right to declare certain property on the 1100 block of Nelson Street as surplus, and possibly divide it into lots for sale, is the question to which a group of residents called “Citizens to Preserve Williams Avenue Park” are determined to get an […]
The Emo Meals on Wheels committee hopes to rake in the chips when it holds a casino night fundraiser during the Emo fall fair next month. The Las Vegas-style evening is slated Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9-11:30 p.m. upstairs in the Emo Arena. Organizers are hoping the fun event will […]
Highway signs to identify where Alberton Township begins and ends are in the works, Coun. Barb Cournoyer said at council’s regular monthly meeting last Wednesday night. “This would fall in line with our strategic planning [for community development],” she noted. “I don’t like the idea of not having a sign […]
The fire hazard is listed as “moderate to high” in the Fort Frances District, with pockets in around town, as well as in the Caliper Lake and Mine Centre areas, reaching “high to extreme,” the Ministry of Natural Resources reported Tuesday morning. But whether that means a rather quiet fire […]
While fish will be the focus for a lot of people at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship later this week, dogs will be in the spotlight briefly tomorrow when the Four Paws Pet Supply retriever contest gets underway. “It’s a great thing to come out and watch, and cheer […]
Jim Barnick lived the high life Monday. He was able to do the two things he loves most in this world in the same day—fishing in the morning, with baseball coming in the afternoon. Barnick, from Hollywood, Fla., is an angler competing in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship later […]
