The show must go on and so will the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. Last month, organizers feared the annual festival would be cancelled due to the shrinking number of board members, but it has been saved thanks to a last-minute infusion of volunteers. “Things are going […]
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Two of the three main parties involved in negotiations on the Rainy River First Nations land claim are voicing cautious optimism a settlement could be forthcoming within the next year. Talks between the Rainy River First Nations, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the federal Department of Indian and […]
With FedNor funding still left over from the two mural projects, a local committee is looking into brightening up the town with a series of signs depicting historical scenes next spring. “We discussed doing a mural,” said Fort Frances Museum curator Pam Hawley, who also sits on the town’s centennial […]
Business owners in Northwestern Ontario are itching to get into the fast lane on the information highway—but aren’t sure if their current vehicle has the necessary speed to succeed. That’s the gist of a new study conducted by the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce of 5,000 companies in the […]
Seven months after starting up in Fort Frances, organizers of the local “practice firm” are ready to call it a resounding success. Called Envision North, the “firm” started here April 1 in an effort to help people find jobs. “We have 88 percent of people finding employment in good jobs,” […]
Despite no one showing up to an Mentoring for Aboriginal People (MAP) program session Monday evening at the Seven Generations Educational Institute, OPP recruiter Sgt. Darryl Wilson will be back in the area next spring to try and recruit more First Nations men and women. “I think there was some […]
Struchan Gilson was just two years old when his father was killed in World War II. He knew little about Capt. Eric Louis Rawlinson Gilson, a 28-year-old British officer with the Worcester Regiment who was killed in action Oct. 16, 1944. But last month, Gilson travelled to the small Italian […]
From North Bay to the New York Times bestseller list, Barry Spilchuk’s travels have been as much about self-discovery as they have been about inspiring others. The man hailed as “the Dale Carnegie of Canada” brought his message of embracing life and those who are part of it to an […]
Two of the three main parties involved in negotiations on the Rainy River First Nations land claim are voicing cautious optimism a settlement could be forthcoming within the next year. Talks between the Rainy River First Nations, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the federal Department of Indian and […]
The executive director of the Northern Ontario Tourist Outfitters (NOTO) is encouraged by the federal government’s response to concerns from local business owners about what they see as unduly harsh treatment of U.S. visitors by Canada Customs agents at the Fort Frances port of entry. Doug Reynolds said a meeting […]
While the local Business Improvement Area won’t be holding a “Winter Wonderland” festival like it did last year, shoppers on Scott Street will definitely know it’s Christmas over the next few weeks. “It’s hard to do a straight winter carnival when it’s so cold. And you don’t know what the […]
The message from the province for people to get their ’flu shots seems to be working as the Northwestern Health Unit is seeing a healthy turnout for its vaccination clinics since they first began Oct. 21. “The ’flu shot clinics have been very well-attended,” said public health nurse Cindy McKinnon, […]
