The process of getting renovations underway at La Verendrye hospital hopefully will take a step forward sometime in December, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said. “The revised plans are now in the hands of the Ministry [of Health]. They’re certainly on board with it,” said Wayne Woods. […]
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A trio of district riders strutted their horses at the Thanksgiving Classic quarterhorse show in Brandon, Man. last weekend. Leanne Beck of Devlin and her horse, “Hot Red Rodder,” capture grand champion honours in the young halter class Saturday and took fourth in the trail division. On Sunday, they won […]
With the province-wide ’flu immunization program starting here Oct. 22, the Northwestern Health Unit once again will be administering the shots–but not without paying a price. “Our problem is that the funding is at the same level as last year,” Dr. Peter Sarsfield, medical officer and CEO of the Northwestern […]
The Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre is gearing up for an exciting October, with activities such as a family pancake breakfast and, of course, Hallowe’en planned. The pancake breakfast is slated for Saturday, Oct. 20 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. as part of the ETL’s celebration of the annual Week […]
Hard work paid off with a bountiful harvest at Donald Young School. “We had plenty of everything in our garden,” said DYS teacher Charlene Gustafson. “Except the corn–the birds stripped them clean.” Now it’s time to enjoy and appreciate all the work done last spring, she noted. In her classroom, […]
Town council chose a local representative to join the district-wide disaster relief committee being established to help assess damage and distribute compensation as a result of storms that hit the area July 31. Nick Wihnan will be the local rep to gather private, uninsured claims from Fort Frances residents as […]
In conjunction with National Depression Screening Day, the local branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association will be holding a clinic tomorrow (Thursday) at Pharmasave. “This is part of a national screening campaign to raise awareness and detect signs of depression,” said Nancy Daley, community support staff with the Canadian […]
Students from 16 elementary schools from across the area competed in the fourth-annual Rainy River District cross-country championships at Crossroads in Devlin last Wednesday. Close to 300 runners from grades four to eight took part in the event, which Crossroads principal Brian Love said fell on one of the last […]
The River Walk Condominium project on Front Street will move forward–albeit on a smaller scale. With just 24 people having made down payments on the 36 available units, architects instead have re-worked designs to include only 32 so the project can enter the next phase. “They reconfigured the floor plan, […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team lost some tough games at the Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Classic tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. They opened play Friday night with a 32-25 loss to St. Patrick’s. Allison Hyatt led the Muskies with nine points, while Carling Barton netted six and Andrea Boileau […]
Once again, prices at the Stratton sales barn topped those at the larger Manitoba sales last weekend, with just over 1,200 calves passing through the local ring. “It went good, we were fairly pleased with the prices,” noted Tom Morrish, president of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association. “The prices were […]
Former Fort Frances resident Rob Murray has collected a countless number of hockey memorabilia in his life. But he said assembling a display to mark the 50th anniversary of the season in which the Fort Frances Canadians won the Allan Cup–which currently sits in the showcase at La Place Rendez-Vous […]
