Despite a few unexpected challenges the organizers of this year’s Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts faced, the overall event couldn’t have been more successful, said event president John Jankiewicz. “We had a few tests at the beginning,” Jankiewicz said yesterday. “We had to postpone a few things […]
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Lawrence Allan is hoping that people took the time to learn a little about organ donation during Organ Donation Awareness week that ended this past Sunday. As a recipient of a new kidney over a year ago, Allan knows first hand how important a person’s decision is when giving an […]
Chantelle Johnson was pleased this year’s Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts was opened up to competitive dancing–it gave her students a chance to strut their stuff. “All of my students did very well,” the owner of Dancemakers and Beauty Essentials said. “I had 97 of my students […]
A new date has been set for an open electricity market in Ontario and the Fort Frances Power Corporation has to prepare. In a statement in the Legislature last week by Jim Wilson, Minister of Energy, Science and Technology it was announced that the electricity market will be opened competitively […]
Following the collective design process meeting last month, the Rainy River District School Board has moved forward in the process to renovate Walker School, and close Alberton Central, Alexander MacKenzie and Sixth Street. “The board voted to move to stage two in the school closure process,” said Terry Ellwood, superintendent […]
With a budget increase and a new provincial initiative to help the homeless, this year’s “Red Shield” appeal is as crucial as ever for the local Salvation Army. “We’re finding this year we’re having to help a lot of people with overnight accommodation and meals, partly because of the Ontario […]
The future of a renovated J.W. Walker School here, as well as that of Alberton Central and Alexander MacKenzie, could be decided by the public school board after a presentation by architect Dudley Thompson at tonight’s regular meeting. “The architect will be presenting the collective design process results, along one […]
Canadian Blood Services is looking for bookings for its first blood clinic in Fort Frances for 2001. The clinic will run at Fort Frances High School on Wednesday, May 2 from 4-8:30 p.m. and again Thursday, May 3 from noon to 3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Organizers hope area residents […]
High winds and 27 C (80 F) temperatures made it a hazardous weekend for fire activity, with about 10 grass fires reported across the district. Within town limits, the Fort Frances Fire Department was called to put out a grass fire on Webster Avenue in the north end Friday afternoon, […]
With all the snow gone and lots of brown, dry grass around town, the Fort Frances Fire Department is ready to start burning controlled fires here next week. “There’s no exact time or dates set yet but you’ll see them [firefighters] out there next week,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson said […]
Carol-Lynne Oldale has resigned as education director for the Northwest Catholic District School Board here, effective July 14, the board announced this morning. Oldale has accepted the position of director of education with the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, the local board noted. She had been appointed as director […]
Lawns are being raked, streets swept, sidewalks patched, and potholes filled as the town recovers from the wrath of another winter. Public Works and Parks and Recreation crews are running busy schedules these days as the annual spring cleaning gets underway in full swing. “We’ve been going and [filling potholes] […]
