Local artist Jean Richards is happy with the opportunity to display some of her artwork at the Fort Frances Public Library during December and January. “I like the chance to show my work at the library,” she said. “There are a lot of people who go to the library that […]
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After a trip to Toronto earlier this month to lobby provincial reps for more funding, the CEO and chief medical officer of the Northwestern Health Unit has returned with one option–raise the per capita levy once again. “We’re going to be asking for an increase of about $1 million and […]
The Rainy River District School Board on Tuesday night ratified a two-year deal with its secondary school teachers, who had voted 92.7 percent in favour of the agreement last Friday. The deal had been hammered out after two days of negotiations earlier this month. “I think it being a two-year […]
The Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association will be increasing its per capita levies by $2 in 2001. After running into increased costs, funding shortages, and less revenue, NORA has been forced to turn to area municipalities–and their residents–for more money. “There was an increase in cost in the maintenance of the […]
The “Giving Tree” at the CIBC in Emo is surrounded by gifts that were bought for less fortunate children in the district–and in complete confidentiality.
Lloyd Hodges was honoured last Thursday by the new mayor and council of Dawson township. Hodges, who did not run for re-election this fall, was reeve of Dawson from 1997-2000 and before that served as reeve of Atwood from 1961-1996. After that, Atwood was amalgamated with other neighbouring townships to […]
For the third time in 15 years, The Beauty Chalet in Rainy River has expanded to a new and bigger location. A grand opening will be held at a later date. Proprietor Robin Jenson started the business at the base of the international bridge in 1985 when she opened a […]
Have you ever been to Santa’s Village at the North Pole? Well, in case you don’t have enough Air Miles saved up to get there, Ben and Millie Lindal are the caretakers of the next best thing in Arbor Vitae. By Santa’s sleigh, it sits about 15 minutes northeast of […]
Thanks to a $4,000 donation from Elks Lodge 313 here, four-year-old Kendra Duffy has new hearing aids and an FM system that will help her communicate with her parents and teachers more easily. “This is just one example of our Elks charity assisting children and adults across Canada in the […]
When Attila Ambrus came through Fort Frances last May, he saw an opportunity. Managing a band that played a gig at the Rainy Lake Hotel, Ambrus woke up to look across Scott Street and see a future in something many residents may have long forgotten–the old Royal Theatre. But movies […]
With the Red Apple store here closing at month’s end, Pharmasave owner Kim Metke has got his sights set on moving across the block into the larger location in March. “We’ve been looking at a bigger area for a while,” Metke said yesterday. “But in the last year, it’s become […]
An increase in enrolment likely will mean the Northwest Catholic District School Board ends up with a budget surplus, the board announced at its regular meeting here Saturday morning. According to a report of revised estimates for the 2000-01 school year from Controller of Finance Chris Howarth, the board is […]
