By being a designated driver, local residents not only avoid putting lives at risk but they get a free pizza and soft drinks/coffee to boot The new program–sponsored by the Fort Frances O.P.P., the Substance Abuse Prevention Team, Pizza Hut, and local bars–kicked off last week with the aim to […]
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Diane Maxey, director of the Choraliers Community Choir, was very pleased with the performance her singers gave Sunday afternoon in the Christmas cantata at St. Mary’s Church here. The performance, which was entitled “Meet Him at the Manger,” was a celebration of the holiday season through song from the 46 […]
Co-operation unanimously was chosen as the number-one priority for economic development in Rainy River District during a public forum Saturday in Emo. The private sector, education, municipalities, First Nations, Chambers of Commerce, and the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines were all represented at the information session and workshop hosted […]
A re-assessment year will mean a tight budget for Fort Frances in 2001. Taxes were raised two percent but the town still will have far less spending money next year because of lost revenue totalling $334,915 due to provincial re-assessment. Besides increasing taxes, council Monday night also cut the contingency […]
Local MP Robert Nault criticized Mayor Glenn Witherspoon yesterday for repeating a challenge for hospital funding. “My response to the mayor, which is not usually one done through newspapers–I would prefer the mayor give us a phone call–is I sent a letter to him some time ago outlining our National […]
It was organized chaos Monday morning as grade eight students from St. Francis School here helped to get the Salvation Army’s Christmas hampers ready for distribution starting today. The assembly line of children feverishly raced around the large room full of food and toys, picking out what needed to be […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
