Local MP Robert Nault doesn’t see any “insurmountable” challenges left in completing the new Canada Customs facility here, predicting construction could begin early this summer and be completed by fall. “I believe it will cause us a lot of revenue,” Nault, who’s also the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern […]
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Municipalities across Rainy River District have thrown their support with Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. in hopes of getting a satellite dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here. The resolution, forwarded by the Township of Morley, was passed at Saturday’s annual meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association in […]
It’s too early to make a call–either way–on forming an area services board (ASB), delegates agreed Saturday at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting. Fort Frances council sent a resolution to the RRDMA asking it to suspend “indefinitely” the application it had made last year to form an […]
The competition is on to see which of the 47 nominees will walk away with an award from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s fifth-annual Business Awards banquet later this month. The deadline for nominations was Friday, with the banquet slated Feb. 12 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Nominees […]
The Safe Communities Incentive Program will live for a third year in Rainy River District after 26 new members signed up by the Jan. 31 deadline. “We did it!” SCIP co-ordinator Jeannette Cawston enthused yesterday morning. “The combined efforts of the small businesses and the Rainy River Future Development Corp. […]
Following a Superior Court ruling last month that upheld aboriginal hunting and fishing rights for Ontario Métis, Gary Lipinski said the Métis Nation of Ontario now can only wait to see if negotiations can be arranged at a meeting today in Toronto. “We’re reluctantly optimistic at this point, and we […]
The fourth-annual benefit dinner took on a life of its own here Friday night as the 280 people on hand raised almost $13,000 to help finance the medical needs of two local residents–surpassing last year’s fundraiser by nearly $4,000. The evening, which also featured a silent and live auction, was […]
The Townshend Theatre will welcome the first professional orchestra to play on its stage tomorrow night as an extra concert brought in by tour de Fort. The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra is slated to perform at 7:30 p.m. and if you haven’t got a ticket, there’s still time, said Wanda […]
Carole MacKintosh can hardly wait for Saturday night. That’s because for the first time in the history of the local Robbie Burns supper, she’ll be among the guests on hand now that the “gentlemen only” legacy has been shelved. “I am absolutely [going to attend],” MacKintosh enthused yesterday. “This is […]
Aiming to maximize class time and make schooling more efficient overall, the Rainy River District School Board last week announced the Junior and Senior Kindergarten programs will see a few changes for the 2000-01 school year. The major change for JK students in Fort Frances is that they will attend […]
Although guest speakers still have to be confirmed, a general outline and list of topics have been put in place for the inaugural “ManOMin” watershed conference slated here April 28-30. Jennifer Mercer, co-ordinator for the Rainy River First Nations watershed program and whose spearheaded the conference, said the main focus […]
“I’m interested in attending this year’s reunion. Have heard some wonderful reports about your past reunion–don’t want to miss attending again.” These, and similar sentiments, have been received from literally hundreds of former Fort High students registering for the FFHS Millennium Reunion in July. Having missed the 1994 high school […]
