As more and more municipalities around Ontario amalgamate, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said Fort Frances will be taking the issue very seriously in the coming year. “Following the lead of the provincial government, we plan to communicate closely with our neighbouring communities in the near future,” he revealed yesterday. “We know […]
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Fort Frances–and Rainy River District–welcomed its first baby of the new year, century, and millennium with the safe arrival of Garrett Austin to Darwin and Michelle Woods (nee Mauro) at La Verendrye hospital Jan. 2 . Ironically, the eight-pound baby boy, born at 3:45 a.m., was more than two weeks […]
The International Joint Commission was slated to issue its ruling this afternoon as to whether or not it would enforce its draft supplementary order for Rainy and Namakan lakes, which are set to take effect tomorrow. Fabien Lengellé, press secretary for the IJC in Canada, said yesterday the commissioners were […]
Fort Frances may be off the beaten track but that hasn’t stopped the “Influenza A” bug from making a big impact on the health of residents here. Dr. Robert Algie, chief of staff at Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., said some 450 more patients with ’flu-like symptoms had been treated […]
As La Verendrye hospital employees waited for the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, Riverside CEO Wayne Woods was crossing his fingers that nothing would go wrong because of the “Y2K” bug. And as the clock struck 12 a.m., he let out a sigh of relief–nothing happened. “It went across […]
As dozens upon dozens of residents stood bundled up along the riverfront on New Year’s Eve, marvelling at the brightly-coloured explosions in the night shy, it became clear to Bill Badiuk that he had organized an event to remember. “The crowd was there, the display was fantastic, it was a […]
Rainy River District was treated well in 1999–and municipal leaders are looking towards 2000 with a very optimistic attitude. Chapple Reeve Cecil Wilson said 1999 was a “spectacular” year for his township, with the municipality’s centennial celebrations at the forefront of activities. “I think that all our people in our […]
Eight years ago, a former Emo girl and one from Australia became pen pals, first writing letters and then using e-mail to get to know each other. This year, Shannon Carlson, now attending university in Kingston enrolled in a business administration course, and Tara Diamond, a travel and tourism graduate […]
For Cpl. Christine Gellately and Bombadier Doug LeBlanc, travelling overseas has a different meaning than it would for most couples. Gellately, of Devlin, and LeBlanc, from Watten, will be heading to Yugoslavia and Bosnia respectively as part of a NATO peacekeeping tour. She heads to Shilo, Man. to complete her […]
The Rendezvous Trail 2000 Fishing and Vacation Guide will have more copies produced–and will go out to more places–in order to attract more tourists to the area. Some 42,500 copies of the free, four-colour brochure–which features maps of the area as well as Fort Frances, Rainy River, Atikokan, Nestor Falls […]
At 6’7”, Ryan Sinninghe is used to taking big steps. But the former Rainy River Owl faces none bigger as he makes the transition to a first-year backup centre with the Lakehead U Thunderwolves. Used to playing ‘A’ high school basketball against the likes of Sioux Lookout, Ignace, and Red […]
Veteran local squasher Bob Tkachuk showed the young guns he hasn’t lost a step, winning the annual Boxing Day tournament here yet again with a 3-0 sweep over Benji Andrusco in the ‘A’ final. Tkachuk breezed through the 16-player field without a loss Sunday, blanking Michael Whitehead, Toby Munro, and […]
