The new Fort Frances Peterbilt Truck Centre is slated to open next Monday (July 10) to serve both the Rainy River and Kenora districts. “We hope to serve Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances, and into the U.S.,” said operations manager David Mack from his Thunder Bay office. The local truck centre […]
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The customs debate continues as Fort Frances town council decided to set aside a second proposal for a new facility–for the time being. During a special meeting last held last Thursday council members debated the potential for a second toll increase and the impact accepting the new proposal would have […]
After about a month-long respite, the forest tent caterpillars that plagued the district in May and June are back–sort of. Actually, they now can be seen as tiny tan brown moths clinging to almost every street light and building in town as more and more of them emerge from their […]
Imagine being in the hospital and not able to talk to loved ones over the telephone. Well, that’s exactly the case at the year-old acute care wing at the new Rainy River Health Centre. Two weeks ago, the family of the late Pearl Desjardine appealed to the community to help […]
Representatives on the Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls transition committee are now into the nitty-gritty after meeting for the fourth time Tuesday night to discuss next year’s amalgamation. The committee, struck to prepare recommendations for the municipal council of the new municipality of Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls, has finished prioritizing issues and […]
Hit by lightning Wednesday, gall bladder out on Monday. So far, the month of July has been an exciting one for Cliff Hagen of Barwick. Hagen, who builds log homes, was at a work site around 4 p.m. on July 5 when a thunderstorm moved in. He decided to shut […]
When he first arrived in Canada from Germany some 12 years ago, Amos Brielmann was amazed by all the space and land that was available. “The first time I came here it was in June and I thought, ‘This is paradise,’” Brielmann said Saturday morning over breakfast in his Pinewood […]
The emergency room at the Rainy River Health Centre will not close despite the recent departure of a key staff member there. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. here, said Monday that rumours it will be closed are absolutely not true. He did admit there is a […]
The board of directors of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. changed little at its annual meeting last Thursday in Rainy River, with only two new faces among its members. And both Craig Sanders and Linda Hamilton will remain as chair and vice-chair respectively for a second year. Ted Kaemingh and […]
Fort Frances must improve training and telecommunications in order continue to develop economically, a study that assessed the economic development of Rainy River District found. “It was written by totally unbiased people and they are the shortfalls that we need to address,” Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said. The study also noted […]
Nestor Falls Marine has grown–to more than double its size. The business, which sells and services boats and motors, as well as accessories like life jackets, depth finders, water tubes, and paddle boats, has gone from 40’x40’ to 40’x100’. “Business has been growing,” co-owner Tammi Foster said Tuesday. “Now we […]
The constant rainy and cool weather that plagued June is beginning to take its toll on district crops. “Anything that was planted early is doing pretty good. The stuff that was planted later isn’t doing very well,” said Kim Jo Bliss, technician at the Emo Research Station. Depending on the […]
