After being denied a request for beds for a unit for the cognitively-impaired by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care back in May, Rainycrest administrator Kevin Queen said the home for the aged here now will be looking seriously into developing the new unit itself. “We are proceeding on […]
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The Rainy River District Social Service Administration Board will be in charge of social housing here as of Jan. 1, Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Tony Clement announced Tuesday at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa. “The province is determined to transfer an improved and more cost-effective […]
Almost 70 district students will be spending a little more time under police supervision than they’re used to when the Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) camp gets underway Monday at Sunny Cove. “We’ve got a few things to iron out but, for the most part, we’re ready,” said Fort […]
Although they’ve received only a dozen or so surveys back from anglers after last month’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, the director of angler services is liking what she’s seeing on the forms. “This provides a good source of information for next year–and there’s been lots of positive feedback so […]
“Safeway.” Not many 11-year-olds would say that when asked what their favourite part of Fort Frances is. But that’s exactly how Dmitry (Dima) Fedoruk, a native of Belarus, answered. “In his country, they don’t have such a place where everything is there,” said Fedoruk’s host mother, Cathy Zin, explaining his […]
Construction of a new Canada Customs and Immigration facility on Church Street here could begin in a matter of weeks after Fort Frances council gave the go-ahead at a special meeting yesterday afternoon. “I’m not happy with the customs facility but it’s the best we can have with this location,” […]
Just days before the Human Resources Centre of Canada for Students (HRCC-S) closes its doors for the season, its placement officers are proud to announce a successful summer. The centre, a division of the federal government which works to match up students and employers for the summer, said they placed […]
The Terry Fox Run–which almost didn’t happen here in Fort Frances–now has a seven-person committee to head it after a meeting Tuesday afternoon. The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau stepped in last Friday and has now organized a group to manage the annual run next month. “[The meeting] went very well,” […]
The director of education for the Rainy River District School Board said trustee representation for the November election has been firmed up–and nothing much has changed. “Rainy River will get one, Atikokan will get one, Fort Frances will get two, Emo will get one, and Devlin/La Vallee will get one,” […]
Rainy Lake Boatworks hosted its first kayaking seminar Sunday afternoon with successful results–and they’ll do it again next year. The seminar was led by experienced kayaker Darrell Makin, who kicked things off by saying the skills of paddling and rescue are probably what those on hand would get the most […]
Construction of cell phone towers is well under way and residents should be able to chat on their portables from Thunder Bay to Rainy River by early next spring. “We’ve added another site. Before there was one at Bears Pass, now we are building one at Nickel Lake and one […]
“Every single position that it takes to run the tournament was volunteered,” said Kirstan Bodnarchuk, volunteer director for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. This year, a record 525 people dedicated time to the tournament from directors and team leaders to daily volunteers. “It wouldn’t happen without them, I don’t […]
