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Work on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre is moving along on schedule and on budget, with a grand opening set for June 21.
The local “Friends of the Library” toured the building Friday afternoon, at which time project manager Brian Avis provided a status update.

Due to maintenance procedures taking place at Rainycrest Long-Term Care here, the entire facility will be under a boil-water advisory effective Monday, March 15 starting at 1 p.m.
This advisory will remain in effect until further notice.

After first reporting last week that local student Adam Armit had entered a video in the Doritos “Viralocity” contest, the Times has learned four other local students also have entered—and would love to see the community rally behind them, as well.

A recent display classified ad looking to hire “mystery shoppers” has been identified as scam, and the Fort Frances Times is asking the public not to respond to it.
The ad, which ran in the Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 3, and March 10 editions of the Times advertises job opportunities for mystery shoppers, with interested applicants asked to apply through an AOL e-mail account.

More detailed information now will be provided in custody and access court cases before decisions are made, better protecting children in times of family breakdown and distress.
On Monday, new provisions under the Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009, came into effect.
For children and families involved in custody and access cases, the changes will:

Ontario is strengthening and improving access to justice by making the family courts easier to use, more focused, and more affordable.
Improvements to family justice will:
•provide more information to families up front about the steps they need to take and the impact on children when relationships break down;

The NDP supports the Progressive Conservative resolution advocating for a “Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week,” NDP education critic Rosario Marchese said last Thursday.
“The New Democrats support any initiative that focuses attention on bullying and the government’s failure to deal with it,” said Marchese.

In January, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince, Haiti, destroying homes and affecting millions of Haitians.
It is estimated more than 200,000 Haitians were killed during the quake and millions have been left homeless.
Canadians responded quickly with an outpouring of compassion.

New requirements for the training and testing of security guards and private investigators working in Ontario will establish higher professional standards.
A new basic Training and Testing Regulation, under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005, will:

While the report indicates there are 1,800 more doctors practising medicine in Ontario than there were in 2003, and medical school spaces have been increased by 23 percent, with twice as many students expected to graduate in 2013 than did in 2003, the question remains how many of them want to come to a northern, rural community?