Peggy Revell Connor and Liam Dent spun the big wheel set up in the Fort Frances Public Library’s children’s department for this summer’s reading program. With programs launching this week, the theme is all about detectives, mystery, and sleuthing.
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Elisabeth Heslop Alberton council has decided to put off making a decision on the application for a zoning bylaw amendment made by township resident Gayle Arpin until next month. Last night’s meeting was the earliest at which council could have made a decision on the controversial issue which drew roughly […]
Duane Hicks After being idled back on March 1 due to poor market conditions, the #6 paper machine at the AbitibiBowater mill here was re-started this week to run tests to see if it could be used to produce different types of paper and thus make its operation more viable […]
Staff Reconstruction of the Portage Avenue underpass will resume next week, starting what will be the final portion of work on the project that first began in 2007. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said late yesterday that JTJ Contracting Ltd. will start to set up temporary traffic control lights […]
Staff With the reconstruction of portions of Victoria Avenue (Front to Nelson), Nelson Street (Victoria to Portage), and Veterans Avenue nearing an end, Bay City Contracting Ltd. now will be proceeding to Phase II of the biomass roads project—Portage Avenue from Nelson Street to First Street East. Operations and Facilities […]
Staff The Parks and Cemeteries department will be giving away surplus flowers to residents free of charge tomorrow morning (July 10). From 8 a.m.-noon, flowers will be available for pick-up in the parking lot at Pither’s Point Park (between the “big chair” and office building). There will be a limit […]
Press Release Northern Ontario communities are promoting and strengthening their arts and heritage programming, which, in turn, will help attract tourists and create jobs. The communities are collaborating on the Community Arts and Heritage Education Project (CAHEP). The project will bring workshops and seminars in arts education, heritage, and culture […]
the OPP Kenora OPP received a call Sunday from Totem Lodge in Sioux Narrows reporting that one of its employees had not shown up for work. He could not be located and was reported as missing. Kenora OPP officers and the Emergency Response Team responded and began a search of […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth is hosting an information session on the Canada Student Loans Program and the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant next Tuesday (July 14) from 11 a.m.-noon and again from 1-2 p.m. The local SCCY office is located at 301 Scott St. (the post […]
Press Release As the last weekend in July approaches, residents of the Bigfork Valley are gearing up for the annual North Star Stampede. Running July 24-26 in Effie, Mn., the Friday evening performance starts the weekend at 5 p.m., with the Saturday and Sunday shows starting at 2 p.m. The […]
Dave Ogilvie The almost summer-like weather attracted a large crowd to this year’s Canada Day celebrations in Chapple last Wednesday. Roughly 30 youngsters participated in the “children’s parade,” with Janissa Judson winning the bicycle and helmet supplied by Barwick Service. The kiddies’ picnic table, donated by Barwick Village Restaurant, was […]
Staff With some choppy waves to ride on this year, it was Curtis Boivin who came out on top at the annual bathtub races held at Pither’s Point Park in conjunction with Canada Day activities. With a quick start from the beach, Boivin—now the winner for three years in a […]
