Fort Frances and district residents have given a ringing endorsement to the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre that’s to be built at the corner of Second Street East and Reid Avenue in behind the Memorial Sports Centre. No, it wasn’t a campaign issue during a municipal election. […]
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Paige Desmond Atikokan Crisis Centre executive director Donna Kroocmo says the issue most affecting district women is poverty, yet when interviewed and asked about women’s issues, none of the candidates in the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding touched on this point. According to Kroocmo, poverty or the risk of it is […]
Peggy Revell Children in the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding may not be old enough to vote, but local candidates are hoping to catch the ear of parents with promises of child-care solutions come election day. Three of the four main political parties and their local candidates are championing some form […]
Paige Desmond A demographic often forgotten when it comes to counselling, district First Nations’ men now have two unique services available to help them heal through group work. Offered by the Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services Inc.’s Counselling Unit, the “In Search of Your Warrior” program and the men’s […]
Paige Desmond With youth out-migration a proven problem for Northern Ontario, youth employment is a key issue facing the four local candidates in the Oct. 14 federal election. Statistics show the 15-29 age group in Fort Frances decreased by 19.2 percent from 1996-2001 (a comparable decrease to Northern Ontario as […]
Peggy Revell District residents will have the chance to check out what type of home-based businesses are in the area thanks to an expo planned for Friday, Oct. 17 at the Adventure Inn here. “I think [people] are going to be surprised at some of the businesses that are out […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Exceeding its campaign goal of $750,000 by more than $54,000 over the past two weeks, the “Building for the Future” committee has been overwhelmed by the community support for a new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. While more pledges are likely to come in this […]
Jessica George FORT FRANCES—After much planning, the Dance Fire monument is set to be unveiled this Friday (Oct. 10) at 11 a.m. to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the tragic blaze that swept away 17 lives on Thanksgiving Day in 1938. The unveiling will be held at the corner […]
Jessica George With one-in-five people diagnosed with a mental illness in their lives, and with the onset of most mental illnesses occurring shortly after puberty in adolescence, raising awareness for mental illness within the teenage population is pertinent. For these reasons, Nancy Daley, who works at the Canadian Mental Health […]
Mitch Calvert Border control still is a major concern for the tourism industry in Northwestern Ontario. That was the general consensus reached at the North Western Ontario Tourism Association’s annual fall meeting last Thursday in Nestor Falls—but new marketing approaches certainly are in the works to combat the downturn in […]
Jessica George FORT FRANCES—Emergency lights were flashing along McIrvine Road by the railway crossing last Thursday. The surrounding area was littered with wrecked cars, the fields were crowded with concerned and anxious students from the high school, traffic slowed, and emergency personnel worked feverishly to rescue victims using the “jaws […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—In a continuing effort to recruit new doctors to practice in Fort Frances, two members of the local Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee toured eastern Ontario back on Sept. 21-25 as part of the Health Professionals Recruitment Tour. Marlis Bruyere, administrator of the Fort Frances Community Clinic, […]
