BARWICK—The condemned meat at Sunrise Meat and Sausage in Barwick was set to be rendered Thursday, but the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Foods, and Rural Affairs instead has agreed to another hearing on the matter on Friday. “Late today we received a call saying we have another hearing,” Amos Brielmann […]
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FORT FRANCES—With the town seeing an unusual amount of improperly-completed ballots turned in for the Nov. 13 municipal election, voters who have done so are getting a second chance. Election staff previously had allowed those who failed to include their signed declaration with their ballot to get a replacement one […]
“Our Irish Blessing” David Wayne Roach, 50, of Apt. #113-1301, Elizabeth St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye Hospital on Monday, Nov. 6, 2006. He was born March 17, 1956 in Fort Frances to William and Kathleen Roach. Dave was raised in Fort Frances and was part of […]
Nearly 300 residents from across Rainy River District packed the Barwick Hall last night to support Paul and Susan Peters, owners of Sunrise Meat and Sausage there, and to hear an update about the condemned meat at their plant. Another hearing with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural […]
Joan Taylor, left, Ed Haglund, and Betty Newman, of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Br. #29 Poppy Fund committee, along with Larry Cousineau, chair of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, and Wendy Derendorf of the Poppy Fund committee, surrounded nurse manager Glenna Morand as she demonstrated the new CPM (Continuous […]
Darryl Allan, Information and Technology manager for the town, demonstrated to mayoral and councillor candidates how one of the two electronic voting tabulators to be used this coming Monday works during a meeting Thursday afternoon at the Civic Centre. At a processing rate of 500 votes an hour, the election […]
Jenna Nowak and Michael Brady danced and sang with the chorus in the opening number, “Barbie Girl,” of Fort Frances High School’s musical revue “When Boy Meets Girl” at the Townshend Theatre on Thursday night. The show ran for three nights, and featured a mix of group and solo numbers. […]
Gayle Arpin petted “Lady” on Wednesday afternoon—a four-year-old Rocky Mountain Horse who has resided at Arpin’s Alberton farm for about a year. She posesses the signature colour of the breed—chocolate brown, with a white mane and tail. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Renowned Canadian curler Guy Hemmings, right, helped his teammates bring a rock down the ice late yesterday afternoon during a demonstration game at the Fort Frances Curling Club where local curlers entered a draw to play with or against him. Hemmings also took time to offer tips to local junior […]
No matter what happens with Abitibi-Consolidated’s application to the Ontario Energy Board to transfer ownership of the hydro-electric generating facilities to a separate income trust, the 1905 historic power agreement is not in danger. That’s the message the town, Fort Frances Power Corp., and Abitibi is trying to get across […]
With five days to go before the votes are tallied, just over 2,700 ballots had been returned to the town as of late yesterday. But like other municipalities in the province using the mail-in ballot system, too many have come back without the signed declaration form and the town wants […]
Dear Mr. Editor: I would like to correct Coun. Wiedenhoeft. Matters of public health care are not to be kept secret, and the act he refers to does not allow council to hide these documents—nor suppress the $1 million of taxpayers’ money—to the point where the public cannot receive, review, […]
