At its regular meeting last Tuesday night, Emo council highlighted and discussed the new handi-van, which was partially funded by the township as well as the municipalities of La Vallee, Chapple, and Morley. Three dollars per capita was provided by the four municipalities totalling $10,578, with a $45,000 grant from […]
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With the goal to start construction in 2010, the library building committee is working hard on revising plans for a new Fort Frances Public Library. Library board chair Joyce Cunningham, who returned last week from the Ontario Library Association conference in Toronto along with head librarian Margaret Sedgwick, has been […]
Negotiations between local secondary occasional teachers and the Rainy River District School Board have broken off, and the teachers are planning to begin low-level sanctions starting this Monday (Feb. 20). “Our collective agreement is one of the poorest ones in the province and our members are tired of seeing it […]
Members of four local unions participated in an information picket in front of La Verendrye Hospital here Tuesday to protest the creation of Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario. “We see them as an opening for privatization and competitive bidding,” said Danny Scheibli, a CUPE national rep for Northwestern […]
Kids once again will have something to play on at Pither’s Point Park after town council approved the purchase of new playground equipment there under the 2006 budget. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown noted in a report that the Operations and Facilities executive committee recommended one adult swing, one […]
It’s clear local residents are excited about the upcoming all-Ontario boys’ hockey tournament, which Fort Frances is hosting March 22-25. That because the 700 passes up for grabs sold out within days. But don’t worry if you haven’t picked up your OFSAA 2006 pass because ticket sales simply are on […]
While the Fort Frances Community Clinic’s application for a Family Health Team (FHT) already has been submitted to the province, Mayor Dan Onichuk feels there should have been more consultation with local residents and other district communities. And in an effort to rectify that in the future, the mayor said […]
Canada’s performance at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy has followed the same old song and dance so far: high hopes not translating into medals. And frankly, it’s beginning to sound like a broken record. Heading into the Turin Games, there was talk of Canada hauling in as many as […]
“Don’t keep quitting—you know what I mean.” That’s the advice that Sherry passed on to me the other day. Sherry is a gym fanatic who spends many evenings playing squash at the Memorial Sports Centre here and it was her encouragement that spawned this column. They tell me that controlling […]
Dr. Julian Whitaker is one of my favourite wellness gurus. I take his advice on how to get my cholesterol down and how to retard the growth of cataracts. I listen to what he says about a healthy diet, and I subscribe to his monthly newsletter called “Health & Healing: […]
“There’s a story in our town of the prettiest girl around, golden hair and eyes of blue . . .” Was Johnny Cash singing about our Gabby Hanzuk, the popular provider of Meals on Wheels and the main reason I’m staying in great condition? And now Gabriella (her real name) […]
