Town council received a series of images to choose from Monday night in order to make their recommendation for the next set of banners to be put up as part of Phase II of the “Gateway to Canada” initiative. Unlike the last set of banners, which were meant to specifically […]
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The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is expecting to lose about $397,000 in funding from Atikokan after that town’s coal-fired generating station closes in 2007—a sum that will have to be recouped by other district municipalities. The figure was brought forward at the board’s regular monthly meeting last […]
Several members of the public made a plea last Thursday night to modify the rule curve for Rainy Lake to keep water lower in the spring in order to avoid flooding later on in the year. “For five years we’ve had the new rule curve and Rainy Lake has had […]
After giving the go-ahead to proceed with installing playground equipment at three local parks, town council also agreed Monday night to consider replacing that which was removed from Pither’s Point Park last summer. “That is an area where a lot of people from the community go,” said Mayor Dan Onichuk, […]
When Glen Gunderson retired from teaching in Fort Frances a decade ago, he and his wife, Sylvia, were looking forward to spending time with their ever-growing family. Their four children were growing up and starting families of their own, scattered all over the country and beyond, but somehow, they all […]
After first mulling over extending Daylight Savings Time an extra two months, the United States now is all but certain to extend it by a few weeks—from the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday of November (instead of from early April through the end of October)—starting this fall. […]
Dear sir: Last week I had the pleasure of working with Ted Menzies, the Conservative critic for international trade. Why should our region care about international trade? A manufacturer in our region has stopped shipping product because raw materials are stuck on a dock in Vancouver during a labour dispute. […]
Dear Mr. Editor: I would like to comment on an incident that has taken place in Fort Frances. Last May, I made a concrete stepping stone (eight-inch diameter) with a stained glass inlay of a red petunia. It took me a long time to make it and was a real […]
Dear sir: It is a very interesting fact that the federal ministers of Canada don’t use their full names on their oaths! If a person’s name that appears on an oath is not the same name as that on the birth certificate, then there is no continuation of evidence that […]
Motorists will have to slow down a little when passing schools come September after town council Monday night passed a bylaw to amend the Traffic Control Bylaw and establish “school zones.” The amendment to Bylaw 10/03 means there now are “school zones” at St. Michael’s, Huffman, Robert Moore, and J.W. […]
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