The nomination date has been set, but there are no candidates on the ballot yet. The new Conservative Party of Canada’s riding association for the proposed Thunder Bay-Rainy River has decided to hold two nomination meetings. The first will be held in Fort Frances on Friday, March 12 while the […]
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The 2004 “chem-free” grad committee will hold its second meeting Tuesday night, with the group still looking for more parents to help with organizing this popular event each June. “We can always use more. Any of the grad parents, we’d appreciate it if they could come out,” said Joyce Martinson, […]
You know winter is more than half over when thoughts turn to fishing. Perhaps that’s why renowned pro walleye angler Gary Roach’s seminars were so enthusiastically received at Pinewood Sports and Marine here last Wednesday. Roach—a.k.a. “Mr. Walleye”—gave two lectures in the showroom, which were attended by roughly 200 people […]
The Fort Frances Midget ‘AA’ Canadians no longer are the only undefeated team in the Manitoba Eastman Midget Hockey League after dropping a sloppy 4-3 decision to the visiting La Broquerie Habs at the Ice for Kids Arena here Sunday. The Canadians got off to a rocky start, allowing three […]
With news two weeks ago that the town is facing a $2.8-million deficit, which could translate into a 67.5 percent tax hike for residents, council and town staff have been working hard to determine what it has to do balance the budget. And while no details have been revealed as […]
Ontario Lt.-Gov. James K. Bartleman has seized the opportunity to make a difference to the people who will benefit most from his personal experience of life from an aboriginal perspective. On Monday, Bartleman made a stop on his three-week campaign through Northwestern Ontario at Big Grassy First Nation to officially […]
Sioux Lookout resident Susan Barclay has filed the necessary papers to seek the NDP nomination for the proposed new riding of Kenora in the next election. As first reported in last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, Barclay ran for the NDP in the Kenora-Rainy River riding in 2000—garnering 21 percent of the […]
Council has scheduled more time to talk about the controllable costs it will have to make some tough decisions about in order to tackle the town’s 2004 deficit woes. The committee of the whole will meet Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Civic Centre, Clerk Glenn Treftlin said Thursday morning. […]
While organizers agreed the annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner Sunday night at La Place Rendez-Vous was a definite success, seeing 275 people come together and raise $16,200 to provide financial aid to local families who may need help to cover medical costs, it also was a time for Aileen Brown […]
On Sunday evening, my wife, Marnie, and I joined with a great number of district people who stuffed themselves in to the annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous. The evening is a fundraiser to assist district families who have someone suffering from an illness and need financial […]
The only way to tell now if cattle have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is to kill the animals and microscopically examine their brains. But a simple blood test—suitable for live cattle—soon could replace that tedious and costly process, according to a recent announcement in the United Kingdom. A company called […]
Valentine’s Day is a romantic holiday. A day when lovers around the world give chocolates and fancy cards to each other. The day is named after St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers, who was martyred Feb. 14, 269 A.D. St. Valentine lived during the reign of Emperor Claudius II […]
