If you think public libraries are only about books, you can file that thought under fiction. They’re at the forefront of the digital communications age. That’s what Ontario Public Library Week 2002 is all about, said Shirley Sheppard, head librarian at the Emo Public Library, adding public libraries are committed […]
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Dear sir: The fervent response of so many Canadians to the news that Ron MacLean’s contract for Hockey Night In Canada was not being renewed struck a chord. CBC reportedly was bombarded with 10,000 e-mails demanding that Ron be retained at any price. As a result of the public outcry, […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Concerned citizens of Fort Frances were wondering if a local pool can be started predicting how many hours, days, weeks, or months it will be before Public Works feels it necessary to dig a hole in our newly-paved Scott Street. Signed, Al Peterson and Rob Gillon
Dear sir: Well-known and long-time tournament angler Mike Baranowski of Nestor Falls has created quite a stir lately with his ongoing series of letters to the editor and we wish to add our perspective. Concerned that Mike’s first few letters may, in some way, be referring to the Fort Frances […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Certainly not by choice, nor by travel preference, I have been privileged to spend the last six weeks (before and after spinal surgery) at the Port Arthur General and La Verendrye hospitals. During that period, I was looked after by probably 50 or 60 different nurses and […]
As the recent outcry over Ron MacLean’s contract dispute with the CBC showed, decisions can be overturned if enough people raise their voices in protest. That same grassroots “power” now is needed among Northwestern Ontario residents to pressure the provincial government to provide adequate funding to the University of Guelph […]
Operators of the Thunder Bay research station had hoped for good news this Thanksgiving, but it appears it still will close at the end of the month as previously announced. Gord Scheifele, research co-ordinator for Northwestern Ontario and crop technology advisor at the Thunder Bay research station, said yesterday that […]
The owner of a local sawmill said he doesn’t want hand-outs from Ottawa, he wants the softwood lumber dispute with the United States resolved. Kendal Lundy, president and owner of Nickel Lake Lumber, about 20 km east of Fort Frances, was not impressed by the $246.5-million aid package announced last […]
Dr. Pete Sarsfield said he’s preparing to take the hard line with area business owners who don’t have their customers “butt out.” “I was hoping we’d be ready by Oct. 1. or even Sept. 1, but right now, I’d say by mid-November or Dec. 31,” the CEO and chief medical […]
The arts community may lose its biggest showcase with organizers warning the annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts may not go ahead this year. “There is a serious chance the festival won’t go next year if we don’t get more help,” stressed John Jankiewicz, president of the […]
Town residents could see digital cell phone service here in the near future, Doug McCaig of Fort Frances Network Services said during Tuesday night’s regular council meeting. Using the tower outside Robert Moore School, this expanded service would mean more options for cellular phone customers, who’ve only had the option […]
With the lead slipping away, Ashlyn Jewell knew it was a choice between desire and disaster. “We wanted this one bad,” said Jewell, who along with her Muskie junior girls’ basketball teammates, turned wanting into winning in a 29-18 victory over the visiting Kenora Broncos yesterday afternoon for their first […]
