Local Canadian Alliance party members took the opportunity Saturday to discuss their new leader as well as policy changes that will prevent the bitter infighting that sparked the leadership race in the first place. David Leskowski, who has been named to the national council, the Canadian Alliance party’s governing body, […]
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Dear sir: On behalf of the Kidney Foundation, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the residents of Fort Frances, Couchiching, and Alberton for their generous support in our 2002 March Drive. Due to your contributions, $9,200 was raised. Each day, an average of 12 Canadians learn their […]
Granted, the vast majority of us are not experts on international trade and domestic subsidies, but surely everyone can see there’s something wrong with this picture. The United States, as we all here north of the 49th parallel well know, has slapped crippling countervailing duties and anti-dumping tariffs on Canadian […]
The placards are in trash cans and strike headquarters may be empty, but thousands of Ontario public service workers were hardly whistling as they returned to work Monday. “I’m not happy with it,” said Rachel Hill, a senior technician with the Ministry of Natural Resources here just before she voted […]
It began with delegates from 33 countries around the globe pledging to make the world a safer place. Through workshops, presentations, and discussions on safety programs, the World Health Organization’s 11th International and 5th National Conference on Safe Communities which kicked off here Tuesday morning aims to do just that. […]
They watched silently as the Rainy River District School Board voted last Wednesday night to close three local schools and expand J.W. Walker. But parents say the fight to keep Alberton Central open is far from over. “We may have lost the battle, but the war is still ongoing and […]
Once again, the local chapter of Ducks Unlimited garnered strong support for its annual fundraising banquet—to the estimated tune of more than $42,000. “That’s about the ballpark. We were shooting for $50,000 so it’s a bit down from past years,” said local DU chair Barney Maher. “But I’m quite happy […]
Local MP Robert Nault, also the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, has invited district municipal councillors to spend several days in Ottawa in order to gain an inside look at how the federal government operates. “We’ve been thinking about how to get the leadership engaged in federal issues and […]
With word Tuesday that the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association is disbanding at the end of June, the City of Dryden is buying up NORA’s assets. But it now may only serve four areas—and for a greater price tag. “We have to recycle, we have a plant here, so this is […]
