The eight-week strike by tens of thousands of public servants could be over soon after a tentative deal was reached between the province and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. “I’m relieved we’re at this stage,” said Bob Dakin, president of OPSEU Local #711 here. “On the surface, it looks […]
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Is the water at local schools safe? That’s what the Rainy River District School Board is trying to determine following the discovery of high levels of lead at a Thunder Bay school. Murray Quinn, superintendent of plant and maintenance, said Tuesday the board has been keeping a close eye on […]
The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau recognized the work of 13 local volunteers with certificates of appreciation at its sixth-annual dinner last week, which was attended by about 100 people at the Legion. Here is a synopsis of what each contributed this past year, mainly off the strength of the annual […]
A $66,000 provincial investment will help First Nations and aboriginal associations across the north share knowledge and expertise to provide better local services to their communities, Northern Development and Mines minister Jim Wilson announced Friday. Wilson, who also chairs the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp., was in Thunder Bay for […]
As a child, June Kowalchuk watched her mother meticulously design eggs in preparation for Ukrainian Easter. For more than half-a-century, Kowalchuk has continued that tradition for Ukrainian Easter, which is being celebrated on Sunday this year, but she fears it is dying out. “My mother taught me years and years […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. was awarded $147,000 for the installation of draining tiles on agricultural land in the area as part of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.’s announcement of more than $2.7 million to Northwestern Ontario last Friday. “By improving community infrastructure, by helping expand opportunities in […]
With smiles and hugs, 30 students from Quebec City were welcomed to Fort Frances over the weekend. This week, they’re on a cultural exchange with students at St. Francis School, practising English and learning about life in Northwestern Ontario. “It’s very small,” said Helene Maquennetian just hours after arriving in […]
“I am excited about the new product coming to Scrap-A-Bit,” noted Meredith Croswell, adding they have a request for stamps just about every day at her store and decided it would be a great avenue to pursue. “The new stamps arriving, any day in fact, are from Magenta in Quebec,” […]
The boys are back in town. Four years after disbanding, the Rainy River Legion fastball team made an official return to the Rainy River District Fastball League last week. “We had about 14 guys in town who wanted to play and we just wanted to be closer to home,” said […]
When it comes to bowling, Mildred Ouellette is her own biggest critic. Being the oldest bowler in town at 91 (or as she puts it, “so they tell me”) gives her that right. “I’ve been up and down this [season],” said Ouellette, who plays in the Thursday afternoon ladies coffee […]
The Fort Frances Museum now owns a piece of district police history after S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis donated the 1913 journal of Cst. Kenneth Campbell—one of the area’s first provincial police officers—on Monday morning. “It’s fascinating in the sense that here we had a fella who policed the entire district, travelling […]
The North Western Ontario Tourism Association is hoping the end is in sight to a border-crossing issue that cropped up last year. “We’ve been working with [Canada] Customs. A lot of the problems we’ve had last summer we’ve worked on,” said NWOTA president Tom Pearson, who also owns Camp Narrows […]
