Dear sir: Whatever happened to people having a choice on how they live their life? I am a smoker. I have been going for coffee every day for years with a group of friends at a restaurant that used to be smoking but is now smoke-free. I still go to […]
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Dear editor: On Monday morning, I heard an unsettling news item on CBC Radio. It was reported that a scientific study has found we can expect to have yearly infestations of forest tent caterpillars in Northwestern Ontario. The reason given was that the insects and viruses that can keep the […]
The local campus of Confederation College has scored another coup with the formal announcement Saturday that it and colleges in Minnesota will be able to share courses via videoconferencing starting this fall. Better still, all Confederation College campuses already linked by Contact North also can access the network thanks to […]
Rebuild the public service. Resource management or resource banishment. Equal pay for equal work. White placards bearing these and other messages marched back and forth on picket lines across town as members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union marked their first week on strike. “The people are willing to […]
The five-day break in the semi-final series between the Borderland Thunder and Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs will do little to quell the growing rivalry between the two teams. The Thunder hold a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven showdown as they face-off against the Bulldogs for Games 3 and 4 tonight […]
Thanks to $90,000 (U.S.) in grants from the Wells Fargo Corp., the Otto Bremer Foundation, and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Confederation College campuses and colleges in Minnesota will share courses via videoconferencing this fall. The announcement was made Saturday during a press conference at the college here, at which […]
One buyer could mean the difference between breaking ground on the River Walk condominium project on Front Street or it never being built. By last Friday, the Fort Frances Non-Profit Housing Committee had agreements and $10,000 deposits from 19 buyers for the proposed 32-unit complex. Town council has said it […]
Construction on Emo’s new water intake system should get started soon now that Ministry of the Environment funding through the Ontario Small Town and Rural development initiative (OSTAR) is in place. The township next will advertise for tenders, as well as seek additional provincial funding through the Northern Ontario Heritage […]
“I just don’t know what makes these people tick.” That’s just one of the comments Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and chief medical officer of the Northwestern Health Unit, could say about the fact Fort Frances council has taken the stance it will address the smoking bylaw issue at its own […]
