Thunder Bay OPP had closed Highway 17, between Highway 11 and 102, earlier today due to a serious motor vehicle collision. It was not known by press time how long the Trans-Canada will remain closed. Other details of the accident also weren’t available by late this morning as investigating officers […]
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Local Safeway employees voted overwhelmingly in support of the “Community Chest” as their new charity, Safeway manager Mike Scott said Friday. The Community Chest provides financial assistance to local families facing expenses due to medical emergencies. Rainycrest Home for the Aged was second in the balloting by employees, with the […]
Can’t find the right job? Don’t even know where to start? A free week-long employment action program called “Jobs NOW,” which starts here Monday, might be able to help you. “It’s really the beginning of a series of workshops that will held throughout Northwestern Ontario,” said Carol Leduc, manager of […]
The Borderland Thunder announced a slew of roster changes Friday morning prior to heading to Thunder Bay for a crucial three-game series against the last-place Wolves. Two deals made Wednesday night saw defenceman Marty Hanson, along with future considerations, shipped to the Waywayseecappo Wolverines of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce no longer needs to hold an election for its board of directors for 2002 because Tannis Drysdale, past president of the Chamber and current president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, withdrew. That means the other nominees in the running will be […]
Fort Frances is staying aboard the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association despite word Kenora council has voted to take on its own recycling operations when its agreement with NORA ends next year. “We’re hopeful the collective approach is doable,” CAO Bill Naturkach said Thursday morning. “We’re now looking at putting together […]
Organizers of the annual Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ hockey tournament, which gets underway here tomorrow morning at the Memorial Sports Centre, expect another solid weekend of competition. “We’ll have some exhibition games [here this season] but this is probably the best opportunity to showcase this team in front of our hometown,” […]
Jeanette Christine Mondor, 47, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 at La Verendrye Health Centre, with her loving family and friends at her bedside. Jeanette was born to Albert and Evelyn Bedard on June 29, 1954, and lived in Fort Frances, Ont. all her life, making her home at 415 […]
Bernice Gesine Wiedenhoeft, 84, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Friday, Nov. 23, 2001. She was born May 17, 1917 in Siren, Wis. to the late Gabriel and Ruth Tjomsland. Mrs. Wiedenhoeft attended and graduated from the Siren High […]
Yvonne Rose Zimowski (nee Duivenvoorden) passed away with her family at her side at St. Joseph’s Hospice in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Friday, Nov. 23, 2001 after a very courageous battle with cancer. Yvonne is remembered by her loving husband, Cas; daughters, Shannon and Karleen; father, Theodore; and brothers and […]
Dear sir: Now, let’s get this correct. The North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) is in trouble because not enough tourists are coming to their camps. So to correct this problem, they want to make it easier for convicted drunk drivers to come to Canada. And the editorial in last […]
