The Northwestern Health Unit may be one of the best in Ontario, but it soon will be acting on a long list of recommendations contained in an operational review delivered here Tuesday night by Calgary-based Blackwell Group. “The overall performance is very good,” said Denise Blackwell, who, along with John […]
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The “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee will have to wait until council’s next meeting Dec. 10 to find out whether the town will contribute $50,000 towards a feasibility study. While the committee asked council Monday night to contribute the money to help pay for the study, which would be necessary to […]
Finger-pointing. Name-calling. Tit for tat. Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah. These are the kinds of things you’d expect to hear on an elementary school yard, not coming from those we’ve entrusted to lead us. Yet that’s precisely the petty garbage we’ve been inundated with since Monday between Premier Mike Harris and Prime Minister Jean […]
Jennifer Carmody and Megan Bob will be attending the Ontario Winter Games in Cambridge in March after making the Northwestern Ontario ringette team. The pair, who play for the Emo Bandits, were invited to try out for the regional team back in September. “So we drove up to Thunder Bay […]
It may have been American Thanksgiving last week but Stratton skip Bryan Bonot should give thanks to three things at the senior men’s district playdowns last weekend in Nipigon: his brother, his biggest rival, and his own clutch extra-end shot. It was those three things which handed Don Brunton (Sioux […]
Dear sir: In the early morning of last Saturday, a fire occurred at our residence which consumed our travel trailer and extensively damaged the garage and its contents. The experience was horrifying for us but there is no doubt it would have been much worse if not for the competent […]
Dear Mr. Editor: It was with great disappointment that Atikokan Township council members read the negative comments written about Atikokan in the Nov. 14 edition of the Fort Frances Times by Harry Vandetti. Harry is entitled to his opinion when he refers to our community as a “sad place.” However, […]
Dear sir: Many items in the news in the past several years have prompted me to mumble to myself or to blurt out loud that I am going to write a letter to the editor. Well, something has finally spurred me to action. I have been silent too long. Actually, […]
It was a tough way to end a tough week. The Muskie boys’ hockey team dropped a 8-0 decision to the visiting International Falls Broncos in exhibition action last night. The Broncos set the tone in the first period, outshooting the Muskies 17-2 and grabbing a 3-0 lead off goals […]
