The fundraising drive is still on for the United Native Friendship Centre’s “canoe-athon” to improve the youth drop-in centre. U.N.F.C youth workers Brad Herbert, R.J. Comeau, Darwin Woods and a fourth volunteer will launch just south of the dam and canoe from Fort Frances to Rainy River, including the Manitou […]
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Alberton council is looking for a contractor to build the “Millennium Skating Rink” there this fall. Following a lengthy dispute on how to spend a Heritage Fund grant from the provincial government, Alberton town council and residents have approved a new project, a rink facility, for residents. “It’s going to […]
The skill and interest area youth have in raising cattle was apparent at this year’s beef competitions at the Emo Fair. Healthy, heavy cattle lined the fair’s cattle barn throughout the weekend as 4-H members showed of their club projects to hundreds of people who trekked through the barns or […]
Dear editor: I am writing this letter as I feel a situation has gone on in this community too long and there appears no likelihood of it changing in the near future. I am speaking about the strike between the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living and its […]
Dear Mr. Behan: We are fortunate in the Town of Fort Frances to have dedicated citizens who are willing to give their time to our community through service on both our Town Council and as our Mayor. In last weeks editorial it was suggested that our Mayor personally make the […]
To the editor: I read the quotes by Alanna Barr in last Wednesday’s paper about the strike. She chooses her words very well. I think the key sentence is “the services still being offered.” It is the services not being offered that concern me. As a parent of a handicapped […]
Dear editor, Hi. I am writing to you to let you know how bad I feel for the F.F.D.A.C.L. clients. It is a shame that this strike can’t be worked out for them. I know how I would feel because at one time I worked as a client. I worked […]
Dear editor: To help the town of Fort Frances create needed revenue it should bottle and sell water from our town. Because it is excellent tasting water and it would be sellable. Perhaps even call it “Cold Rainy Lake Water.” From, Bobby Gillon
Dear Mr. Mike Behan: Drinking water is getting plenty of media attention these days. It is right for Canadians to expect a clean and safe water supply. But what about the air we breathe? Second-hand cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals. Over 50 of these are known to cause […]
The softwood lumber dispute is hurting, and it is affecting district residents. With local sawmills curtailing production and larger mills making major cutbacks, all sectors of the forest economy in Northwestern Ontario are hurting. Even the trucking industry delivering the materials to the U.S. lumber retailers are being hurt. One […]
Dear sir: My thirteen year old daughter, Kristina Bombay, was invited to perform at this year’s “Quest for the Best” as a guest performer. I am proud to say that her performance was phenomenal. It takes a great deal of courage and talent for any performer to stand in front […]
Laboratory examinations of five soil samples taken from backyards that were covered in effluent when an underground pipe was broken two weeks ago have found no sign of health-hazardous contents. Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. samples were tested by Envirotest Laboratories and have already been returned and interpreted by a Ministry of Health […]
