With the Red Apple store here closing at month’s end, Pharmasave owner Kim Metke has got his sights set on moving across the block into the larger location in March. “We’ve been looking at a bigger area for a while,” Metke said yesterday. “But in the last year, it’s become […]
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An increase in enrolment likely will mean the Northwest Catholic District School Board ends up with a budget surplus, the board announced at its regular meeting here Saturday morning. According to a report of revised estimates for the 2000-01 school year from Controller of Finance Chris Howarth, the board is […]
The “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign is closing in fast on its $3.5-million goal after town council, area First Nations, and phone-in pledges raised $570,000 in pledges in less than 24 hours. The campaign total now stands at more than $3.3 million. During a pancake breakfast at La Verendrye […]
A shortage of pharmacists is being blamed for the delay in opening the pharmacy at the Canada Safeway store here but the company’s public affairs manager is optimistic it will be up and running by the end of January. “It has been going a bit slow for us,” admitted John […]
After years of negotiating, and months of controversy, town council brought debate over the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here to a close with its approval of the project Monday night. By approving two changes to zoning bylaws and the closure of streets for the project, the town removed […]
The section of the international bridge which was damaged Dec. 1 when a heavy truck entered the wrong lane will be repaired and re-opened by Jan. 21. In the meantime, southbound traffic will continue to use the centre portion of the bridge normally reserved for heavy trucks and trains. Northbound […]
As a citizen, do you recognize the members of your local fire department as a partner in community services? Your fire department, whether full-time or volunteer, has an important function within your community. When the Fort Frances Fire Department was established many years ago, the Fort Frances Volunteer Fire Brigade […]
In a country like Canada, almost everyone has something to do with wheat. We grow it in vast quantities, we sell it to other nations, we use it in all kinds of bread, buns, and rolls, and we feed it to our animals and poultry. Wheat is an almost indispensable […]
After all these years, I still don’t know if he meant it as a compliment or an insult, or maybe a curious mixture of both. But I clearly remember the words. He looked interested, almost amused, as he said, “You think your work is the most important thing in the […]
It has been discussed for about a decade in Rainy River and now it appears the local Ontario Provincial Police will be getting a bigger and better detachment office. Bill Sobiski, facility manager for the Ontario Realty Corp. in Kenora, confirmed last week the process of improving the detachment has […]
This coming year, it will have been 40 years since the Gerber family made the long journey from their homeland of Switzerland to a farm just west of Fort Frances. In 1961, Johannes Gerber, along with his wife and 12 children, left their home of Basel, in the northwest corner […]
The Muskies exploded for six third-period goals here last Friday night en route to an 8-1 romp over the visiting Chisholm/Cook Bluestreaks. The win also left the black-and-gold undefeated so far this season, including a perfect 2-0 mark against American teams (they had trounced the Falls Broncos 8-3 here last […]
