Dear editor: At the risk of alienating the Times readership, I feel compelled to pen one more letter about the Harris government’s money mismanagement. If you have watched any Ontario-based TV channel lately, you no doubt have seen our millions of tax dollars at work in education ministry commercials. What […]
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Dear sir: I would like to congratulate Rainy River District for exceeding last year’s work-for-welfare placement target. By creating 55 placements last year, Rainy River District helped local welfare recipients get the skills, job experience, and self-confidence they need to move from welfare to work. Taxpayers demand high standards and […]
Dear sir: We are sure that by now, many of you are aware the teachers at Fort Frances High School–as well a countless other high schools across Ontario–have withdrawn their services from all extra-curricular activities. This is due to the fact that members of the OSSTF are being forced to […]
Alex Parent knows the importance of research. That’s why he’s reading the biography, “Terry Fox–His Story.” And come the end of the month, the 11-year-old Fort Frances resident will share what he’s learned with his grade six classmates at St. Francis School when he gives a book report on his […]
The collection of the second instalment of taxes for the year 2000 here has been set back another month. The latest due date for tax bills to be returned has been pushed back to Oct. 31 as the municipal computer system is adjusted to accommodate the province’s 10-5-5 cap of […]
All students and staff using computers now must sign an agreement to comply with the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s “acceptable usage policy” after trustees approved it during Saturday’s meeting at Our Lady of the Way in Stratton. “[Acceptable usage policies] seem to be a prevalent in the business world […]
“No more Toronto.” That’s how John Rutherford, co-ordinator of the sixth-annual Corel’s Northwestern Ontario Schools’ Chess Championships, described what was eliminated for regional chess winners thanks to a motion passed at the annual meeting of Ottawa’s Chess Federation of Canada in July which gives Northwestern Ontario “provincial” status. And that […]
Local support for cancer research was visibly strong Sunday afternoon as some 150 participants took to the streets here and raised at least $8,500 during the annual Terry Fox Run. As of Tuesday afternoon, the total was $8,540 but organizer Joan Pearson, executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, […]
Protesters who have been sitting in the Seine River First Nation band office since last Monday have now been locked out of the front of the building. Three of the band’s councillors and their supporters have been sitting in the band office demanding the resignation of Chief John Kabatay and […]
After being on hold for four years, Confederation College’s practical nursing program is off the ground here again thanks to Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. With an enrolment of 18 students, the program now is being conducted in a lab modified by staff at La Verendrye hospital–a partnership commemorated during […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board overspent its school renewal budget for 1999-2000 by some $21,000 after undertaking major renovations and repairs over the summer.
The Red Tape Commission made its final Northwestern Ontario stop in Fort Frances yesterday, fielding complaints of provincial regulations and procedures that have hampered day-to-day operations in the district. “There actually has been a fairly diverse list of issues,” said MPP Bob Wood, co-chair of the commission which has been […]
