Dear sir: “Come and hunt Ontario’s pristine parks” could soon festoon tourism’s advertisements aimed at attracting big bucks from south of the border if Natural Resources minister John Snobelen refuses to acknowledge the opposing and more popular opinion of “hands off the parks.” As if it was not enough that […]
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Dear sir: I was disappointed once again by the obvious bias and/or ignorance your newspaper has yet again printed! I am referring to your article on last week’s snocross in which you failed to mention the fourth local competitor, Peter Fuhrer. Peter lives in Pinewood, Ont. and to the best […]
Alison Agar continues to recover at Ronald McDonald House in Toronto with her mom, Wendy, three weeks after receiving her third kidney transplant at Sick Children’s Hospital there. “She’s doing very well,” her father, Doug, a teacher at Fort Frances High School, said Monday. But she must remain in Toronto […]
Dear editor: The statistics quoted in the Times on Feb. 16 with regard to cellular phones are most interesting. For five years, people here in the district tried to convince Bell that cell phones were a good idea but they always said there would not be enough users. It is […]
Quitting smoking is hard–just ask Debbie Kempf. At least two good stabs at it in the past few years ended when she lit a cigarette. But the Fort Frances woman is bound and determined to kick the habit for good when she butts out March 1 as part of the […]
The CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. thoroughly outlined its plan for renovations at Emo hospital at a two-hour meeting last night that attracted about 135 residents. “I think it went over reasonably well,” said Wayne Woods. “People were looking for a meaning behind the renovations, and that’s what […]
The Northwestern Health Unit will look into setting up a needle exchange program for intravenous drug users here following a meeting with various local partners this week. While team leader Ken Allan stressed the proposal is “very early on in the process,” it was agreed the health unit should look […]
In the wake of learning they may be amalgamated with Sioux Narrows, Nestor Falls residents called an emergency meeting last night and passed a motion to propose a merger with Chapple instead. Earlier this month, the province had appointed a commission to study–and decide–what the best restructuring plan would be […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is still short of funds despite passing its budget Friday that called for a $1.37 per capita increase from area municipalities. The hike raises the cost per capita to $33 from $31.73 in 1999, which translates to $10,556 for Fort Frances–and about $70,000 across the Kenora/Rainy […]
“This is not a pleasant position to be in,” Rainycrest administrator Kevin Queen said last week, conceding doubt grows as he still awaits word on a proposal for a 32-bed special needs unit there. “We haven’t had an interview set up,” he added, noting Rainycrest first pitched the proposal to […]
As the town’s computer software is adapted to the year 2000 step-by-step, Civic Centre staff can only wait and see if the repairs are made in time to get property tax bills out. Ed Yu Associates, the Vancouver-based company managing the town’s software, has been able to get some of […]
With four of its six season concerts and two extra ones now wrapped up, “tour de Fort” organizers can enjoy about a four-week breather before the next set of musicians hits the Townshend Theatre stage. “Scruj MacDuhk,” a Celtic band, is slated to perform here March 25, with the a […]
