Dear sir: So, after much designing and re-designing, we have a new facility with “state of the art equipment”–the theatre called Townshend Theatre. This is great for our town. I was happy to see Natalie MacMaster is coming back to our town, and that she will be playing at the […]
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Dear sir: Re: Student shuttle bus (Daily Bulletin, Sept. 2, 1999). How very thoughtful for the Business Improvement Area to provide a shuttle service for students at the new high school complex. Ironically, the BIA seems ready to shell out dollars to bring students away from school to hang out […]
Dear editor: At a time when victims of tobacco products are aggressively and successfully using a multi-billion-dollar tobacco industry, I can’t imagine why any province, school board, or college would expose itself to an equally aggressive court action. The article, “Battle over smoking smoldering at college,” in last Wednesday’s Fort […]
Nuinsco Resources Ltd.’s plans to build a $1.8-million decline ramp that would facilitate the removal of 1,500 tons of gold zone rock from its Richardson Township site has been postponed. Nuinsco president and COO Garry Hughes said Friday the decision largely was due to a poor gold market. At the […]
Staging the second Labour Day celebration after a 10-year absence, the Fort Frances and District Labour Council saw a good crowd turn out for Monday’s event although it didn’t match last year’s numbers. Kicking off with a pancake breakfast hosted by NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton on Saturday, […]
The summer school program offered to district grade eight students in July came as a financial loss, according to a report presented last night at the Rainy River District School Board’s first regular meeting of the school year. Due to the low enrolment of only 33 pupils from Rainy River […]
For Trudy McCormick, becoming the new staff lawyer at the Rainy River District Legal Clinic for both the Fort Frances and Atikokan offices was an attractive offer for a couple of reasons. First of all, McCormick said she was looking for a new challenge after running a private practice in […]
Despite only being open for a week and a day, complaints about a lack of parking space at the new Fort Frances High School already has prompted the Rainy River District School Board to take action. Murray Quinn, superintendent of plant operations and maintenance for the board, told trustees at […]
The Fort Frances Clinic will make its presence known in southern Ontario later this month in an effort to lure recently-graduated doctors to practise in Northwestern Ontario. Technically called the “health professional recruitment team,” the group–led by clinic administrator Maureen Gartshore–will head to universities in Ottawa, Kingston, Hamilton, London, and […]
With only two teams confirmed and one more a possibility, a local “Go for the Gold” competition no longer is necessary, meaning the squads will advance straight to the regional competition slated Sept. 25 at Donald Young School in Emo. Event organizer Kim Jo Calder, a long-time leader with the […]
Too much cool, rainy weather–and not enough sunshine–has made this year a tough one for giant pumpkin growers across the district, Dr. Ewan Affleck said. While last summer was an incredibly good one for pumpkin growing, Dr. Affleck said this year only a very serious and skilled grower would be […]
It’s been more than a decade since I first heard him speak on the changing demographics of aging. He was a young man but his wisdom was old. For me, that speech was a life-changing event. His name was Ken Dychtwald. And in my excitement, I imagined having him appear […]
