Some 1,400 teenagers from across the district got a “no nonsense” lesson in smart risk-taking when the theatrical production, “HEROES,” took to the stage at Fort High last week. The program–a show about life choices–addressed teens in grades eight through 12, as well as a number of those now out […]
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Atikokan residents once again can drink tap water without having to boil it first after three consecutive samples came back negative for the Cryptosporidium bacteria. The Northwestern Health Unit lifted its “boil water” advisory last Friday. It was issued Oct. 14 after a sample taken by the Ontario Clean Water […]
After negotiating for six months, the Northwest Catholic District School Board finally ratified a tentative contract with its teachers at last Saturday’s regular meeting in Dryden. The two-year agreement, which will expire Aug. 31, 2000, should solve the previous problem of inequities between the former Dryden Separate School Board and […]
Town council voted unanimously Monday night to sign a contract with Northwest Energy, which would allow the town to buy its power on an aggregate basis with 10 other municipalities from Kenora to Schreiber. Public Utilities Commissioner Doug McCaig, who has been working on the Northwest Energy concept for the […]
Division managers for the town have less than a week to find another $410,000 that can be removed from the system to allow council to pass the 1999 budget with no tax increase at its next meeting Monday. Council debated the budget in-camera for several hours before the last council […]
Local members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the International Association of Aerospace Workers last night ratified a six-year contract with Abitibi-Consolidated. Members with IAM Local 771 ratified the deal by 78 percent. Numbers for the IBEW Local 1774 vote were unknown by press time. Mill manager Jim […]
The water level on Rainy Lake may now be sufficient to make for a good spring after the International Joint Commission ordered a further decrease in its outflow in mid-November. Currently at 336.83 m (roughly 1,105 feet), but still 1.6 feet under the minimum level of the rule curve, Rick […]
Fort Frances Little Theatre is looking for interested actors and stage technicians to come out this Sunday for auditions in an effort to stage Tennessee William’s classic play, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Open auditions will be held upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum from 1-4 p.m. and again from 6:30-8:30 […]
After hearing federal Finance minister Paul Martin give a thumbs down to plans by four of the Canada’s five largest banks to merge on Monday, local bank managers have offered mixed responses to how they and their corporations are approaching the decision. “We haven’t really had time to consider the […]
Winners of the Legion’s annual Remembrance Day poetry, prose, and poster contest were rewarded for their efforts Monday at Fort Frances High School. Bob Cupp, Roly Crawford, and Betty Newman, members of the Legion’s benevolent committee, were on hand to award 21 students from J.W. Walker and Robert Moore elementary […]
Organizers of the first “Magical House and Light Tour,” held here Sunday evening, are dancing on cloud nine after it exceeded all their expectations–raising $2,500 in the process. Staged as a fundraiser for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care, 125 people took up the opportunity to tour six local homes […]
With Christmas once again upon us, we pause to remember the simple joys of days gone by. But though times have changed, the true spirit of the holiday season remains forever constant. This was true at the annual Christmas Chorale held at the Emo Christian Reformed Church before a packed […]
