To the editor: The last time I checked, Canada was still a democracy. Fort Frances, however, is starting to feel a little like the former Soviet Union. In my opinion, the “Office of the Mayor” has no right to grant exclusive rights to any business or person to provide a […]
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Dear sir: The Chapple Heritage Committee in Barwick wishes to invite former residents to our 100th anniversary as a municipality. Chapple Centennial Weekend will be held from Friday evening, July 30, 1999 to Monday morning, Aug. 2, 1999. Full information packages, including a tentative itinerary, accommodation listings, and registration forms, […]
Dear sir: I mentioned to a friend that I attended the Friday, Jan. 8 public meeting on the “Y2K” problem at the Salvation Army Citadel. My friend asked me if I had been converted? The session was not about religion but an information session on “Y2K” (which, by the way, […]
Dear editor: Here we go again! Let’s have the Town of Fort Frances run a feasibility study now on hockey schools! What do they have to do with it anyway? We, as parents, decide if, where, and when our children go to hockey school. We’ll be missing a golden opportunity […]
Dear sir: I am writing in response to a request from a resident of Marble, Mn. who is searching for information concerning a family connection in the Rainy River District. The person concerned is Art (Arthur?) Pelkey. He may have lived on Rainy Lake, and at some point returned to […]
Confederation College campus manager Don Lovisa is back home from a five-week mission to the Ukraine to forward business education in that economically struggling country. The college has had an office in the Ukraine for three years, operating in a partnership between the Canadian and Ukrainian governments called Small Business […]
The Safe Communities Incentive Program (SCIP) is looking for small businesses to join in its continuing efforts to make the workplace safe for the year ahead. Last year, 92 district businesses participated in SCIP, part of the Workplace Safety Insurance Board’s prevention initiative to reduce workplace injuries. “The 1998 SCIP […]
Fort Frances should hope for the best but prepare for the worst was the message the Year 2000 Action Group brought to Monday night’s regular council meeting. Group spokesman Eric Alcock, an envoy with the Salvation Army here, urged councillors to take “strong leadership” in raising community awareness of the […]
The local Professional Fire Fighters Association is hot under the collar over council’s decision to replace a full-time firefighter on sick leave by six part-time volunteers. The topic arose briefly during Monday night’s council meeting when Mayor Glenn Witherspoon and Coun. Struchan Gilson brought forward concerns from local residents over […]
Some 300 km of trails within District #17 of the Sunset Country Snowmobile Club soon will reap the benefits from its latest investment. The club purchased a new groomer, which arrived here fresh off the assembly line yesterday. The 1999 BR 180 Bombardier model replaces the groomer bought in 1992. […]
Marg Nelson and Betty McLeod go to exercise class for different reasons but they both leave feeling the same positive effects of ‘doing their bodies good”. They are among 22 local seniors and women with disabilities like multiple sclerosis who are taking steps to ward off the sedentary lifestyle and […]
Peter Spuzak is hoping for several more recommendations of support, like the one in principle from Fort Frances town council earlier this week, for a ring scale at the Stratton sales barn. Spuzak, president of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association, said his group wants to include several letters of support […]
