The Fort Frances Armwrestling Club is gearing up to host the Northwestern championships Feb. 7 at Memorial Arena in conjunction with the Little Amik Winter Carnival. Attracting several former world champion competitors, the double-elimination tourney will feature a variety of weight classes in both the men’s and women’s left and […]
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Many people, at least around here, appear willing to accept a reduction in limits for such fish as walleye, bass and northern from six to four. Those who support such a move are quick to point to Rainy Lake, which seems to be rebounding after walleye limits there were cut […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Your paper last week carried the obituary for Don McNabb, and I noticed it mentioned the fact that for some time he trucked milk to Kenora. I would like to elaborate a little on this part of his life. This was in his younger days, in fact […]
Dear editor: I’d like to take this opportunity to write in reaction to the article which appeared in Thursday’s edition of the Daily Bulletin concerning whether or not the town should bring in a new “no-alcohol” policy for the planned ice rink auditorium. At present, no such policy is in […]
To the editor: You may remember me as Bob Cottam, the guy with the plaid tam that has become my trademark apparently. From time to time, I have written about numerous subjects, and I hope you, the readers, have found them interesting. I have written on several occasions regarding our […]
A last-minute directive from the provincial Education Improvement Commission will see the new district school board trustees sworn in before Jan. 1, as well as the election of the new chairs and vice-chairs. The EIC has asked all boards to have their inaugural meeting and be legally in power by […]
Reaction to a proposed cut to daily fish limits from six to four for most species in Northwestern Ontario continues to be mixed, with about 60 percent of those on hand at a meeting here last night voting informally in favour of the changes. The two-and-a-half hour seminar and question-and-answer […]
Kevin Elliott is in a one-of-a-kind job these days. And if he has anything to do with it, that distinction will soon be a thing of the past. Elliott, a 14-year conservation officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources (the last six have been spent at the district office here), […]
Municipalities across the district are breathing a sigh of relief this week after the province’s latest “download” costs released Friday mean each has to come up with a 1.7 percent savings based on their 1996 budgets. The province also outlined exactly how much each will get from the so-called community […]
If you are thinking about donating food or clothing to the Atikokan Crisis Centre for the upcoming Christmas season, staff there won’t refuse it. But they’ll likely say there’s a better venue for those items. “Donate to your local food banks and Christmas cheer boards,” Charene Gillies, executive director of […]
What’s Christmas without “Yuletide carols being sung by a choir?” After all, we wouldn’t hark the herald angels if they weren’t singing, would we? Ah, it’s a joyous sound when voices combine in the “Carol of the Bells” and blend through “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” with apparent ease. But […]
Town and community auditorium committee reps will be working with the “multi-use” construction manager and architect in the new year to decide how to cut $411,592 in construction costs from the auditorium project. But Phil St. Cyr and John Crocker told council Monday that until the final tenders came in, […]
