Whew! Frankly, no word better sums up reaction to yesterday’s vote by members of the four local mill unions to accept a deal with Abitibi-Consolidated that offers the company long-term labour stability in return for a pledge to build a new bio-mass (hog fuel) boiler here. Given all the mill […]
Editorials
Fort Frances has a great opportunity—right from the get-go—to kick 2007 off with a bang. That opportunity? Vying for this year’s Kraft “Hockeyville” title on CBC. Who can forget the national prominence Atikokan gained last winter and spring as that town finished in the top 10 out of more than […]
2006, like every year, had more than its share of ups and downs here. The woes facing the forestry industry certainly continued to cast a pall over communities across the region during the past 12 months as mills closed and thousands of jobs were lost. The tourism industry also suffered, […]
The talk of the town over the past week certainly has centered around the situation at Fort Frances High School, where some students allegedly are plotting to attack other students next Friday (Dec. 22). Unfortunately, as tends to happen in situations like these, the rumours are spreading like wildfire—and often […]
In choosing Stéphane Dion over Michael Ignatieff on Saturday, the federal Liberal party continued its long-standing tradition of alternating its leaders between Anglophones and Francophones. That certainly didn’t seem to be the case leading up to last week’s leadership convention in Montreal. If that tradition was cast in stone, for […]
A Canadian Press story which ran in the Daily Bulletin last week said prescription narcotics now top heroin as the opiate of choice among drug addicts on the streets of five major cities across the country. Perhaps it’s not so surprising, then, that local addiction counsellors revealed Saturday that abuse […]
Back in late September, just as the municipal election campaign was getting underway, almost 57 percent of the 141 respondents to the Times’ weekly web poll said they supported the mail-in ballot system. But in the wake of all the rejected ballots and other problems encountered with the mail-in system […]
The recent municipal election campaign here lacked much direct debate, traditional stumping, and the drama of 11th-hour momentum swings, but that didn’t stop it from being one of the nastiest in recent memory. And too often, the rampant accusations, crass insults, fear-mongering, and mud-slinging left everyone—the candidates and voters alike—looking […]
While no one can argue against the need to protect Canada’s food supply, the Northwestern Health Unit’s abrupt closure of Sunrise Meat and Sausage in Barwick last week is a prime case of a regulation that flies in the face of common sense. How is it that a moose carcass, […]
Most people appreciate a little recognition for their contributions, but unfortunately we all can be somewhat negligent in giving it. Others, especially the young people in our community, don’t consider what they do to be deserving of recognition. Yet, a little recognition goes a long way to reinforce the importance […]
“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.” —Aristotle There are 10 municipalities in Rainy River District, as well as 10 First Nations. The population approximates […]
Accountability, honesty, integrity, and openness were flung about council chambers during last night’s candidates’ forum—and these four words sum up the issues of this municipal election in Fort Frances. For the past three years, Fort Frances council, and those in most of Rainy River District, have had as many secret […]
