Coming off its most profitable year yet, Normiska Corp. here is still racing to meet consumer demand. “We can’t make the product fast enough. We want to make it more profitable and the final challenge is transportation,” noted company president and CEO David Graham. Normiska recently has completed expansions in […]
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The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce has increased its focus on information technology, launching its expanded web site–www.noacc.com–last week. “We updated our site because we wanted to remain current,” said NOACC president Jon Christianson of Thunder Bay. “We have to show members that change is all a part of […]
The spring load restrictions are now in effect as of Sunday, leaving truckers to stay at home while they wait out the annual thaw. Secondary roads have been closed to reduce damage as the surfaces shift in the fluctuating temperatures. “That’s only for the country [roads]. Your main highways are […]
The second-annual ManOMin Watershed Conference is coming up April 7-8, and organizers are hoping a streamlined format will spur more of the general public to attend this year. There will be about one-third fewer presentations than last year, and organizer Rebecca Dodd of the Rainy River First Nation Watershed Program […]
Going to pick up a piece for a broken guitar turned out to be a career change for former freelance photographer Gary Gellert. “It was about 1997, I guess. I needed a part for a guitar and a music store was supposed to get it for me and he failed […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society will resume its regular meetings March 26. They will be held the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the old CN station. This year promises to be another busy one with lots of interesting programs planned. It is a special year as […]
With the weatherman co-operating, the annual hospital auxiliary tea and bake sale at the cafeteria turned out to be another successful effort. Co-chairs Dorothy Haines and Heather Oltsher, and their auxiliary members, found the atmosphere most promising. The crew, which included Marj Jewell, Marg Leveridge, Jackie Hunsperger, and Bernice Campbell, […]
Alberton council is resigned to the fact Fort Frances can now extend its boundaries to include the landfill site. “Fort Frances can go ahead,” said Alberton Reeve John Milling. “I guess, according to the ministry regulations, it looks like they can unilaterally go ahead and take it. “I’m very disappointed,” […]
Trying to help those less fortunate has always been something Chyanne Tynan has been passionate about so when the opportunity to join the Youth Forum of the Americas presented itself, she jumped at the chance. “When I was living in Barrie, my school principal told me about the organization and […]
Weeza’s Gifts in Emo, under owner Vanessa Hebert (nee Mitchell), held its grand opening Saturday. There is plenty of gifts to choose from among the items stocking the shelves there, whether it be for birthdays, anniversaries, Easter, Christmas, and many more occasions. The supply also includes decorations of different kinds […]
Fort Frances council isn’t the only municipal government struggling to make things work in the face of increasing program costs, revenue loss due to reassessments, and the looming Bill 140. While council has just found its feet with a two percent property tax increase after suffering a loss of $295,000 […]
St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Emo has a new stained glass window, which is just one of many to follow. The image of St. Patrick was done by Emily Hyatt, with the artwork completed by Wayne Barron. The window was dedicated to the memory of Teresa Norlund and daughter, […]
