Award-winning singer Susan Aglukark delivered the keynote address at a special conference at Quetico Centre on Monday, combining her gift of song with some powerful messages regarding pain and abuse. The Child Witness Conference, hosted jointly by the Atikokan Crisis Centre and Family Services Thunder Bay, opened Monday and wrapped […]
District News
Building an abattoir for Rainy River District has been discussed off and on for years, but the most recent plan was proposed at a public meeting in Barwick last Wednesday night—and it was stated this could be the last chance for the project. “This is a very important meeting for […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce currently is seeking input from the local business community on the proposed Bylaw #57/05—a new bylaw to licence and regulate business, taxis, and trades within town limits. “As the ‘voice of business’ for the Fort Frances area, we applaud the Town of Fort Frances […]
The Borderland Humane Society recently held a meeting at the Coffee Landing in International and asked that anyone interested in volunteering with the Humane Society attend. There was a great turnout. The goal of this meeting was to hopefully sign on some volunteers and revive the Borderland branch of the […]
Are you tired of feeling saggy, lumpy, pinched, or strained? Well, you’re not alone. As you’ve probably seen on Oprah or read in women’s magazines, more than 80 percent of all women wear the wrong size bra. Barb Chapman—the “Bra Lady”—is coming to Fort Frances next Thursday (Feb. 23) to […]
The Dryden and District branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society is getting ready for its annual “Feast of Famine” fundraiser, which will be held in Fort Frances, Kenora, and Dryden next month. In Fort Frances and Kenora, “Feast or Famine” will take place from noon on Thursday, March 2 […]
At its regular meeting last Tuesday night, Emo council highlighted and discussed the new handi-van, which was partially funded by the township as well as the municipalities of La Vallee, Chapple, and Morley. Three dollars per capita was provided by the four municipalities totalling $10,578, with a $45,000 grant from […]
With the goal to start construction in 2010, the library building committee is working hard on revising plans for a new Fort Frances Public Library. Library board chair Joyce Cunningham, who returned last week from the Ontario Library Association conference in Toronto along with head librarian Margaret Sedgwick, has been […]
Members of four local unions participated in an information picket in front of La Verendrye Hospital here Tuesday to protest the creation of Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario. “We see them as an opening for privatization and competitive bidding,” said Danny Scheibli, a CUPE national rep for Northwestern […]
Kids once again will have something to play on at Pither’s Point Park after town council approved the purchase of new playground equipment there under the 2006 budget. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown noted in a report that the Operations and Facilities executive committee recommended one adult swing, one […]
Talks between local secondary school occasional teachers and the public school board broke off when they rejected the board’s latest contract offer of wage parity with their elementary counterparts. Union members provide qualified teachers to replace absent teachers on both a daily and long-term occasional basis in Fort Frances High […]
