Accessibility will be one of the main concerns at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting of the Northwest Catholic District School Board as trustees vote on the second-annual accessibility plan. In accordance with the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the board has formed an accessibility working group, comprised of board staff as […]
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Heidi Friesen of Emo was the overall winner in Northern Ontario in the Ontario Secondary School Business Plan Competition Awards which were handed out Saturday at ceremonies in Toronto, Kingston, Brantford, and Sudbury. Friesen finished in first place in the regional competition and then was second runner-up at the provincial […]
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has until Thursday to settle arrears for sewer and water services to Couchiching First Nation, as provided under agreement by the Town of Fort Frances, or the service will be shut off. This order stems from last Monday night when town council passed a motion […]
The Pictograph Art Gallery in Atikokan will be holding its annual Christmas market, which opens this Monday (Nov. 15) and runs through Dec. 18. All items have been created by local artists and artisans. The gallery also is holding a fundraiser, featuring one-of-a-kind “Unique Original Art” on Christmas ornaments, hand-painted […]
Tomorrow, many of us will be gathering at the various cenotaphs throughout the district to pay homage to those among us who left the security of hearth and home to commit themselves to mortal combat on distant shores. We will be joined by the ever-thinning ranks of those who were […]
I too want to encourage people across Ontario to get involved in Remembrance Day ceremonies, to take the time to acquaint themselves with what has gone before us. Many people don’t know that over a million and a half Canadians sacrificed themselves in the First World War, the Second World […]
If you weren’t already convinced that, yes, Christmas is close at hand—the opening of the Christmas Store at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market building on McIrvine Road here at 10 a.m. this Saturday should quash all your doubts. This is the 14th season for the popular holiday store run by […]
Now that the presidential and congressional elections south of the border are behind us, some local cattle farmers are looking anxiously towards the future in the hopes that the nightmare that has been hanging over their heads for the last 18 months may finally dissolve in the sunlight of a […]
In an effort to give town residents a chance to do a little cleaning up before the snow flies, the town suspended the collection of tipping fees for leaves, tree branches, grass clippings, and garden waste. And apparently the municipal landfill was a very busy place, with hundreds of vehicles […]
Council agreed to lend their support to a resolution passed by the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, and agree that the Northwestern Health Unit not increase its levy in 2005 by more than three percent. Last year, the health unit was increased to $50 per capita—36 percent more than the […]
The Shaw family have bought an additional 750,000 class-B non-voting shares in Shaw Communications Inc., the cable television provider said yesterday. The shares, worth about $16 million, were picked up last week and raises the Shaw family’s stake in the company through stock it either owns or controls to 20,759,556 […]
There is a potential tempest brewing over the provincial government’s ongoing review of the current provincial parks and conservation reserve legislation that is gradually reaching a boil in some quarters. According to representatives from the provincial environment ministry, it’s all much ado about nothing, while some members of the angling […]
