Duane Hicks Will remove tank in fall The town will continue to sell gas at the Sorting Gap Marina this summer, after which time the in-ground fuel tank there will be removed and the site prepared for an above-ground one in 2010. After spending the past couple of budget meetings […]
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Duane Hicks With the clock ticking until the 99-year lease for Pither’s Point Park expires at the end this month, some area residents made it clear last Wednesday night they want community leaders to listen up, sit down, and come to a settlement that will be fair to the First […]
Staff The Ontario Ministry of Finance has released its annual list of public-sector employees who earned more than $100,000 in 2008. Rolling out on top for this area was Senior Justice Donald Fraser with a salary of $299,460.77, followed in second by Justice Alan Thomas McKay ( $252,866.07). Also over […]
Duane Hicks Ontario Municipal Board chair Gary O’Connor will announce the verdict of an appeal of a proposed zoning amendment at 1345 Emo Rd. here by the end of the month. The appeal was the subject of a four-hour hearing last Wednesday afternoon at the Civic Centre, where O’Connor heard […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES—The world’s oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday yesterday. Gertrude Baines was honoured at Western Convalescent Hospital with music, a letter from the president, and two cakes. Baines said little during the celebration as friends sang to her and she received a proclamation from […]
Staff French education is one of many topics to be covered at tonight’s monthly meeting of the Rainy River District School Board. The board will be given a presentation on French language education—the Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM). After piloting the program last year with Grades 4 and 5, the board […]
Duane Hicks Library board chair Joyce Cunningham warned town council yesterday that it must decide to go ahead with the construction of a new library and technology centre this year or the project won’t happen at all. At a budget meeting yesterday, the library board recommended council enter into a […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA—The prison artwork of a Canadian killer up for auction on an American website is going, going, gone. Federal officials have stopped Roch Theriault’s art from leaving Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick—drying up the supply to MurderAuction.com, which specializes in so-called murderabilia. Correctional Service of Canada has […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy Lake Ringers will be getting its own set of new handbells after the Ontario Trillium Foundation recently approved a grant of $12,000 for the local group. This is a major boon to the club, which currently is using bells on loan which have to be returned […]
Staff With construction of the new school on the horizon, administration at Robert Moore School is asking the public to steer clear of the site and think safety. “It’s the biggest sandbox ever and the kids can’t play in it,” Robert Moore principal Dianne Thompson said about the large piles […]
Duane Hicks Ontario Municipal Board chair Gary O’Connor will deliver a decision before the end of April regarding the appeal of a proposed zoning amendment at 1345 Emo Rd. here. The appeal was the subject of a four-hour hearing yesterday afternoon at the Civic Centre, where O’Connor heard evidence both […]
Duane Hicks With the lease for Pither’s Point Park due to expire at the end the month, at least some local residents are concerned about what will happen to the land, who will be able to use it and for what purpose, whether community leaders are working to come to […]
