The Associated Press WASHINGTON—The federal tribe has spoken: A contaminated monkey skull, termite-infested statues, and other African artifacts of the TV show “Survivor” will not be allowed into the U.S. Officials say Customs inspectors in Houston seized a variety of restricted items that were being shipped to the U.S. in […]
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Duane Hicks With Christmas just nine days away, last-minute shoppers who remain stumped as to what to get someone for Christmas, or who simply don’t have time to track down that special gift, can turn to Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce gift certificates. Gift certificates sales this Christmas season are […]
Duane Hicks While tax levies, along with sewer and water rates, won’t be decided until later in the 2009 budget process, Fort Frances residents will see a three percent jump for most user fees, with a greater hike for waste management services, in the coming year. Councillors received the 2009 […]
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced the opening of the NEXUS lane, effective Monday (Dec. 15), at the International Falls port of entry. The NEXUS lane will operate between 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. (CST) seven days a week. The NEXUS program allows pre-screened, low-risk travellers to […]
VNP Voyageurs National Park has begun checking lake ice conditions. At this time, travel is not recommended on any lake surface due to inadequate ice thickness. As well, three hazardous pressure ridges have been found on Rainy Lake in Black Bay. Park staff will continue to check ice conditions on […]
Peggy Revell This weekend is the last chance to participate in the “Adopt-an-Angel” program as it wraps up for another Christmas season on Sunday (Dec. 14). Run by Family & Children’s Services here, the program gets the public to play “Santa” to children in need from across the district. “Things […]
Duane Hicks It always pays to read the fine print, especially when it says, “Reproduction of this coupon is expressly prohibited.” A local grocery store reported yesterday that a number of customers recently have been trying to use coupons for free Maple Leaf Foods products they got off the Internet, […]
Staff Ontario Public Service Employees Union members, including those from OPSEU Local 735 here, hit the streets yesterday leafleting cars and businesses to promote their “Equal Pay for Equal Work” campaign. They also will be collecting signatures over the next month for a petition to introduce legislation calling for better […]
Staff Due to poor market conditions for both kraft and paper products, all production at AbitibiBowater’s Fort Frances operations will be shut down for one week, starting Wednesday, Dec. 24, the company reported this morning. Operations will resume Friday, Jan. 2. Mill manager John Harrison said this morning the downtime […]
Paige Desmond There’s no stopping Christmas shopping. Despite news last week that Ontario’s unemployment rate had jumped to 7.1 percent in November, local shoppers said the recession has had little effect on their buying patterns this holiday season. A tour through local stores found customers with little worry—despite one retailer’s […]
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board selected its new chair and vice-chair for the coming year on Saturday. Fort Frances trustee Anne-Marie Fitzgerald, who previously served as vice-chair, was chosen to be the chair while Dryden trustee John Borst was selected as vice-chair. This inaugural meeting was followed by […]
Press Release The Northwest Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce the ratification of the collective agreement between the board and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The agreement is in keeping with the Provincial Discussion Table (PDT) agreement and is for a four-year term (Sept. 1, 2008 […]
