Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Billed as an event that will feature up to 200 displays and potentially draw 10,000 people over two days, the Saw Tech Log and Rural Northwest Expo 2009 is coming to Fort Frances on June 12-13. Glenn Dredhart, president of Canadian Trade Ex, a Timmins-based company which […]
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Press Release The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors has announced the celebration of Environmental Public Health Week 2009 in Canada on Jan. 19-24. The Northwestern Health Unit is happy to partner with the CIPHI to recognize the hard work of certified public health inspectors and environmental health officers in […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—A change in the Greyhound bus schedule, which took effect Tuesday, will put a crimp in some district riders’ travel plans since there no longer will be a 10:15 a.m. bus from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay nor a 7:25 p.m. bus from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg for […]
Peggy Revell While provincial discussions between the Ontario Public School Board Association and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario failed to deliver a four-year collective agreement last month, local negotiations between the Rainy River District School Board and local ETFO remain positive and hopeful. “I really can’t say that the same […]
Peggy Revell Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is planning to introduce a private member’s bill calling for the abolition of the long gun registry once Parliament resumes later this month. “The reason I’m doing that is really because I promised the constituents in every election that that’s what I […]
Press Release Grief recovery. An odd term; gives us the sense that we are recovering from an illness. In a way, we are. If we do not address the causes of our grief and the many feelings associated with grief, we do become ill—both emotionally and physically. Unresolved grief means […]
Peggy Revell The New Year got off to a great start for local writer Judy Johanson, who recently earned an honourable mention in the 2009 Winnipeg Free Press Writers’ Collective Poetry Contest. “Love in Three Acts—A Requiem” was one of six poems she submitted to the contest. “It was written […]
Peggy Revell Forget eating better or exercising more. How about helping to break a Guinness world record for a New Year’s resolution? On Jan. 23-24, people across Canada, including here in Fort Frances, are preparing to break the mark for the “Most Children Reading With an Adult, Multiple Locations” as […]
Press Release As a result of a decision in the Ontario Court of Justice last Thursday (Jan. 8), the Rainy River District School Board accepts responsibility for failing to immediately report a faulty drinking water monitor at Sturgeon Creek School to the Ministry of Environment in October, 2007. Although there […]
Nancy Daley Fulton What is an anxiety disorder? Everyone experiences anxiety at some point in his or her life. People become nervous when they have to face a highly-stressful situation like taking a test, going for a job interview, or getting married. When one is anxious and under stress, the […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Howie Mandel, the Toronto-born host of the hit TV show “Deal or No Deal,” was to be released from a hospital in his hometown later today after being rushed there with an irregular heartbeat, a spokesman said. Lewis Kay issued an e-mail statement refuting early reports that […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Recent biochemistry graduate Poorya Nazari isn’t too worried about landing a job in today’s tough market. The Toronto-area man knows how to play poker. The 22-year-old recently returned home from a trip to the Bahamas $3 million (U.S.) richer. He spent about $700 to gain entry into […]
