The Canadian Press TORONTO—A new pilot program headed by former prime minister Paul Martin will give aboriginal students more business training so they can help develop their local economies. The project aims to encourage more aboriginals to pursue careers in accounting by placing promising students with mentors from two major […]
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Staff The daily shutdown schedule for work on the Portage Avenue underpass has been extended to Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. This means both lanes of traffic through the underpass will continue to be fully closed from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day until then. Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
Duane Hicks Given only a few households showed up with levels of lead in their tap water above the Ontario Drinking Water Quality Standard in the most recent round of testing, the town may be able to reduce its sampling program down the road. A recent report from Environmental and […]
Duane Hicks With seven directors expected to step down as of its annual general membership meeting Nov. 25, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is looking to the business community for nominations to its board of directors. Chamber manager Dawn Booth said yesterday two people put forth their names while […]
Press Release The Arthritis Society is holding a Volunteer Appreciation Night on Monday (Nov. 17) at 7 p.m. at the KC Hall of Scott Street. “We would like to thank our volunteers who canvassed for our residential campaign and all of our collective volunteers,” noted Kayla Curtis-Horvath, residential canvass co-ordinator […]
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 Sunday, Nov. 23, the company reported this morning. Operations will resume Sunday, Nov. 30. “We need to take a week out just because […]
A cutline on the front page of yesterday’s Times incorrectly identified one of the Legion members in the Remembrance Day service. In fact, it was Sgt.-at-Arms Jim Marr who was accompanying Legion president Donald S. Easton, not Glenn Westover. The Times regrets any embarrassment or incovenience this error may have […]
Duane Hicks While Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Plan project is expected to go out to tender this winter, precisely where the “Hallett” will be located has become uncertain, with council referring the matter back to committee for further review and recommendation at its meeting Monday night. The plans, […]
Duane Hicks Smokers will have to step away from the entrances to the Memorial Sports Centre when they go out for a puff in the future. Council approved a report Monday night to authorize the appropriate bylaw be amended to prohibit smoking nine metres from the front overhang and west […]
Duane Hicks While council hasn’t decided yet whether it wants to see water meters installed in local homes by 2010, the town will give a break to those who have to run their taps during the winter to keep their pipes from freezing. In response to a letter received by […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District School Board has gotten a boost in funding for aboriginal education initiatives from the provincial government. The board will be receiving roughly $105,000 after a recent confirmation and approval of five aboriginal education proposals submitted to the Aboriginal Education Branch of the Ministry of […]
Press Release Sacred Heart School in Sioux Lookout is offering a native language course for the first time. Funding of $24,789 has been secured to develop a student mentorship program between aboriginal students at Sacred Heart and those at St. Francis and St. Michael’s in Fort Frances. The new students […]
