After deciding last week to extend the entry deadline for this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant until last Friday, and then waiting another two days for more entry forms to come in this past Monday and Tuesday, organizers have decided to go ahead with it. Dawn Booth, a […]
Local News
It’s a start, but there’s still a long way to go. That pretty well summed up the opinion of Clover Valley Farmers’ Market manager Deb Cornell after the Fort Frances High School band’s consignment auction there Saturday. A vast number of items—ranging from antique jars to a one-night fishing trip […]
Koochiching County’s Environmental Services Department has hired a part-time worker at the solid waste and recycling facility in International Falls to handle the increase in recyclables coming over the border from Fort Frances. Environment Services director Richard Lehtinen said yesterday afternoon that the new worker, who just started there yesterday, […]
The Township of Atikokan will be upgrading its municipal water treatment plant and to ensure the safety of the drinking water while that work is being done, a boil-water advisory was put into effect there yesterday. A working group, including representatives from the Township of Atikokan, Ministry of the Environment, […]
The union representing 4,500 employees of forestry products company Abitibi-Consolidated says they have given their contract bargaining committee the mandate to call a strike if necessary. The members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada are employed at 13 paper mills in Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland. “We expected […]
After just one week of “bag tags” on garbage, it looks like the town already may be seeing increased recycling among residents. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said this morning that he’s compared the weights of total loads from “blue box” pickups last Monday and Tuesday with the pickup […]
With Canada Day not too far off, the Fun in the Sun committee is looking to match the spectacular fireworks display residents and tourists alike got to see last year. But that will take money, and FITS committee member Dawn Booth said this morning that organizers have set up a […]
Only 10 days after the election call, candidates from the three major parties vying for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River seat were at the Civic Centre last night to debate some local issues. Despite the small turnout of only 20 people in the gallery, the three made every effort to […]
After deciding last week to extend the entry deadline for this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant until tomorrow, organizers still are looking for more contestants to vie for the crown. Dawn Booth, a Fun in the Sun committee member, who has teamed up with Sherri Puddicombe and Cheryl […]
Crests (3 times on the Honour Roll) Presented by Mr. B. Fisher Natalie Armstrong, Theresia Bedard, Alicia Boven, Jennifer Carroll, Cameron Cuadros, Megan Darvell, Anke Denzin, Rico Fiedler, Paul Gagne, Danny Gavel, Kevin Gruttner, Taylor Harnett, Brittany Hayes, Scott Hoffman, Leanne Kaemingh, Aaron Keffer, Ross Kircher, Ashley La Freniere, Sheldon […]
Students and staff of Fort Frances High School took an hour yesterday afternoon to pay tribute to those who have achieved excellence in academics, the arts, and community service during the 2003-04 school year. New this year were the Most Valuable Contributor awards—a variation of the Most Valuable Player awards […]
Envision North logged on last week for the launch of its newest addition that will connect it to other practice firms across the globe: a webcam. Envision North, which is sponsored by Confederation College, is part of a country-wide initiative to help people who are out of work—either after finishing […]
