Early poll results Monday night were on par with recent media predictions, with the hopeful Conservatives just barely trailing the Liberals in the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding. But the tide quickly turned, and the mood in David Leskowski’s campaign headquarters in Thunder Bay turned from hopeful to defeated in […]
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Voters in Thunder Bay-Rainy River had more choice when casting their ballots Monday than in the last federal election in 2000, but the bulk of the popular vote still went to the three mainstream parties. In addition to the traditional options of Liberal, Conservative, and NDP, the Green Party, Marijuana […]
Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller made his first visit to the Fort Frances area last week in an effort to familiarize himself with the unique ecology here and to learn from several initiatives by local groups. Among these initiatives are the Rainy River First Nations’ environmental and stewardship programs, such […]
Town councillors once again may get their health benefits package paid for in addition to their total salary after agreeing last night to amend the remuneration bylaw with the intention to vote on the revised version at their July 26 meeting. But whether councillors will be getting what they rightly […]
Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff was elected as the first MP for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding last night with a healthy margin of more than 3,000 votes. According to preliminary counts, Boshcoff took 14,003 votes of the 35,537 cast across the riding, or 39.4 percent of the popular vote. […]
After passing a bylaw early last year that saw councillors who chose to participate in the town’s benefits package have to pay for it out of their salaries, the new council may bring that remuneration policy back to the table for discussion at today’s committee of the whole meeting. The […]
After four weeks of having the new “bag tag” system in place, the Town of Fort Frances is issuing a steadily decreasing number of non-compliance notices to residents. The first week (May 31-June 4) saw a total of 135 non-compliance notices issued while 102 were handed out the week of […]
The five contestants in this year’s Fun in the Sun queen pageant will take to the stage here Monday evening for the entertainment night portion of their quest to see who will be crowned July 1. Dawn Booth, a Fun in the Sun committee member who has teamed up with […]
After four weeks of having the new “bag tag” system in place, the Town of Fort Frances is issuing a steadily decreasing number of non-compliance notices to residents. The first week (May 31-June 4) saw a total of 135 non-compliance notices issued while 102 were handed out the week of […]
Local MNR fire crews will be joining others from the province in British Columbia to help battle the almost 200 forest fires burning there. MNR fire operations supervisor Marnie Brown said Thursday morning that one four-person crew, as well as one fire technician, will be heading west, with possibly three […]
With the deadline to enter this year’s “Quest for the Best” coming up Friday (June 25), the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce still is looking for competitors for the popular singing contest. “We have four new people, and eight previous winners are coming back for more,” organizer Dawn Booth said […]
It will be a hectic end to June for Patricia Armstrong and her two daughters. Armstrong’s older daughter, Kristen Roehrig, finished off her exams last week before heading to Thunder Bay for nine days of training camp with the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks’ under-17 team. The younger one, Lindsey Roehrig, […]
