It looks like district residents once again will get a chance to properly dispose of old paint, oil, and other such materials this spring as council agreed Monday night to host another Household Hazardous Waste Day. In a report to council, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown recommended the town […]
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An Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving conference at Fort Frances High School last weekend not only brought together youths from across the district, but gave leaders in substance abuse prevention a chance to network and exchange ideas. “We’re trying to get a big substance abuse prevention program started,” said Sue […]
Final plans for a proposed new public library here have recommended a new one-storey facility to be built on the site of Alexander MacKenzie School, which is slated for closure this fall. John Stephenson, an architect with Kuch, Stephenson, Gibson, and Malo of Thunder Bay, presented town council with the […]
The race is heating up for the Liberal nomination in the proposed new Kenora riding, with two more candidates coming forward since MP Robert Nault announced last week he was withdrawing. Former Dryden mayor Roger Valley and Kenora lawyer Beverly Wexler have joined area aboriginal leader Charles Fox in seeking […]
The question as to who will represent Northwestern Ontario at the Ontario Winter Games in London next month is still up in the air. Last month, the Canadians played a best-of-three series against the Thunder Bay Hurricanes for that privilege and were swept two straight. But when it was discovered […]
The St. Francis Sentinels spoiled the host team’s bid to take both titles at the Crossroads Invitational basketball tournament. After taking the boys’ title back on Jan. 31, the Crossroads Tornadoes had hoped to make it two for two this past Saturday as the girls took on five teams. But […]
After a situation with a gas leak last month, town council Monday night authorized the installation of electric heaters in the Fort Frances Children’s Complex, and replacement of the gas hot water tank, at an estimated cost of $3,263. “As council is aware, the heat exchanger in the gas-fired furnace […]
With news two weeks ago that the town is facing a $2.8-million deficit, which could translate into a 67.5 percent tax hike for residents, council Monday night stressed that despite rumours on the street, no drastic cuts or tax increases have been decided on yet. And to set the record […]
The nomination date has been set, but there are no candidates on the ballot yet. The new Conservative Party of Canada’s riding association for the proposed Thunder Bay-Rainy River has decided to hold two nomination meetings. The first will be held in Fort Frances on Friday, March 12 while the […]
The 2004 “chem-free” grad committee will hold its second meeting Tuesday night, with the group still looking for more parents to help with organizing this popular event each June. “We can always use more. Any of the grad parents, we’d appreciate it if they could come out,” said Joyce Martinson, […]
With news two weeks ago that the town is facing a $2.8-million deficit, which could translate into a 67.5 percent tax hike for residents, council and town staff have been working hard to determine what it has to do balance the budget. And while no details have been revealed as […]
Sioux Lookout resident Susan Barclay has filed the necessary papers to seek the NDP nomination for the proposed new riding of Kenora in the next election. As first reported in last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, Barclay ran for the NDP in the Kenora-Rainy River riding in 2000—garnering 21 percent of the […]
