A new user fee schedule presented to the committee of the whole during a special meeting Monday afternoon will see a $200,000 increase in revenues to the 2004 budget shortfall of $2.8-million, treasurer Peggy Dupuis said afterwards. But as to what the revised fees—and any new ones—may mean to the […]
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It sometimes seems to people in Borderland that we are ignored by the population and power centres down south. That can be as true in Minnesota as it is here in Ontario, but for one day last week, others were paying attention. Tremendous Entertainment, a production company based in Minneapolis, […]
Superintendent of Education Terry Ellwood will report on the Aboriginal Achievement Pilot Project during the Rainy River District School Board’s regular meeting tonight, which is being held in Atikokan. The Northern Ontario Education Leaders (N.O.E.L.)—made up of eight school boards in Northwestern Ontario—has secured funding from the Ministry of Education […]
The Kiwanis skate park project may be another step closer to becoming a reality this year after council agreed yesterday afternoon to forward an application for funding to the Trillium Foundation. Steve Maki, chair of the skate park committee, met with council and town management at a special committee of […]
Having just tallied up the funds late this morning, the Riverside Foundation for Health Care cleared more than $20,000 at its “chair”- ity auction and casino events here Saturday, making it more successful than last year’s fundraiser. “It was fun. We had a great time,” said Teresa Hazel, director for […]
Negotiations between Ontario community colleges and their teachers continue today as both sides work to avoid a strike, which is scheduled to begin at midnight tomorrow if a settlement isn’t reached. Some 8,600 teachers, counsellors, and librarians at all 24 community colleges across the province, including faculty at the Fort […]
March is “Red Cross Month” and while volunteers won’t be canvassing door-to-door, the Dryden and District branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society is holding its second- annual “Feast or Famine” to raise funds for victims of disasters in our area. Shana Hansson, community services co-ordinator for the branch, said […]
The Town of Fort Frances should know who its new CAO will be by the next regular council meeting March 8, Mayor Dan Onichuk said this morning. “We started interviewing the shortlist yesterday. We’re hoping to complete the process by next Thursday,” he noted. “Short of a snowstorm or an […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is still weeks away from deciding whether to appeal the Health Services Review Appeal Board’s ruling last week that it does not have the power to ban smoking in all enclosed public places in the name of public health. “We are probably going to have a […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board, after consulting with the Ministry of Community and Social Services, received notice yesterday it is able to provide funding to replace the furnace at the Fort Frances Children’s Complex. This upgrade, which also covers the installation of carbon monoxide detectors, will be […]
After attending the joint conference of the Rural Ontario Municipal Association and Ontario Good Roads Association from Sunday through Wednesday in Toronto, Coun. Tannis Drysdale said the town’s budget problems are similar to those being experienced elsewhere in the province. “We’re all very much in the same boat. We were […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board still is waiting for a decision from Queen’s Park regarding a new model for the purchase of ambulances and related equipment for municipalities across the province. The former Conservative government had decided to close the Judson Street Ambulance Supply Centre in Toronto […]
