Coun. Struchan Gilson gave an impassioned plea for citizens to stand up and take action against vandals at the Memorial Sports Centre during Monday night’s council meeting. “As a member of the Community Services executive committee for the past six years, a regular user of the ’52 Canadians Arena in […]
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Last year, Nikki Wiedenhoeft of Fort Frances won two tickets to see Céline Dion in concert in Las Vegas. Earlier this month, she finally took the trip—and got far more than concert tickets. She got the experience of a lifetime. Wiedenhoeft has been a fan of the Quebec-born songstress for […]
Both incumbents were re-elected to the two Fort Frances seats on the Rainy River District School Board on Monday night in the first election for those seats in six years. The unofficial results put Gord McBride, current chair of the board and a trustee of 27 years, in first place […]
Bill Murdoch is no stranger to controversy. The MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound has been tilting at windmills for more than 10 years and now it seems he actually may knock one over. Last week, Murdoch announced he is considering an offer from long-time friend and NDP House leader Peter Kormos […]
While almost all municipalities in the Kenora and Rainy River districts declined to pass bylaws banning smoking in enclosed public places when first asked to do so, the Northwestern Health Unit’s medical officer of health said he’s hopeful new faces in both the provincial and municipal political arenas may see […]
It’s been less than two days since he was elected mayor of Fort Frances, and he won’t be sworn in until Dec. 1, but Dan Onichuk already is taking the job to heart. “I said I was going to take some time away and get some things done around the […]
The shortage of pharmacists in Canada meant Kim Metke, the local owner of Pharmasave and the Clinic Pharmasave, had to use his imagination in recruiting new staff. Metke hired his newest pharmacist, Gesine Haink, after conducting interviews in Germany nearly three years ago. He said the shortage of pharmacists in […]
Maybe it was a perceived need for a change, maybe the electorate had their voting pencils still warmed up after the provincial election, or maybe it was another reason completely. Whatever the case, voter response to Monday’s municipal election here was something of a victory in itself, town clerk Glenn […]
Just as any good team has both a number of seasoned veterans and rookies, the newly-elected Fort Frances council is sporting three of each after the votes were tallied Monday night. Incumbents Roy Avis, Struchan Gilson, and Neil Kabel will be joined on council by newcomers Rick Wiedenhoeft, Tannis Drysdale, […]
Despite being a newcomer to municipal politics, Dan Onichuk handily defeated Sharon Tibbs, a councillor for 12 years, in Monday’s municipal election. According to unofficial results released after midnight, Onichuk had garnered 2,308 votes (63.16 percent of the 3,654 votes cast) compared to 1,346 (36.84 percent) for Tibbs. “I feel […]
If you show up at Crossroads School in Devlin at 6 p.m. on Monday or Wednesday, you’ll see a lot of learning going on. But it’s not your typical curriculum. This is more like the school of hard knocks. Instead of blackboards and textbooks, you’re likely to see 20 or […]
After having to cancel the event last year due to a throat ailment, Diane Maxey is looking to revive the Christmas cantata that has been a local tradition for more than 10 years. And the first meeting for this year’s event is slated tomorrow (Nov. 13) at 7 p.m. in […]
