Education, recreation, and culture will be on the agenda for regional teens today through Thursday during the fourth-annual United Native Friendship Centre youth summit here. Registration began at 3 p.m. today at the Urban Multi-Purpose Aboriginal Youth Centre (UMAYC) at 616 Mowat Ave., with a mix-’nmingle slated from 3-5 p.m. […]
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The lights never went out here last Thursday but that didn’t mean local businesses weren’t affected by the largest blackout to ever hit North America. “Once the bump happened, our machines went down,” John Harrison, general manager of the Abitibi- Consolidated mill here, said this morning. He noted the three […]
The Northwestern Health Unit has declared Pither’s Point beach here safe for swimming again after having closed it last week due to the high bacteria counts in the water. Public health inspector Brian Norris said this morning that the ban was lifted Saturday after a suitable number of water samples […]
Keeping their fingers crossed the trip will be as productive as planned despite yesterday’s massive power outage in southern Ontario, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, Coun. Deane Cunningham, and CAO Bill Naturkach are heading to Toronto tomorrow for the annual general meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Naturkach said this […]
First serving as mayor of Fort Frances from 1981-85, Coun. Deane Cunningham yesterday filed his nomination papers for the position in hopes of being elected for a second go-round this November. “It was a matter of getting the consent from my family,” said Coun. Cunningham, who previously had stated he […]
After spending eight weeks at the Tim Hortons training centre in Oakville, Ont., local resident Gord McQuarrie is eager to open the doors at his new business—and ring in that first “double-double” and cruller on the till. “We’re right on schedule at this point. We’re looking at [opening] the first […]
Eight people from Thunder Bay and Vancouver face various drugrelated charges in the wake of an 18-month investigation into a cocaine trafficking ring, the RCMP reported yesterday. The project resulted in the execution of more than 30 search warrants in Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, Regina, and Vancouver. The investigation was able […]
The Northwestern Health Unit has declared Pither’s Point beach here “unsafe for swimming” due to the high bacteria counts. The health unit announced the closure yesterday afternoon after routine sampling showed unsafe levels of E. coli. This is a precautionary measure in order to protect the health, wellbeing, and safety […]
With the deadline to file nomination papers for the position of mayor and councillor in November’s municipal election still more than a month away, only a couple people have stepped forward so far. The most recent is Todd Hamilton, who officially threw his hat in the ring Monday to run […]
As a follow-up to a trip to Paris, Tenn. last year (and a subsequent visit here by Paris Mayor Larry Crawford and city manager Carl Holder this past May), the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is planning another trip down south this fall. Geoff Gillon, economic development officer with the […]
Following the first organizational meeting last week for next month’s Terry Fox Run here, details already are falling into place. And with most the bases covered, and some dedicated pledge-getters known to be out and about right now, organizer Vanessa Hebert is focusing on making the event the spectacle she […]
An enormous sigh of relief echoed across Northern Ontario on Friday when the United States partially lifted its ban on beef imports from Canada. Although live cattle still cannot be shipped across the border yet, area tourist outfitters have dodged a bullet as the U.S. now will allow hunters to […]
