Just how much councillors get paid, and how benefits packages figure into that amount, will be discussed by the committee of the whole at its meeting here this afternoon. Coun. Roy Avis said he was looking forward to addressing the topic as he felt the current system is “unfair.” “I […]
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With a final report expected from Winnipeg-based consultants Hilderman, Thomas, Frank and Cram (HTFC) next month, the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is giving the public a final chance at an open house here tomorrow to offer input on plans aimed at re-vitalizing the area with tourism and commerce. “This will […]
The administrator of Rainycrest Home for the Aged is hopeful the facility will reopen to visitors by next week as the number of residents suffering from a Norwalk-like virus dwindles. “Things are getting much better,” Jill Colquhoun said Friday morning. “Right now, there’s 14 residents that are ill, two of […]
Canada Safeway here will be changing the way it offers fresh meat products to its customers in the coming week. On Saturday, the company is holding an all-day thank-you for most of the employees in its meat department—as well as a few from other departments—who opted to take a company […]
The Woodlands division at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill here received Canadian Standards Association certification Thursday for sustainable management practices in the Crossroute Forest. Representatives from Abitibi, as well as the Ministry of Natural Resources, the CSA, and other organizations associated with the forestry industry, were on hand at La Place […]
An experiment which could lead to cost savings for the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here will wrap up tomorrow, general manager John Harrison said Thursday morning. “We’ve had all three machines going since Tuesday,” he noted. “Using an alternate filler type within the sheet, we’re trying to duplicate all the grades of […]
While Rainycrest Home for the Aged remains closed to visitors due to cases of a Norwalk-like virus there, the situation is improving, administrator Jill Colquhoun said Thursday. “As of this morning, we have 17 residents showing symptoms, two of which are new cases,” she noted. On Wednesday, 27 residents showed […]
While it may not seem like the season for flowers, you can brighten up your bleak January days with a new crocus plant as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind is taking orders until next Thursday. “We sent out faxes to all the businesses in the area so they […]
First started by close friends of Scottish poet Robert Burns a few years after his death in 1796 as a tribute, the annual evening of culture and fare will continue to live on among local traditionalists when it takes place Saturday, Feb. 1 at La Place Rendez-Vous. “Everybody’s welcome—even if […]
In the continuing effort to help local families with medical costs, the Fort Frances Community Chest is busy organizing its fifth-annual benefit dinner, which will be held Feb. 16 at La Place Rendez-Vous. “Things are moving along well so far,” said Georges Blanc, who is helping organize the dinner as […]
An acute care survey released last week from the Ontario Hospital Association saw 92 hospitals participate from a total of 123 in Ontario (representing 173 sites). But neither La Verendrye hospital here, nor the health centres in Emo and Rainy River, were listed in the results, perhaps causing some district […]
A whole other beast than the highly-successful “Shades of Yellow” exhibition, an art show set for this spring at the Fine Line Art Gallery here is bound to be as “Wild ’n Wooly” as its theme. “There’s been a very, very good reception so far,” said Jean Richards, a member […]
