Public Works crews will be keeping busy this summer as the town gears up to undertake nearly $2 million in street repairs. “We have an engineering consultant right now surveying the sites for our 2002 roads project,” Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said this morning. While the project still […]
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The eight-week strike by tens of thousands of public servants could be over soon after a tentative deal was reached between the province and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. “I’m relieved we’re at this stage,” said Bob Dakin, president of OPSEU Local #711 here. “On the surface, it looks […]
Is the water at local schools safe? That’s what the Rainy River District School Board is trying to determine following the discovery of high levels of lead at a Thunder Bay school. Murray Quinn, superintendent of plant and maintenance, said Tuesday the board has been keeping a close eye on […]
The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau recognized the work of 13 local volunteers with certificates of appreciation at its sixth-annual dinner last week, which was attended by about 100 people at the Legion. Here is a synopsis of what each contributed this past year, mainly off the strength of the annual […]
A $66,000 provincial investment will help First Nations and aboriginal associations across the north share knowledge and expertise to provide better local services to their communities, Northern Development and Mines minister Jim Wilson announced Friday. Wilson, who also chairs the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp., was in Thunder Bay for […]
As a child, June Kowalchuk watched her mother meticulously design eggs in preparation for Ukrainian Easter. For more than half-a-century, Kowalchuk has continued that tradition for Ukrainian Easter, which is being celebrated on Sunday this year, but she fears it is dying out. “My mother taught me years and years […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. was awarded $147,000 for the installation of draining tiles on agricultural land in the area as part of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.’s announcement of more than $2.7 million to Northwestern Ontario last Friday. “By improving community infrastructure, by helping expand opportunities in […]
With smiles and hugs, 30 students from Quebec City were welcomed to Fort Frances over the weekend. This week, they’re on a cultural exchange with students at St. Francis School, practising English and learning about life in Northwestern Ontario. “It’s very small,” said Helene Maquennetian just hours after arriving in […]
The Fort Frances Museum now owns a piece of district police history after S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis donated the 1913 journal of Cst. Kenneth Campbell—one of the area’s first provincial police officers—on Monday morning. “It’s fascinating in the sense that here we had a fella who policed the entire district, travelling […]
The North Western Ontario Tourism Association is hoping the end is in sight to a border-crossing issue that cropped up last year. “We’ve been working with [Canada] Customs. A lot of the problems we’ve had last summer we’ve worked on,” said NWOTA president Tom Pearson, who also owns Camp Narrows […]
Golden Age Manor in Emo held its annual meeting last Thursday (April 25) in the Common Room, with an excellent turnout of residents, the executive, and public on hand. Ted Burgoyne read the minutes from the previous annual meeting while the financial report was presented by secretary/treasurer Grace Hettinga. Committee […]
Two district townships each were awarded $100,000 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. for road upgrades and other infrastructure projects. Lake of the Woods will use the funding for upgrades to Luft Road, Tote Road, Frenchman’s Rock Road, and Lakewood Drive. A better well water supply also will be […]
