Parents of an eight-year-old boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy will have to wait a bit longer to hear how the Northwest Catholic District School Board will provide wheelchair transportation to the outskirts of Dryden. Education Director John Madigan said a report to be presented at the board’s regular monthly meeting […]
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Local business and community leaders held their breath Monday as Premier Ernie Eves announced his new cabinet. And most are taking a wait-and-see approach before declaring if this region was a winner in the latest round of ministerial musical chairs. Perhaps the biggest change in this region came with the […]
After raising $4,000 for the local Easter Seals Society last year, the local Business Women’s Network is hoping to wrangle up more money for the charity—and have a good time doing it. Their fourth-annual fundraiser is slated Saturday, April 27 at the Fort Frances Curling Club. “We’re calling it ‘Miss […]
Verna Calder may not be able to see much longer. Suffering from a rare form of glaucoma, Calder already has completely lost her vision in one eye—and is edging closer to becoming totally blind. Before that happens, she has one wish: to see her family again. A benefit dinner and […]
Since mid-September, Bethel Baptist Church here has been collecting pennies to help raise money for Nat and Thea Lehmann’s trip to Mozambique as missionaries. It was a contest between the leaders and “clubbers” in AWANA (Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed)—and races don’t come much closer than this. The kids, or […]
The chairman of the regional “Smart Growth” panel is looking forward to receiving a proposal from the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, the Northern Ontario Development Network, and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association at a meeting next Wednesday in Thunder Bay. “Any suggestions, regardless of who it’s from or […]
A second public meeting on a proposed bylaw banning smoking in enclosed public places here Tuesday night saw an unusual offer to give council and local businesses some direction on the contentious issue. “In order to assess the impact of smoking versus smoke-free environments, we have made a choice to […]
Parents of an eight-year-old boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy will have to wait a bit longer to hear how the Northwest Catholic District School Board will provide wheelchair transportation to the outskirts of Dryden. Education Director John Madigan said a report to be presented at the board’s regular monthly meeting […]
While sporting fewer presenters than the initial meeting April 2, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon and council will get a chance to hear more opinions about a proposed bylaw banning smoking in enclosed public places at a second meeting Tuesday night at the Civic Centre. “As of this morning, we have five […]
Grade eight students and their parents will meet at Fort Frances High School tonight to learn more about what life in high school will be like next year. The meeting will be held in the Fort High cafeteria at 7 p.m. “It’s very similar to the presentations we made to […]
With town council still weighing a proposed bylaw to ban smoking in all enclosed public places, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce sent out a survey to its 170 members late Thursday to find out their feelings on the issue. And so far, the response has been impressive. “I walked […]
After being discussed at Monday’s council meeting here, it was revealed yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) committee will be getting money from the town to help cover costs for the upcoming 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities—as it was going to all along. The news was announced at a […]
