The Northwestern Health Unit will see some new faces leading its operations come spring as it restructures its management as recommended by an operational review late last year. “Before the operational review, we had, including myself, eight managers,” said Dr. Pete Sarsfield, the health unit’s CEO and chief medical officer. […]
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A former Fort Frances resident hoping to paddle across Georgian Bay for breast cancer research this summer already has raised more than half of her $2,500 goal. Kathleen McFayden will be among dozens of women participating in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s “Paddle to a Cure” program. The fundraiser brings […]
Grade 8 students at St. Francis School raffled off a new TV and DVD player, raising more than $3,100 for their class trip to Quebec City in June. Lori Petrin won a 32-inch Toshiba television while Sharon Gurski took home a brand new Toshiba DVD player Friday after winning the […]
The family of a teen who was stabbed to death here last July aren’t satisfied with the sentence given Monday to 21-year-old Tara George of Thunder Bay for her role in the killing. As first reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, George was sentenced to one-year probation, plus given a 10-year […]
Poised on one knee, a wary curler grasped the stone’s handle, shut her eyes, and released it. The rock wobbled back and forth on its edge before grinding to a halt miles before the hog line. She opened her eyes just as it was cast aside. While this definitely wasn’t […]
Just as in the creation of most dream homes, financial reality has forced some changes in plans for the construction of the River Walk condominium project on Front Street. Buyers were to hear Wednesday afternoon how their suite in the 32-unit complex was altered to bring down the cost—and find […]
The Rainy River District School Board is considering offering continuing education courses for the general public in an effort to promote life-long learning and reach out to the community. The board discussed the idea at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting in Atikokan and supported moving ahead with it. “For a […]
Bob Bedggood, past president of the Christian Farmers’ Federation of Ontario, led a workshop for district farmers last Thursday in Emo to discuss the group’s future. CFFO executive members are touring the province to discuss their vision of the CFFO to educate, as well as get feedback to improve the […]
An official notice issued by the Northwestern Health Unit last week declaring second-hand smoke a “health hazard” has received mixed responses—or even outright defiance—from some municipalities in the Rainy River and Kenora districts. “At this point in time, we don’t plan on responding before the May 31 deadline,” Fort Frances […]
Should we stay or should we go? That’s the question area municipalities are pondering once again now that the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association is asking them who wants to stay on board in the search for another operator. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said that while the town has said it would […]
Concerns from Alberton Central parents were at the forefront of Tuesday night’s Rainy River District School Board meeting in Atikokan, but it appears trustees still will go ahead with plans to close it and two others here. “We must have spent a good 20 minutes of discussion about the Alberton […]
Local MP Robert Nault, also the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, will be here Wednesday to host an information seminar with local businesses, town officials, and the public. The session, entitled “How to Build a Diversified Economy in Your Community and the Role of the Federal Government,” will […]
