The Northwest Recycling Association is awaiting a finalized request for proposals in hopes of finding a company to take over its recycling services before the end of the month. “We’re hopeful we can have something to look at by the end of the week,” said NORA chair Dennis Brown, who […]
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Following an operational review report released in November, and a dwindling budget, the Northwestern Health Unit is being forced to look at reducing programs in 2002, CEO and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pete Sarsfield said Monday. “We have to keep on doing many things within our budget. And as a […]
Added interest in the River Walk Condominium project here caused the deadline for construction bids to be pushed back a week, but owners still can expect to be able to move into their new homes Oct. 1. “We’ve had a good response from the construction industry,” Fort Frances CAO Bill […]
Talks between the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the province resumed Monday but there’s been no word yet about a new contract. “They went back to the table yesterday and so far they’ve said nothing publicly,” Bob Dakin, president of OPSEU Local #711, said Tuesday. “The negotiations are now […]
After adopting the local “Community Chest” as their charity for 2002 back in November, Canada Safeway employees here are starting their fundraising for the cause with a raffle. With a grand prize being $100 in groceries every week for a year from Canada Safeway, assistant manager Cory Delbridge said Tuesday […]
Following recommendations to close Alexander MacKenzie and Sixth Street Schools here, and pleas not to shut down Alberton Central, the committee of the whole of the Rainy River District School Board will meet tonight to further discuss the issue. The board officially received reports from various sub-committees at its Dec. […]
Chuck Arpin had a bad feeling when he parked on the ice at Big Detroit Lake near Detroit Lakes, Mn. on Friday night. And sure enough, when he returned Saturday morning, 12 trailers and four pickup trucks, including his own, were sinking into the water. A pond-sized section of ice […]
The Fort Frances Fire Department is warning parents to be aware of the potential danger of sliding on the hill near the sewage treatment plant. Firefighters were called there around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, responding to a report of a young boy having fallen into the river after sliding out […]
District Grade 10 students will write the Education Quality and Accountability Office’s literacy test Feb. 14-15. “We found out about it just before the holidays,” Fort High vice-principal Mary Hickling said Monday morning. “The ministry gave us a couple of dates to choose from, and these are the ones Fort […]
What’s in a colour? Well, if your bridge toll card is white, unlike the more recent green and red ones, it has expired. And that has at least one local resident upset about losing the trips he still had remaining on it. When the new one-way toll and swipe card […]
Local organizers are asking everyone to dig out their hockey jerseys and make colourful signs for Saturday’s “Hockey Day in Canada” broadcast that will feature Fort Frances. “Be a part of hockey history in Fort Frances,” Dave Egan, a board member with the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, urged Thursday […]
In a highly-anticipated breakthrough for local Internet users, Jam21.Net said it will be ready to deliver high-speed wireless service within the month. “We had the infrastructure ready in July,” owner Dave Ashworth noted Friday morning. “But we’ve had to go through a number of procedures in the several months since […]
