The Chamber of Commerce’s 14th-annual trade show is coming up here Sept. 21-22 and with a myriad of sights and sounds, attracting a crowd shouldn’t be a problem. But the Chamber still is looking for more exhibitors for this year’s Christmas-themed event, organizer Dawn Booth said. “There’s still booth space […]
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Town council will receive a formal written update on construction of the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility at its regular meeting here tonight. The project still is expected to be done and operational by the end of the year. “We are on schedule for completion by the end of […]
The third diabetes day camp to be held at Sunny Cove in recent years, but the first for organizers Sarah Ross and Cindy Gauthier, is ready to go Saturday–rain or shine. “We’ll have a pretty good turnout. At present, we have 34 people signed up,” said Ross, a registered dietitian […]
After seven months of work, and years of waiting before that, the dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here will be used to treat its first patients Monday morning. “There’s going to be six people treated next week–Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,” Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., […]
The Rainy River District School Board and its educational support staff ratified a new contract, in effect from Sept. 1, 2001 to Aug. 31, 2003, during the in-camera session of its regular meeting here Tuesday night. The two-year deal provides a total salary increase of five percent–1.5 percent as of […]
After losing two trucks to mechanical problems yet again, the Northwest Ontario Recycling Association is rushing to catch up on blue box pickups in town. “Both trucks, including the new truck, broke down last week and basically they had to fly a part in from the U.S. and repair the […]
After two public meetings to discuss a proposal to build a young offenders’ facility at Couchiching, community support for the project appears to be strong–and building. The meetings, held Tuesday on Couchiching and again last night at the Civic Centre, were held to inform residents of a local bid to […]
Utility bill information for Fort Frances residents will continue to be gathered and entered by local Civic Centre staff. The information then will be sent to Thunder Bay Hydro to be processed for the billing with that company’s software. The printing of the bills also has been done in Thunder […]
For those who can’t get enough of the talent tour de Fort brings to town year after year, vouchers for its inaugural “Encore” series will be on sale again Saturday (Sept. 8) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fort Frances Public Library. “We’re really excited about the ‘Encore’ […]
With the annual Terry Fox Run less than two weeks away, organizers are calling on all residents to show their support for cancer research by running, jogging, walking, or cycling. “People can even roller-blade or [travel the route] in their wheelchairs,” said organizer Joan Pearson, executive director of the Fort […]
Renovations on the main runway at the Fort Frances Municipal Airport are well underway as phase two of the project began over the Labour Day weekend. “As a matter of fact, we finished phase one on Friday,” Bruce Spottiswood, the town’s superintendent facilities for Public Works, noted Tuesday. Towland-Hewitson Constru-ction […]
With a number of incidents taking place this summer attracting various OPP teams and uniforms, some residents have been debating who’s who in the provincial police force. The resources available to the OPP that have been called in this summer are part of a number of layers of the police […]
