Worried north-end residents were standing in their backyards late Thursday morning watching pungent brown water creep towards their houses while a fleet of contractors, Public Works staff, and Abitibi-Consolidated employees rushed to block the flow from two broken effluent pipes running in and out of the mill. The water was […]
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The Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students here will close its doors for the summer this Friday (Aug. 10). That leaves only two days for students still hoping to make some money before school starts–and even those looking for something more permanent–to check out the jobs listed on the […]
Ask local sculptor Bob Morris how long it took him to carve any one of his pieces and he will answer “All my life.” Question the artist on where he was born and his reply is similarly ambiguous–so much so that you have to repeat the question to the curator […]
Thunder Bay singer/songwriter Rodney Brown will be in town Sunday night to play a concert at La Place Rendez-Vous with local musician Richard McKinnon. From all accounts, Brown is something of a legend in these parts–an artist who has brought a bit of Northwestern Ontario to the rest of the […]
After taking almost a week to prime the west wall of the Masonic Lodge on the corner of Scott Street and Portage Avenue, mural artist John Hood now is moving along quickly painting his project–a glimpse at turn-of-the-century Fort Frances. “It took about two days longer on the priming than […]
For the fourth year in a row, Donny Little will ride his bike into town to raise funds for, and promote awareness of, Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario. A welcome barbecue to mark his arrival is slated Thursday from 4-7 p.m. in the Safeway parking lot. Everyone is invited […]
Work on the dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital is going ahead at full-steam, with maintenance staff aiming to get done work there before month’s end. “Everything [is] coming in next week,” said Ed Cousineau, manager of bio-medical engineering, during a brief on-site tour yesterday. “By the third week in […]
Wednesday is Day 93 of the strike by CUPE #65 workers at the Association for Community Living here and there remains no sign of an agreement–or any talks. Bearing the heat, union members continue to picket ACL housing units on Hudson Drive and in front of the its offices on […]
After more than a month of construction on the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here, work continues to be on schedule, Abitibi-Consolidated mill manager Jim Gartshore said Tuesday. “A lot of the foundation and roadwork is getting done,” he noted. “At this stage, we’re looking at the completion of […]
Four staff members of the United Native Friendship Centre’s youth drop-in centre will canoe from Fort Frances to Rainy River to raise money for the D.A.R.E. program and a sound system for the centre. Brad Herbert, the Healing and Wellness Youth Support co-ordinator for the U.N.F.C., and youth workers R.J. […]
Pither’s Point beach here is still off-limits to swimmers after routine samples taken by the Northwestern Health Unit found dangerous levels of bacteria. The beach was closed for the first time last Thursday and remains closed after follow-up samples–taken Saturday–found the bacteria count was still high. “Samples that we’ve taken […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society is seeing who’s got the best “green thumb” when it stages its annual flower and vegetable show tomorrow. Running from 2-8 p.m. at the Robert Moore auditorium, organizers are hoping exhibitors once again will get creative since this year’s theme is “Storybook Gardens.” “The theme […]
