The board and management of the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living are waiting to hear from striking employees to resume contract talks. “The association remains willing to return to the bargaining table at any time,” ACL executive director Alanna Barr said. “We are fully prepared to discuss […]
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While the fire season has been fairly quiet here since April 1, Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters could see a lot more action as summer gets into full swing. “Right now, we’re at the ‘moderate’ hazard level across the Fort Frances District,” sector response officer Marney Brown said Thursday morning. […]
Employees with the Fort Frances and District Association of Community Living now have been on strike for 41 days–and counting.
Though Hire-A-Student Week got off to a slow start, Summer Employment Officer Christina Pochailo is hopeful students will stop in at the Human Resource Centre here and take advantage of the employment opportunities it has to offer.
The La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary will be hosting its annual “Strawberry Social” tomorrow (June 21) from 2-5 p.m. on the hospital grounds. Auxiliary president Joan Mudge, believes there will be something for everyone at this year’s event–not to mention delicious strawberry shortcake for $2.50. “We will have the usual […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board isn’t looking at any cutbacks for 2001-02 after a budget update at its regular meeting Saturday morning in Sioux Lookout indicated the board in good shape. “We’re striving for a balanced budget and we don’t think there will be problems,” Education Director Carol-Lynne Oldale […]
After a last-minute entry yesterday afternoon, “Quest for the Best” will see a full line-up of 20 acts hit the stage July 25 under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina as part of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Charles Fisher has joined the 14 other soloists and […]
The first-annual “Relay for Life” in Fort Frances is set for Friday night at Pither’s Point, with more than 350 participants as well as a number of entertainers and volunteers ready to go. The 35 teams of 10 have raised about $1,000 each in sponsorship for their 12-hour walk around […]
With summer just around the corner, Fort Frances Museum curator Pam Hawley is gearing up for another busy tourist season with the opening of the three Pither’s Point historical sites this Friday. “On average, we have about 2,000 visitors each year,” she noted. “It is a very nice location, and […]
Andrew Fournier has walked almost halfway across the country on a “pilgrimage for life.” This past weekend, he made a stop in Fort Frances to share his message with young people at a youth retreat at St. Mary’s Church. Beginning his walk in North Sydney, Cape Breton on March 1 […]
Jim Klick loaded my eight-year-old daughter, Tashina, and me into his bass boat and headed to a wind-blown shore on Prospect Bay of Rainy Lake for three hours of fishing. It was an afternoon to remember in July of 1997. Tashina, with Jim’s help, caught several smallmouth bass in the […]
The population of walleye in Heron Lake, introduced there by three groups in 1995, is growing according to a survey done there last week. In a follow-up to the introduction of the fish to the coolwater lake in late May of that year, a team of Ministry of Natural Resources […]
