Abitibi-Consolidated’s kraft mill was expected to be up-and-running again later today after shutting down yesterday for boiler and pipe repairs. The mill was shut down by 6:30 a.m. yesterday after a pipe–carrying waste water at a rate of 500 gallons per minute–was found leaking at around 3 a.m. The effluent, […]
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The Fort Frances Public Library is not the same as it used to be. And head librarian Margaret Sedgwick is inviting everyone to come see how it’s changed during an open house there Thursday from 2-6 p.m. “We celebrating all our new furnishings, the new carpeting, and the circulation desk,” […]
Environment Canada and the Ministry of the Environment have been notified after a pipe carrying waste water at the Abitibi-Consolidated kraft mill here broke early Monday morning. The pipe, carrying effluent water from the kraft mill, was found to be broken around 3 a.m., forcing the mill to close down […]
Construction of a new Canada Customs and Immigration Facility here could begin by the end of the month. “There’s no official ground-breaking ceremony date set but we’re very close to doing that,” said Jim Gartshore, general manager of the Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. mill here, which is funding the construction along with […]
Local businessman John McTaggart will be honoured in Atikokan on Tuesday night with a special provincial award for outstanding volunteerism. “When I got the phone call that I had won this award, I said ‘Oh my . . .,” McTaggart noted Friday. “It is very humbling to be honoured but […]
During a by-invitation only meeting here Thursday afternoon with local Internet service providers, businesspeople, and councillors, Bell Canada reps asked everyone to wait while they consider options for small communities in Northwestern Ontario. The meeting, called in response to concerns over recent upgrades by Bell and a lack of high-speed […]
The army is coming–army worms, that is–and there will be lots as we hit the peak of their 10-year cycle. “We expect there to be at least as many, if not more, than last year. This is their peak year,” Ministry of Natural Resources project biologist Darren Elder noted Friday. […]
The Trans-Canada Highway reopened to all traffic around 8:30 p.m. yesterday after being closed for 20 hours due to a fatal truck accident about 25 km east of Dryden. The two transport trucks collided head-on around 1:30 a.m. yesterday, killing four people–two from Owen Sound, Ont., one from Beausejour, Man., […]
It’s official: the ice is out on both the Canadian and U.S. sides of Rainy Lake. Mike Pawlikowski, the head pilot for Rusty Myers Flying Service here, declared the ice out Wednesday after a flight around 10 a.m. On Tuesday, he had reported some slushy ice was still blocking the […]
Coun. Neil Kabel may have had the fright of his life after a dust-up with an armed thief at his store–the East End Confectionery–last Wednesday night. Fort Frances OPP reported a man brandishing a knife entered the small Scott Street store just minutes before its 10 p.m. closing time. Minutes […]
The new bridge committee, a joint committee of International Falls and Fort Frances council members is expected to meet for the first time this month. “It should be any time now, I would think it will be within the first two weeks of May,” noted Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, who will […]
It’s been almost two-and-a-half years since she took up the position of director of education with the Northwest Catholic District School Board, but as of July 14, Carol-Lynne Oldale will head the board no more. But Oldale’s resignation comes in the face of a chance to get back to her […]
