A day-long information symposium, featuring renowned diabetes researcher Dr. Greg Korbutt, is being hosted by the Canadian Diabetes Association here next Tuesday (May 15). “It is not very often that you have the chance to sit down and listen to someone of Dr. Korbutt’s calibre,” said event spokesperson Bud Edwards. […]
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As jack-hammering can be heard around the area where the temporary dialysis unit will be housed at La Verendrye hospital here, Riverside CEO Wayne Woods said work is proceeding on schedule. “It’s going fine. They’ve had to tear up the floor and will be installing a new drain system for […]
Alberton council has been hit by another challenge with word the township’s municipal clerk, Faye Flatt, is being tapped for a job with the Town of Fort Frances. Although the hiring has yet to be formally approved by Fort Frances council, Flatt, who has been Alberton’s clerk for the past […]
Alberton clerk Faye Flatt has been hired by the Town of Fort Frances to take on the position of municipal planner, the Times learned this morning. Flatt, who has been Alberton’s clerk for five years, will replace Ted Berry, who is retiring from the position. Although the hiring decision has […]
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, […]
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., […]
