While the Pupil Accommodation Committee won’t meet until Nov. 21 to look at three recommendations for school closures/amalgamations, any decisions aren’t expected to be made for quite some time. “It would take a minimum of two years, and possibly three or four years, before we see any real changes,” said […]
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The funding for the new hemodialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here has been cemented after the Aboriginal Dialysis Initiative donated $450,000 to the project at a presentation yesterday morning at the Red Dog Inn. With $350,000 given to the “Care Close to Home” campaign, and another $100,000 to Riverside […]
As a self-confessed “junk-food addict,” participating in the annual Diabetes Celebrity Challenge is something I never could have imagined myself doing. That is, until George Bartlett, carrying a fuzzy teddy bear and sporting a Diabetes Awareness shirt, walked into the Times office last month and asked if I would like […]
Teachers with the Northwest Catholic District School Board will receive a two percent salary hike after the Ontario Elementary English Catholic Teachers’ Association ratified a contract for the 2000-01 school year. The deal was announced at the board’s regular monthly meeting Saturday in Sioux Lookout. “It’s a really a cut […]
The deputy minister of education headed back to Toronto with list of concerns and ideas from both the local public and separate school boards after a two-day visit here last week.
Vandals and thieves beware! The Fort Frances OPP once again will get a helping hand from the community Monday when “Operation Pumpkin” hits the streets in an effort to curb mischief associated with Hallowe’en. “It’s a Community Policing Committee initiative to reduce vandalism on ‘Gate Night,’” Sgt. Don Robertson said […]
Millions of Canadians who heat their homes with natural gas will be faced with a severe price increase this winter. Though steadily rising gasoline prices have been the main focus in the news lately, the next few months will see jumps in natural gas bills that will make the gas […]
Fort Frances remains the only municipality in the Kenora and Rainy River districts that has refused to pay a levy increase to the Northwestern Health Unit–and the issue is starting to heat up among councillors. Council decided to refuse to pay the hike when it was issued by the health […]
The odds of bumping into Thivagaran Pillay, Thulani Thompson, Johannes Cornelius Botha, or Malcolm Leon Booysens in downtown Fort Frances are now pretty slim. But for four days last week, the South African delegation was in town to learn what makes a small Canadian community tick. The delegation, from the […]
Fort Frances Little Theatre will be back on stage with its production of “Beauty and the Beast” on Nov. 2-4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre here. A matinee also is slated for Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. This version–written and directed by Wendy Judson of Emo–promises to […]
In grief, in celebration, in struggle, in fleeting moments of peace: we gather forever, not as a people helpless and afraid, not as a people victorious and proud, but as a people, pulled by the Spirit to live lives of love and compassion. “Tonight is not a fundraiser. It’s a […]
After being notified this week that La Verendrye hospital here will get more than $800,000 for a hemodialysis unit, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said it hopefully will be operational in the next six months. “It’s fantastic news for the residents,” Wayne Woods enthused Tuesday. “Those who […]
