Atikokan residents may have been drinking water with disease-causing bacteria for more than a month due to delays in getting test results. And Mayor Dennis Brown said he wants to know why. “I certainly, as the mayor, am concerned that it did take so long,” he noted yesterday. While the […]
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Some 30 Scott Street businesses have agreed to keep their doors open after hours on Halloween night for the hundreds of costumed youngsters who are expected to “haunt” the downtown core. Slated to run Oct. 31 from 4:30-7 p.m., the second-annual “Scott St. Scare” once again is being billed as […]
“Plugged In!” will be back on the air Nov. 5 on Videon Channel 9 and it has a whole slew of new ideas for viewers. The first episode will be about Remembrance Day, and will include a “streeter” segment featuring people’s thoughts on the occasion. “We’ll be asking ‘What does […]
Local artists Ann Evans and Cheryl Westover will join forces later this week when they host a two-day show of their unique collections of artwork. Dubbed “Elegant Glass and Wonderful Wood,” the show will run Friday from 4-9 p.m. and again Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. […]
With “Gate Night” and Hallowe’en coming up next week, area OPP and volunteers are gearing up again for “Operation Pumpkin”–the annual patrol aimed at preventing vandalism. The program, in its sixth year here, has put a dent in the number of mischievous acts committed around town on “Gate Night,” noted […]
Sunset Search and Rescue will be conducting a membership blitz soon to get volunteers involved in assisting the OPP in the district when needed. Recently incorporated as a non-profit, charitable organization, its board of directors is meeting here tonight to form a plan on how to get volunteers on board. […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. has finished compiling the proposals aiming to boost tourism in the Emo area and will be submitting the information to council there for approval. If it gets the nod, the booklet then will be sent to all those who attended a brainstorming session late […]
The Rainy River Hospital Auxiliary has been hitting the phone lines in an effort to keep the pledges coming in for the new hospital there Treasurer Elsie Morrison said yesterday she has 11 auxiliary members canvassing the 852 exchange for donations. A standard format was devised for the callers, who […]
CN still isn’t sure to what extent diesel fuel has leached from its Central Avenue property here so more testing is being done this week. Only this time round, it’s on town-owned land. Ian Thomson, CN’s director of public affairs, noted this third phase of its environmental assessment is needed […]
It’s final fate is to be decided by midnight tonight but it looks like the U.S. government will delay implementation–for 30 months–of a bill that would require Canadians to check in with U.S. Immigration officials before entering and exiting the country. And if that happens, it means back to square […]
Kuch Stephenson Architects Ltd. is being hired by the town to analyze the “multi-use” figures to make sure Fort Frances is paying its fair share of the costs for the auditorium project. That bill is estimated to come in at $2,300-$2,800 plus GST. Town council also will have further meetings […]
After several delays and more than month in a building with no heat or ventilation, Confederation College was to have started the move into its new home in the “multi-use” facility late this afternoon. Campus manager Don Lovisa said the move will take place over the next couple of evenings […]
