The puck should be dropped in the new indoor ice facility here in mid-November, 1999, with the town and “Ice for Kids” reps to look at the preliminary designs and cost estimates at a meeting Sept. 8. Construction on the 1,000-seat facility is slated to start next spring to avoid […]
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Security has been stepped up at the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here after the striking Communications, Energy and Papermakers union turned up the heat on the picket lines last week. Mill manager Jim Gartshore said surveillance cameras were being used to keep an eye on picket-line activity. “We’ve got increased activity on […]
Classes started Monday at Confederation College here but just how long they keep going depends on how the union of Ontario college professors react to yesterday’s contract offer. Local campus manager Don Lovisa said the professors will be taking a final vote early in September on whether to accept the […]
A summer with drought-like conditions has had a devastating impact on the Thunder Bay region’s hay crop, leaving an all but captive market to the east for district farmers with hay surpluses. Rudy Buitenhuise, ag rep for the Thunder Bay region, said hay yields are way down. In fact, he […]
With a new school year fast approaching, many area students will be scrambling to enjoy another day at the beach or a late-night stint watching movies before they hit the books next week. For 18-year-old Crozier resident Jennifer Sletmoen, the next seven or eight days will be centred around packing […]
With a “dream” studio at her fingertips, local aviation artist Cher Hogan’s desire to paint is at an all-time high. It is in her new 18’ x 24’ studio, overlooking the residential property she owns with husband, Murray, at Windy Point, where Hogan is plugging away at what is literally […]
Joyce McCormick was elected president of “tour de Fort” at the group’s annual general meeting here last night. Joining McCormick on the executive is Wendy Brunetta (vice-president), Tracy Morrish (treasurer), and Scott Doherty (secretary). McCormick takes over from former president Dr. Ted Jablonski, who left Fort Frances earlier this month […]
With the co-operation and donation from the Fort Frances-Rainy River Women’s Teachers Association, the Emo Public Library had another fruitful summer reading program this year. It began the week of July 6, with 62 children up to grade eight registered, and ran through Aug. 13. Children chose books that were […]
Dropping output levels on Rainy Lake will decrease the mill’s ability to create power at its dams but it isn’t known yet by how much. Bob Anderson, communications officer with Boise Cascade in International Falls, expected to know next week what impact the possible one-third reduction in outflow from Rainy […]
No new talks are slated between Abitibi-Consolidated and the Communications, Energy, and Papermakers union as the strike moves into its 10th week. In fact, CEP administrative vice-president Cecil Makowski, who will be in town today and tomorrow morning, said there has been no further communications between the two sides. “I […]
With Atikokan facing a water shortage crisis for three weeks now, some are wondering if the low levels of Rainy Lake and Rainy River will have a similar effect here. But Bruce Spottiswood, superintendent of works (facilities), didn’t think so. “I don’t see anything like that happening in our future,” […]
Manager of International Travel Services here for the past four years, Pat Herr recently became its new owner after buying the business from Dr. Robert and Margaret Lidkea and George and Bev Mylenchuk. “Officially, the deal was done on May 7 but it only got through the banks and the […]
