Confusion over the education portion raised the most questions on the 1998 tax bills, treasurer Carol Busch and tax collector Ed Katona told town council last night. While in past years the school board set the levy, this year the province standardized it at .46 percent of current market value […]
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A lit cigarette in the hand of someone sleeping. A wok fire out of control in the kitchen. A coffee maker left “on” while the family is at school and work. Every year, these three leading causes of fires are responsible for the better part of 67,000 blazes in Canadian […]
Results from a weekend seat belt count by the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, together with a 24-hour “Operation Impact” blitz campaign by the local OPP, indicate most drivers and their passengers are complying with the law. While final statistics haven’t been tallied yet on the seat belt count, RRVSC […]
Chances are when my child used a car seat 13 years ago, it would not have protected her from serious injury in a car accident. Although I didn’t know it then, I most likely had not installed it correctly. Luckily, I never had to find out the hard way how […]
After 14 months of hard work, some members of the Boreal West Round Table are fuming over the lack of response they received from the province on a final report they didn’t see–even though it was a report they supposedly endorsed. Fort Frances resident Jack Hedman, who sits on the […]
Creating opportunity and pulling Ontarians together is something the Liberals are pledging to do if elected in the next provincial election. But with a 38 percent recognition rate, the party is working first to raise the profile of leader Dalton McGuinty, who was here Saturday to speak to about 50 […]
It’s been two years since parents and educators were mandated to elect representatives to individual school councils. But now that it’s time to elect new members, many school councils are finding this round of elections has been much like the first one–low in nominees. Mary Lynne Bondett, acting principal and […]
In an effort to bring home the message of how youth can be spiritual role models, local teens Shaunna Cuthbertson and Amanda Cotterill, together with a delegation of 13 others from Thunder Bay, will have their “day” in church when they lead services at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church here Oct. […]
With names like “Cactus Jack’s Death Valley Chili,” “Yer’ In Trouble Chili,” and “Labourin’ To Eat It Chili” about to be dished out at the third-annual “Great Chili Cookoff” on Friday, chances are there will be no shortage of adventures in taste. Slated to kickoff at 11 a.m. under the […]
“The sun is shining outside, and it will certainly be shining in this room, this day, for it is truly a memorable occasion.” With those words, Judge Robert Somerville set in motion a day to remember for 13 people from across Northwestern Ontario who were sworn is as Canadian citizens […]
The strength of the U.S. dollar is reversing traffic flows at the border here, with more visitors venturing into Canada to shop and fewer Canadians heading south. In September, 42,862 visitors passed through Canada Customs here, up almost 10 percent from last September. On the flip side, the number of […]
In the wake of merger announcements and the McKay task force report, there could be another bank moving into town. Canada Safeway confirmed it was “looking closely” at setting up a Bank of Montreal branch in its renovated store in Fort Frances. It all depends on the cost, available floor […]
