Municipal leaders want a Northern Services board and they want it as soon as possible. In fact, the Rainy River District Municipal Association is lobbying the province to give the Northern Services Improvement Act second reading immediately–and third reading by the fall, it decided at a meeting in Emo last […]
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Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and its unionized employees don’t have much time to hammer out a collective agreement, with workers threatening to walk off the job June 15 if they don’t. That decision came after a 95 percent strike vote was tallied last Wednesday in Ottawa. Cecil Makowski, administrative vice-president for the […]
If numbers speak for themselves, the tourism industry has been doing lots of talking here since May 15. Over the last two weekends alone, some 3,900 visitors have walked through the doors at the Ontario travel centre here–a good indication the local tourist season is about to shift into high […]
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon gave his word but council didn’t pass a bylaw Monday night prohibiting casinos, including charitable gaming clubs, inside town limits. That has the Fort Frances Ministerial Association going back to its membership next month to decide what to do next–and chairwoman Rev. Mary Whitson noted it might […]
A chance gust of wind is being blamed for causing a float plane to overturn on Lakeland Bay just east of here a week ago Saturday, according to a report from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. It also is known now that the mishap occurred after the pilot aborted […]
Seventeen riders are gathering pledges this week as the Northwestern Ontario Therapeutic Riding Association gears up for its third-annual “Freedom Ride” on Saturday. The ride is slated to start at 1 p.m. (or at the same time Sunday if it’s raining). But instead of making the trip to Wasaw Lake […]
Patrons at the Red Dog Inn coffee shop got the surprise of their lives Friday night when hail smashed through the skylight overhead as they were dining.
It wasn’t a stampede crowd at the Royal Canadian Legion here Friday night but it was enough to raise the last bit of money needed to bring 11 children to Rainy River District from Belarus Susan Affleck, local team leader for the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus, […]
Ask a museum curator what was significant about May 18 and the answer may come as a surprise. May 18 wasn’t just Victoria Day here in Canada, it also happened to be International Museum’s Day–set aside in recognition of the important role museums play in the collection and preservation of […]
It could be the biggest “fun”-draiser the town has ever seen, with the emphasis definitely on fun. That is how Keith Milne, “Big Bike” co-ordinator for Northwestern Ontario, described the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s fundraiser that’s rolling into town for the first time June 22. And Milne didn’t think they’d […]
Despite a hearty effort by its pit crew, the Fort High super mileage vehicle (SMV) failed to make the grade during a two-day competition at the raceway in Brainerd, Mn. last week. “We had a major amount of problem-solving to do,” said teacher Gord Witherspoon, who accompanied six students from […]
An investigation into Saturday’s airplane mishap on Lakeland Bay (Rainy Lake) is still continuing but the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has pretty much ruled out mechanical failure for causing the plane to tip over. The 10-seater, single-engine Otter float plane, owned by Fort Frances Sportsmen Airways Ltd., flipped over […]
