Last year I got sunburned. This year, it was frostbite–or at least close to it. On the bright side, though, the cold, windy weather kept the bugs away for the third-annual “Freedom Ride,” which saw 13 riders collect $4,700 for the Northern Therapeutic Riding Association (NorTRA) on Saturday morning at […]
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Are you in touch with your higher self? If not, Nikki Katchur is willing to help you reach it at a “Shamanic Empowerment Through Vision Quest” retreat at Crawford’s Resort in Nestor Falls on July 4-11. Katchur has studied shamanism for the last 20 years, taking the “wisdoms” from several […]
After weeks of waiting, the town has received word back from LM Architects of Winnipeg stating it could not construct a new double-rink ice facility here within the $4.9-million budget. CAO Bill Naturkach informed the committee of the whole of council at Monday’s meeting after speaking with the company by […]
“Do you ever feel that you’re just being sucked up by the vacuum cleaner of life?” That’s how Maggie Milne, a motivational speaker from Thunder Bay, summed up stress for about 100 delegates attending the annual Literacy Northwest conference here last weekend. While stress can take its toll, Milne urged […]
“Do you ever feel that you’re just being sucked up by the vacuum cleaner of life?” That’s how Maggie Milne, a motivational speaker from Thunder Bay, summed up stress for about 100 delegates attending the annual Literacy Northwest conference here last weekend. While stress can take its toll, Milne urged […]
If plans for the Fort Frances Public Library’s 100th anniversary celebration come together, area residents will get a stylish glimpse into the past next month. Members of the “Friends of the Library” are preparing for the centennial festivities June 26 from 2-4 p.m., which will include a museum display, a […]
The bank accounts may be dwindling but there is enough money to pay off all existing debts–and still have about $410,000 to play with. That’s the news town auditor Jock Spence, with BDO Dunwoody here, brought to council Monday night in his 1997 financial report, which showed the town has […]
Gord Keesic and Jacquee Savage are looking for people who are looking for a summer job. The pair are summer employment officers with the local Human Resources Development Canada Centre for Students, more commonly known as the Canada Employment Centre for Students, which opened here last week. Both students themselves, […]
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 […]
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 […]
