It’s a workshop for only the best in high school band across Northwestern Ontario–and it was the chance of a lifetime for five local students. Heather Keeler (baritone), Shaunna Cuthbertson (alto sax), Norma Kallstrom (trumpet), Kendra Ogden (trombone), and Jennifer Sinclair (French horn) left Monday morning for “Honour Band,” a […]
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The Abitibi-Consolidated mill’s run of more than 6.3 million safe hours since a lost-time incident here came to an end last week after an employee who suffered an injury on the job was forced to be taken off work completely. The “hours worked without a lost time” clock was turned […]
Thirty hours without food. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like much. I mean, if a person sleeps for eight hours a day, that leaves only 22 waking hours to go hungry. Take a nap one day and sleep in, and that number drops below 20. So when Jordan Roy, […]
Young boaters have been targeted as Canada attempts to make its waters safer under a federal government licensing program, effective Jan. 1 of next year. Under the new regulations, everyone under the age of 16 will be required to obtain a licence to operate a motorboat on Canadian waters. The […]
If area residents wish to have a renal dialysis unit in Fort Frances, they’re going to have start writing to the Ministry of Health. That’s the message nephrologist Dr. William McCready and nurse Barbara Adams of the Thunder Bay Regional Dialysis Program had to say to a group of doctors, […]
Those miffed about paying higher municipal taxes this year may be able to do something about it–but it will take some leg work. Legislation is slated to be introduced this spring that would allow taxpayers the right to ask for a referendum on any tax increases, including those imposed by […]
For the fourth time since last October, rates at the Fort Frances Children‘s Complex are going up. By September, the cost of an unsubsidized spot will have increased over 30 percent in a year. Council approved upping the rates for “unsubsidized” spots for residents Monday to $26.50 a day for […]
Allegations of a breach of trust have been levelled against the former Fort Frances-Rainy River Board of Education, prompting an investigation by the anti-rackets branch of the OPP out of Thunder Bay, the Times learned yesterday. Det. Sgt. Lorne Costigan said Tuesday he received a complaint from a local resident, […]
For the first time in seven years, Fort Frances ratepayers will see an increase in their municipal taxes after town council unanimously approved a 4.68 percent hike for 1998 at a special meeting last Wednesday. That means households will see, on average, a $46.27 jump on their tax bills this […]
Four seasonal employees won’t be returning to the Public Works department this year as the town trimmed $47,000 off its operating budget. Those employees worked on sidewalk construction, line painting, and relieving those people taking vacation, Operations and Facilities manager Jerry Tetu noted Monday. “It’s going to have to be […]
Fort Frances residents may be among the first to get the word but they aren’t the only ones in Northwestern Ontario facing higher taxes. Although its 1998 budget isn’t expected to be set for another week, Dryden also is looking at a “moderate” tax increase. “Council is talking about two […]
If you didn’t get to the annual Easter Market before noon Saturday, chances are whatever you were looking for was sold out. Held at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market site on McIrvine Road here last Thursday and Saturday, customers literally gobbled up the vendors’ items on both days the market […]
