Ontario teachers were slated to meet at the bargaining table with the Harris government today in hopes of avoiding a province-wide wildcat strike. But while many are trying to remain optimistic, educational workers are bracing for the worst. Locally, students have been coming home with letters from both the public […]
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The fight over Bill 136 may be over but the battle against the Harris government isn’t, with labour groups across the province putting their support behind the teachers’ fight against Bill 160. All four local teacher federations have joined the Fort Frances and District Labour Council, the most recent being […]
You can’t get “something for nothing.” That’s just one reason why Jeraldine Bjornson, minister at Knox United Church here, said she will speak out against opening a charity gaming casino in Fort Frances before voters go to the polls in November. And she’s expecting the local ministerial association–along with others–will […]
Community support for a drug and alcohol-free environment within the 10 area First Nations got a healthy endorsement here Friday morning when almost 300 people showed up to participate in a “Rally and Walk.” The event–the first of its kind–included a banner-waving march from the Senic River Mall on Second […]
For a little more than a year now, counsellors at the Door of Hope Counselling Services have been helping their clients find ways to deal with the stresses of everyday life. While providing a professional level of advocacy has evolved most successfully in terms of a client base, counsellor Ron […]
When Sandra Morrisseau joined the Couchiching Volunteer Fire Department, she probably never expected to be called to a fire at her own home. But early Sunday morning, she watched her house go up in smoke. “It’s completely lost,” Morrisseau said Monday from her brother’s home where she, her husband, Charlie […]
Shortly after passing a resolution not to commit more town dollars to the auditorium project at Westfort, Fort Frances council made a “friendly amendment” to kick in another $300,000 to bring its maximum financial commitment up to $1.8 million. But with that, the auditorium will house only 434 seats, not […]
Spotting a huge, unidentifiable object in the evening sky with flashing lights “not like an airplane” may sound far-fetched but it’s a scenario at least a dozen residents from Fort Frances to Barwick said they saw Sept. 20. Reported to be extremely large, stationary for up to an hour, and […]
It wasn’t about buying and selling, or even about trade. It was about making contacts with people on both sides of the border. And it was a real success for Trish Neilson of Rainy River Preserves, who was attending her first “Northern Networks” trade conference. Neilson decided to attend the […]
Fort Frances council could be putting the brakes on the proposed Rainy River District Area Services Board by insisting on representation by population. That’s the warning Rainy River Mayor Gord Armstrong, who chairs the working group putting together the proposal, relayed after hearing council here gave the go-ahead to the […]
The invisible trading wall is crumbling as 150 participants opened up possibilities of doing business with their counterparts on the other side of the Canada-U.S. border. That’s what happened at the fourth-annual “Northern Networks” trade conference held in Fort Frances last week. And organizer Geoff Gillon, with the Rainy River […]
With provincial funding having run out for the Community Development Corp. for the West Rainy River District, Geoff Gillon said his office is looking to pick up the slack. But just how they’re going to do it remains to be seen. Gillon and the Rainy River Future Development Corp., based […]
