Duane Hicks To celebrate Family Day next Monday (Feb. 20, town council is offering local residents several free activities to do together. A free adult skate will run from 8-9:20 a.m. at Ice For Kids Arena, followed by a free family skate 9:45-11:35 a.m. Then there will be free shinny […]
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Press Release In addition to the benefit concert, art exhibit and market, buskers, penny table, and silent auctions of talent and merchandise at the “Heart of the Arts” event here tomorrow (Feb. 16), the “Relay for Life” and Sunset Country Métis also will be selling baked goods. “Participating in events […]
the OPP A Community Satisfaction Survey currently is underway in the northwest to solicit public opinions about the services the OPP detachments deliver to communities throughout the region. This is a telephone survey that randomly selects members of the public (age 16 and older) who live in Ontario. The survey […]
Duane Hicks Sewer and water rates will be going up again this year after town council approved an increase at its regular meeting Monday night. After going through several scenarios at a meeting last Wednesday, the Operations and Facilities executive committee recommended the following, to which council agreed: •a one-percent […]
the NHU Feb. 12-19 is National Sexual and Reproductive Health Week and the Northwestern Health Unit is using it to promote testing for sexually-transmitted infections (STIs). “Chlamydia and gonorrhea are the two most common reportable STIs in our region,” said Gillian Lunny, manager of the sexual health program. “Our rates […]
Press Release In November, Northern Community Development Services here was very fortunate to become the recipient of a community dragon boat through the Dragon Boat Development Program. After submitting an application to Dragon Boat Canada, NCDS was chosen to receive one of the six boats available across Canada. Dragon boat […]
Duane Hicks Allows more U.S. tourists into Canada In an answer to area tourism operators’ prayers, the Tourism Facilitation Action Plan announced Friday will make it easier—at least temporarily—for Americans who have minor criminal records to cross the border into Canada. Starting March 1, Americans with a single indictable offence […]
Heather Latter What started out as an idea to spread some Christmas cheer has developed into a project to pass along “warm wishes” all year long. The student council at St. Francis here, along with several class representatives, initiated the “Tree of Warm Wishes” project in December and now 30 […]
Heather Latter The local Celebrating Diversity committee is launching its “Respect Campaign” publicly with a session at Boston Pizza tomorrow morning (Feb. 16). Committee chair Trudy McCormick noted a presentation, developed by three committee members and entitled “Six Steps to a More Respectful Community,” will be offered up, with the […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances has developed a new policy regarding vandalism and wilful damage as a result of repeated incidents at the Memorial Sports Centre. In an interview Monday, Community Services manager George Bell said vandalism continues to be a regular source of grief for arena management. […]
Duane Hicks The town could get some help from Union Gas to fix damaged seats at the ’52 Canadians and Ice For Kids arenas down the road. At Monday night’s meeting, council received a letter from Luke Skaarup, Union Gas utility services and construction manager, notifying it that the company […]
Staff A report released recently by the International Joint Commission (IJC) proposes a plan to improve bi-national management of water quality in the Lake of the Woods-Rainy River basin by imposing a governance model called the International Watershed Initiative. The new initiative’s board would be a combination of the IJC’s […]
