Staff The Ministry of Education has approved funding for the renovation of St. Michael’s School here to accommodate the start of full-day junior kindergarten next fall. “It’s exciting to be involved in the school construction once again,” Chris Howarth, superintendent of business for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, said […]
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Peggy Revell The “Meals on Wheels” program here is in need of some helping hands. “We’re always looking for volunteers,” said local co-ordinator Gaby Hanzuk. “We have 52 weeks in a year, and in a perfect world I would have all 52 weeks covered—which doesn’t happen.” Hanzuk said the program, […]
Staff A total of 2,020 birds, representing 30 species, were spotted during the annual Christmas bird count held over the holiday season. This year’s count was held Dec. 26, with six people watching bird feeders to record observations. Five others in vehicles covered 244 km on a route around the […]
Duane Hicks Whether used to identify lung disease or monitor the effectiveness of asthma treatments, spirometry is a commonly-performed breathing test to measure the lungs’ capacity to move air in or out of the them. While such testing always has been offered at the Fort Frances Community Clinic, the Fort […]
Duane Hicks With work on the 2011 budget well underway, town council passed a bylaw to institute an interim tax levy at its regular meeting last night. As in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about half of the total amount of taxes property owners paid in 2010. […]
Staff Town council will receive a financial request from Safe Communities Rainy River District for $.50 per capita funding for its 2010-11 programs at tonight’s council meeting. This rate is the same the group asked for—and received—last year. This money would be used to “help our communities become safer to […]
Charles Dickens’ novel, “Oliver Twist,” vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers, particularly young children, in England in the 1830s. In the United States, the situation also was abysmal. Generally, workers were given no consideration whatsoever. This reached a climax in March, 1911. A fire in a shirtwaist factory killed […]
Duane Hicks While the new “blue box” recycling bins on Sixth Street West have been getting plenty of use this week, already some garbage has begun to show up in the mix—and the town wants to send the message that this isn’t acceptable. Environmental and Facilities superintendent Doug Herr said […]
Duane Hicks Not all of the signage is even up yet but people already have been utilizing the new “blue box” recycling depot on Sixth Street West behind the Public Works building. The pull-off to access the four large blue bins only was plowed out Tuesday but they were almost […]
Press Release As part of its “Open Ontario” plan, the McGuinty government has enhanced existing or introduced new tax credits in 2010 that make it a little easier for hard-working Ontario families to manage their household costs, including: •the Children’s Activity Tax Credit, which helps parents with the cost of […]
Press Release Ontario’s investments in cancer care are producing results and have established the province as a global leader, according to a new international study. The study, published in “The Lancet,” looked at survival rates for four cancers—lung, breast, colorectal, and ovarian—in six countries. For colorectal cancer survival, Ontario ranked […]
Press Release Ontario’s seatbelt law celebrated its 35th birthday on Jan. 1. Today, 92.8 percent of all Ontarians buckle up—that’s up from just 17.2 percent who wore seatbelts before the mandatory law took effect. Ontario was the first province to require all drivers and passengers to wear a seatbelt. The […]
