Staff An information session for candidates in this fall’s municipal election, originally scheduled for next Tuesday at the Civic Centre, has been cancelled due to a lack of interest. Fort Frances clerk Glenn Treftlin said yesterday that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing won’t be coming here to host […]
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Press Release Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton said more Northern Ontario forest sector jobs will be put at risk if the McGuinty Liberals allow AbitibiBowater to sell off its hydro dams. “AbitibiBowater’s hydro dams in Northwestern and Northeastern Ontario have provided paper mills in Fort Frances and Iroquois Falls with […]
the OPP Officers from the Dryden and Ignace OPP are investigating an incident involving found human remains along Highway 17, 25 km east of Ignace. The remains were found Tuesday by individuals who were blueberry picking in the area. These individuals, in turn, reported the discovery to the OPP in […]
Staff After 27 hours of non-stop bargaining, CEP Local 324-99 and Ainsworth Engineered LP in Barwick reached a new tentative agreement yesterday. “All I can say right now is the deal includes key language and monetary improvements, and absolutely no concessions,” Stephen Boon, CEP national representative in Dryden, said in […]
Staff Fifth Street West will be restricted to local traffic only from Portage Avenue to Wright Avenue again tomorrow beginning at 7:30 a.m. That’s because town crews continue to grade, water, and pack the roadway in preparation for the upcoming surface treatment next week. The closure will allow town crews […]
Peggy Revell Grab your guitar, lawn chair, and sunscreen as the Fort Frances Folk Festival is set to take off for its second year this Sunday at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre. “I’m sure that the folk festival is going to be pretty incredible once it happens,” said Jen Krag, […]
Staff Changes are coming to the Abzac core plant in Fort Frances. South Carolina-based Sonoco Products Company did purchase the business related to Abzac’s Fort Frances tube and core plant, Roger Schrum, Sonoco’s vice-president of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, confirmed in an e-mail to the Times. “We did not […]
Duane Hicks Are you the type to save a life? District residents once again are being encouraged to give the “gift of life” here next month when Canadian Blood Services (CBS) holds its annual fall blood donor clinic at Fort Frances High School. The two-day clinic will run Wednesday, Sept. […]
Press Release The second-annual Northwest Response Forum will be held Sept. 28-30 in Dryden. This three-day forum also will provide the venue for dialogue, networking, and exploration of partnerships to develop a local and regional disaster management plan. This conference will provide opportunities for anyone involved with, or interested in, […]
Duane Hicks “Leon’s Furniture” will be on a new sign above the doors at 288 Scott St. in about a month or so. As first reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, Mark Howarth of Howarth’s Home Centre said he’s become a franchisee of the national furniture store chain. “We basically wanted […]
Duane Hicks Maureen Comuzzi-Stehmann, niece of longtime Thunder Bay North Liberal MP Joe Comuzzi, has been nominated to carry the Conservative banner in Thunder Bay-Rainy River in the next federal election. In an interview yesterday, Comuzzi-Stehmann said her main objective if elected is to stimulate the economy across the riding. […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope is expanding the services it offers to local women with the opening of a new outreach office in Fort Frances. Located in the downstairs portion of Family and Children’s Services at 240 First St. E. (old high school), the office […]
