Press Release Early Thursday morning, Treaty Three Police Service (T3PS) was called to Grassy Narrows First Nation to investigate the assault of a 28-year-old female who was reported to have sustained several slash wounds. The victim was transported to Lake of the woods District Hospital for treatment. Upon arrival at […]
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Staff Phase II of the bio-mass roads project is coming to an end soon, as the paving of Portage Avenue is scheduled to begin Tuesday. Weather-permitting, the paving will start at the intersection of First St. East and Portage Avenue sometime between 8-9 a.m. on Tuesday. The intersection will be […]
Staff Canadian Blood Services is still looking for more people to donate blood at its fall clinic, which will be held at Fort High on Sept. 8-9. “At this point, there are 41 open appointments to fill which is great,” said CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather. “If we can fill these, […]
Duane Hicks Coun. Paul Ryan filed his nomination papers to run in the upcoming municipal fall election yesterday, meaning that all of the incumbents will have their names on the ballot come Oct. 25. “I thought about it for some time, and I think I have four years left in […]
Press Release Students have headed back to school, and the local Ontario Provincial Police is reminding all members of the community that we all play a role in helping keep our kids safe. The OPP suggests several ways everyone can help increase the safety of children as they venture to […]
Press Release Fort Frances OPP would like the public to be aware of recent complaints involving fraudulent phone calls. The incident occurred when a local resident received a phone call from a male suspect. The male suspect identified himself as a grandchild who was in jail in Montreal. The suspect […]
A working paper written by three senior staff economists for the Swiss-based Bank of International Settlements warned there are several Western economies with hazard lights flashing. Named were Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Britain, and the United States. It was argued that without “drastic measures,” […]
Press Release Ontario resources are scheduled to return from British Columbia this week. Fire containment and rain is bringing an end to the requirement for additional resources in BC. Eighty-one FireRangers and one Agency Representative were scheduled to return to Ontario yesterday evening. The remaining resources are scheduled to return […]
Press Release The board of directors is very pleased to announce the appointment Laura Kokocinski as the chief executive officer of the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). She will assume the CEO position effective Sept. 1. Kokocinski was appointed following a rigorous and comprehensive national search process after […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board has announced two new vice-principals as the 2010-11 school year gets underway. Beth Fairfield has been appointed as vice-principal for North Star Community School in Atikokan while Anne Carridice has been appointed vice-principal for both Donald Young School in Emo and Nestor Fall […]
Press Release TBayTel and Rogers Communications announced today that all current Rogers wireless customers with the Thunder Bay and district area code “807” will be serviced by TBayTel starting Nov. 1. As part of the strategic business relationship that TBayTel and Rogers announced in March of this year, and the […]
Press Release Ontario is turning off coal and switching on biomass at the Atikokan Generation Station—a move that supports jobs in the community and takes the province another step closer to eliminating all coal-fired generation by the end of 2014. The conversion will create up to 200 construction jobs and […]
