The start time to close the intersection of Third Street East and Portage Avenue this Thursday, as well as the intersection of Fifth Street and Portage Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 31, has been revised since first being reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin. The underpass now will be closed starting at […]
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Staff With the aim to have all work completed at Lions Park by 2014, the Fort Frances Lions Club is asking town council for assistance extending the walkway there. In a letter to be presented to council at its regular meeting tonight, Lion Luke Schill said the club had planned […]
Staff The intersection of Second Street East and Portage Avenue will be closed this Wednesday (Aug. 25) from 7-11 a.m. so Bay City Contracting can remove the recycling asphalt paving (RAP) material and install granular ‘A’ material, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown reported this morning. As a result, traffic […]
the MNR General hazy conditions, particularly in the western sectors of Northwestern Ontario in the West Fire Region, are likely the result of smoke drifting in on wind currents from British Columbia’s forest fires. Although the haze is considered to be the result of the smoke from the western fires, […]
Peggy Revell A merger of Family and Children Services here with the Kenora-Patricia Child and Family Services hinges on the provincial government picking up the tab for the amalgamation and the debt load of FACS. The proposed amalgamation has received “approval in principle” from the Ontario Ministry of Children and […]
Staff Eighty-seven percent of the 135 CEP Local 324-99 members at the OSB mill in Barwick voted last night to accept a new four-year collective agreement with Ainsworth Engineered LP. The deal, reached Wednesday afternoon in last-minute talks, heads off a potential strike that had been postponed since midnight Sunday. […]
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 […]
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, […]
