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 […]
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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 […]
Duane Hicks With council expected to vote on the new bylaw at its next meeting (Aug. 23), local businesses and residents should be aware of several important changes in store regarding signs in the Town of Fort Frances. One of the areas covered is how long a business can have […]
Peggy Revell Sandy beaches, a tan, and relaxing in the sun are the usual fare for trips to the Caribbean. But not for local teacher Dana Kosowick, who recently returned from the small island of Anguilla as part of a program that aims to improve education in developing countries. “‘Project […]
Staff Motorcyclists will be taking to area highways next Saturday (Aug. 28) for the local Alzheimer Society’s eighth-annual “Ride for Memories,” with this year’s ride ending in Kenora that evening. Riders from across Northwestern Ontario are encouraged to get involved to collect pledges and enjoy a ride, said Alzheimer Society […]
Duane Hicks Hailed as a facility fit for the 21st century, the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre has much more to offer the public than books and DVDs. Understanding—and accessing—the technology-based services the library provides has become easier now that the facility has hired technology co-ordinator Raj Sritharan. […]
Duane Hicks Leon’s Furniture will open its doors here this fall, with Mark Howarth of Howarth’s Home Centre revealing this morning that he’s a new franchisee of the national furniture store chain. Howarth said he had been looking to expand the furniture side of the family business. Seeing that his […]
Staff Fifth Street West will be restricted to local traffic for today and tomorrow from Portage Avenue to Wright Avenue in preparation for the upcoming surface treatment next week. Town crews will be grinding the road surface, grading the road, adjusting valve boxes, and watering (dust control), Environmental and Facilities […]
