Press Release The 30 members of Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 324-10 yesterday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new collective agreement with Comcare Health Services. Comcare provides home-based health care services, and has branches in Fort Frances, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout. “We are very pleased to have […]
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Peggy Revell Taking her first few steps down a career path into the music industry, Fort Frances native Jessica George already has been recognized nationally as a recipient of the MusiCounts Fred Sherratt Award. “It was really awesome because I actually didn’t even realize that it was an award,” George […]
Duane Hicks It’s often been said that in the quietude of a library, one can hear a pin drop. But when it comes to the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, it would be more apt to say one can hear jaws hitting the floor. With the grand opening […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—It may have taken 15 years of planning and fundraising to make it a reality, but now that the new Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is built and open, it’s all about moving into the future and opening doors of opportunity. That was theme of Monday’s […]
Duane Hicks Hundreds of people gathered yesterday morning to celebrate a moment 15 years in the making—the grand opening of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. “With today’s official opening, we mark on one hand the end of a project that took 15 years to complete from start to […]
Staff The deadline to enter this year’s “Quest for the Best” has been extended to tomorrow (June 23) as organizers look for a few more singers to compete. Chamber manager Anthony Mason said 15 people had signed up prior to the original June 18 deadline, but he’s still hoping for […]
Bryce Forbes With the help of the Northwest Business Centre, a local student is one step closer to her dream of opening a dance studio. Brittainy Spence, a student at the School of Contemporary Dancers in Winnipeg, is offering dance lessons through Energy Fitness here as a summer job. “I […]
Staff First Nations’ leadership from across the province will meet at Couchiching from tomorrow through Thursday as the community plays host to the 36th All-Ontario Chiefs Conference. “The AOCC is an annual meeting of chiefs across Ontario who come together to discuss issues such as First Nations’ rights and jurisdiction, […]
the MNR The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday responded to a call for assistance fighting fires in northern Manitoba. Bound for The Pas, Man., Type 1 initial attack fire crews from the Fort Frances, Kenora, Red Lake, Dryden, and Sioux Lookout fire management headquarters departed the Dryden Airport yesterday afternoon. […]
Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board will be looking to approve the 2010-11 budget at its monthly meeting tomorrow morning at Scared Heart School in Sioux Lookout. The budget forecasts operating revenues and expenditures of $19,630,300—a figure that doesn’t include capital revenue of $673,589 and expenditures of $673,589. To […]
Peggy Revell The province has announced St. Michael’s School and Robert Moore School here will be the next locations in the district where full-day junior kindergarten programs will roll out. These schools will offer the program starting in the fall of 2011, following the inaugural roll-out that will see the […]
Bryce Forbes Lottery fever has struck residents here—and the doctor’s cure is more lottery tickets. In anticipation of tomorrow night’s LottoMax draw worth an estimated $95 million, the biggest in Canadian history, local retailers have seen a sharp increase in the number of tickets being sold. “You’re going to see […]
