the OPP A 45-year-old Cochrane man lost his life when the snowmobile on which he was a passenger plunged through thin ice on Upper Jobrin Lake, about 40 km north of Longlac. Lucien Dubeault was one of a party of three who had been fishing on the lake OPP Emergency […]
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Duane Hicks Fort Frances is in the process of applying for funding to get perimeter fencing put up to keep deer away from airport property. But if that money doesn’t come through, the town will have to find a better away to deal with deer to safeguard runways—and that may […]
Press Release Ryan Sproule, special events co-ordinator on behalf of Lund Boats Canada, announced Lund Boats had renewed its partnership and sponsorship of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “This marks the 16th year of our partnership in the Fort Frances tournament,” noted Sproule. “Since its inception in 1995, Lund […]
Press Release Ontario is bringing in the seventh-consecutive annual increase to the minimum wage—raising it to $10.25, effective today (March 31). As of today, the minimum wage will have increased almost 50 percent since 2004, when it stood at $6.85. Between 1995 and 2004, the minimum wage in Ontario remained […]
Press Release Fort Frances Mason Alan Tibbetts was installed March 20 as Master of the Internet Lodge No. 9659 in Manchester, England. Tibbetts, the long-time secretary of Granite Lodge No. 446 in Fort Frances, has been involved with the Internet Lodge since before its establishment, and was one of 52 […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty was joined in Ottawa yesterday by NDP leader Jack Layton to announce the introduction of his private member’s bill (C-501), which would grant “secured” status to pension funds during bankruptcy proceedings and restructurings. “This bill should end the uncertainty for workers at […]
Duane Hicks The Ministry of Natural Resources’ fire season officially starts tomorrow (April 1), but both MNR crews and municipal firefighters across the district already have been called into action to fight grass fires in parts of the region where the hazard is rated as “high-extreme.” In response to that, […]
Duane Hicks An announcement by TBayTel last week to build a new third-generation (3G) High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) wireless network across Northern Ontario will allow the region to keep up with the times. The upgraded network is to be deployed in Thunder Bay, Kenora, and Dryden this year, and then […]
Peggy Revell New programs for energy savings, investment, and funding for Northern Ontario are being touted by the provincial government with the release of the budget last Thursday. “This is a budget that saw a real focus on Northern Ontario,” Northern Development, Mines and Forestry minister Michael Gravelle said in […]
Duane Hicks With the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s annual “Customer Service Challenge” about to get underway, district businesses once again have shown a keen interest in treating their customers right. A total of 26 businesses, representing Fort Frances, Emo, Nestor Falls, and Rainy River, have signed up for this […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances and Rainy River are among the 32 communities featured in the new Northwestern Ontario Immigration Portal, which was launched in Thunder Bay last Wednesday to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The purpose of the web portal, located at www.immigrationnorthwesternontario.ca, is […]
Peggy Revell Organizers of this year’s “Relay for Life” are inviting the public to a kick-of meeting next Tuesday (April 6) at 6 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. “The open meeting is for anybody who is interested in signing up a team, or volunteering or sitting on the committee,” explained […]
