Press Release Ontario is continuing its efforts to reduce workplace injuries by focusing on hazards involving chemicals used in all workplaces, especially at swimming pools and spas, dry cleaning operations, metal fabrication shops, and health care facilities. Throughout September, Ministry of Labour occupational health and safety inspectors will focus on […]
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Press Release The “Hit Squad” has hit the ground running once again. For the sixth-straight year, a crew of summer students fanned out across the province to spread awareness about the devastating impact invasive species are having on our valuable natural resources. One member of the squad, Rylee Nixon, is […]
Press Release The seventh-annual “Worst Roads” campaign kicked off last week with a plea to Ontarians to tell their municipal politicians to fix their aging roads, bridges and highways. “If you’ve ever found yourself in the position where you’re upset about a road, whether you’re a motorist, a cyclist or […]
Staff A new Regional Senior Judge has been appointed by the province for the Ontario Court of Justice’s North West Region. Justice Marc Bode was appointed to the position by Chief Justice Annemarie Bonkalo, effective Aug. 12. As Regional Senior Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, Bode’s duties include […]
Press Release The Riverside Foundation for Health Care, with help from family and friends, is organizing a Tom Bruyere Memorial “20-Mile Walk for Dialysis” next month. Slated to take place on Friday, Sept. 18 at 8 a.m., the starting point will be on the River Road 20 miles west of […]
Elisabeth Heslop Alberton council’s decision to deny a re-zoning amendment application last Wednesday night is not necessarily the end of the long and controversial story. According to council’s resolution, its decision was based on concerns the proposed use of the land does not sufficiently conform to the township’s official plan […]
Heather Latter Tanner McCormick has spent the first few years of his life battling the effects of being born with an interhemispheric cyst inside his brain, but miraculously the now four-year-old is just like any regular kid. “He likes to do all the things a typical boy his age likes […]
Peggy Revell After years of hard work and planning, Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation is set to celebrate this weekend with the community’s newly-built pow-wow grounds. “This is designed for our people, for many generations,” Chief Gary Allen said about the new grounds that overlook a sandy beach on Rainy Lake’s Swell […]
Heather Latter Several local fire crews with the Ministry of Natural Resources have returned home from battling fires in British Columbia—and they’ve brought back with them plenty of experience, skills, and the satisfaction of knowing they helped a community. “We were bused to the fires and one day we stopped […]
Peggy Revell Internships and employment programs have meant that youths are no stranger to the Fort Frances office of the Ministry of Natural Resources throughout the years, and the establishment of the Ontario Stewardship Ranger program locally this summer is providing new opportunities for them. “The program is about teaching […]
Duane Hicks The miserable weather this summer appears to have put a damper on any West Nile virus activity in the Kenora-Rainy River Districts. Al Mathers, environmental health officer with the Northwestern Health Unit, said they once again have been trapping mosquitoes on a weekly basis in the Fort Frances, […]
Staff There’s a new ambulance joining the fleet of emergency response vehicles in the district. Mainly to be stationed at the base in Emo, one of the new features on this ambulance is a directional light bar that’s meant to direct traffic it may encounter, explained Dan McCormick, Health Services […]
