Press Release Northern Ontario communities are promoting and strengthening their arts and heritage programming, which, in turn, will help attract tourists and create jobs. The communities are collaborating on the Community Arts and Heritage Education Project (CAHEP). The project will bring workshops and seminars in arts education, heritage, and culture […]
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the OPP Kenora OPP received a call Sunday from Totem Lodge in Sioux Narrows reporting that one of its employees had not shown up for work. He could not be located and was reported as missing. Kenora OPP officers and the Emergency Response Team responded and began a search of […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth is hosting an information session on the Canada Student Loans Program and the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant next Tuesday (July 14) from 11 a.m.-noon and again from 1-2 p.m. The local SCCY office is located at 301 Scott St. (the post […]
Peggy Revell With their sights set on kicking off construction of the new Robert Moore School here soon, Rainy River District School Board trustees passed a series of resolutions to solidify a site management plan during a special board meeting Monday morning. This is the first time the Town of […]
Staff Detainees are now back at the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services revealed yesterday. As previously reported, ministry staff had been working with Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services to develop a plan to return youth to the facility, with operations resumed there last week. “As […]
Duane Hicks Much-anticipated work at the site of the future Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre started this week, with construction scheduled to continue for the next seven-eight months for an opening early next spring. Chief librarian Margaret Sedgwick, who was on site yesterday to take a few photos […]
Peggy Revell Following a long line of entrepreneurial students, local resident Laura Chabot has launched her own summer day camp this year with help from the province’s “Summer Company” program. “I know it’s hard to find reliable child care anywhere really, and I wanted my own kids to have the […]
Peggy Revell After years of service within the local education system, the longtime president of the local chapter of the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario has stepped down into retirement. “It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to work with the teachers here, that is a definite,” said Sharon Preston. […]
Duane Hicks Whether it’s fences or hedges, shrubs or trees, the town is reviewing which properties in Fort Frances with these features are compliant with Bylaw 13/01—the fence bylaw. The bylaw department currently is creating a list of properties with non-compliant fences, hedges, shrubs, and trees, with the focus on […]
Duane Hicks Local artist Cher Pruys continues to soar to success on the international aviation painting scene, recently winning first-place in the General Aviation Category of the American Society of Aviation Artists 2009 International Aerospace Exhibition for the second-straight year. “I am just thrilled to have won first place again […]
Staff Two new fires were reported in the West Fire Region yesterday, both caused by people. One was in the eastern portion of Fort Frances District, near Crow Rock, while the second occurred in Kenora District. Crews were on site this morning “cold trailing,” or investigating, to ensure the 0.1-ha […]
Staff The Northwestern Health Unit continues to report an increasing number of people within the region who have been infected with the H1N1 ‘A’ virus. As of yesterday (July 6), there have been 59 confirmed cases within the health unit’s catchment area since the first case was reported back on […]
