The Canadian Press Prospect of dry summer fuelled record sales TORONTO—A tentative deal reached yesterday averted a strike at more than 600 Ontario liquor stores, but the spectre of a summer without spirits and imported wines caused a record-breaking run that left shelves barren and staff scrambling to restock. With […]
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Irene Laing The 44th biennial convention of the Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Command of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion was held in Winnipeg from June 15-17. The Fort Frances auxiliary was represented by Sylvia Gunderson, Diane Taggart, Delores Cross, and Lorine Ring. The Provincial Council, which started […]
Press Release Former MP Ken Boshcoff was acclaimed yesterday as the Liberal candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River in the next federal election. “The time off since the last election has given me a chance to strengthen relationships with my family and friends, and allowed me the luxury of a less-harried […]
Press Release The Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the LCBO have agreed to an extension on the strike deadline that had been set for 12:01 a.m. (EDT) today. “We would not be extending the strike deadline if we did not feel that we can reach a collective agreement through […]
Peggy Revell Laura Foran still has the piece of paper that stated she could go ahead with building her home on Harry’s Road, with a view of Rainy Lake. Now eight years later, the piece of land where she’s made her home has been identified as having the highest level […]
Staff While still sitting empty, officials are expecting to have youth moved back into the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here by month’s end. “The ministry staff have been working with [Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services] to develop a plan to return the youth to the facility before the end of June,” Ministry […]
Peggy Revell With construction season now in full swing, council heard updates on the various projects taking place across town during Monday night’s meeting. “Most people have noticed that the tower has now been dismantled and is sitting in sections on filter cloth, on the roadway out at the previous […]
Peggy Revell Town council voted Monday night to uphold the bylaw concerning the height of front yard fences—even those meant to keep out deer that see residents’ yards as a personal buffet table. “Personally, I’m very sympathetic to the plight of these residents,” Coun. Andrew Hallikas said during the committee […]
Peggy Revell With money ready to flow from both the federal and provincial governments, town council voted unanimously Monday night to give the official go-ahead for the building of new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre. “I just want to follow that up by saying how pleased I am […]
Peggy Revell In a unanimous vote, town council last night gave the official go-ahead for building the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre following a torrent of money from both the federal and provincial government for the project. Council voted to accept a contract with Aurora Construction for […]
the MNR Forest firefighting resources deployed to British Columbia earlier in June are back in Ontario. Some support staff returned over the weekend while the rest of the resources returned yesterday. Resources sent to Alberta are still in place, with the exception of two CL-415 heavy waterbombers and an air […]
Staff With funding now on its way from the federal and provincial governments, the go-ahead for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre will back up for approval at tonight’s town council meeting. While council originally voted against going ahead with the project back in early April, citing […]
