Staff The Northwest Catholic District School Board is slated to approve the 2009/10 budget during its regular monthly meeting tomorrow. A budget of $16,675,011—balanced through a transfer of $641,704 from one of the board’s reserves—is what administration will be presenting to trustees. This budget represents a five percent increase in […]
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Staff Residents are invited to attend an open house marking the launch of a new outreach services centre for family and children programs, which is set for this Monday (June 22) from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The centre—located at 1018 Webster Ave.—was made possible through the partnership of various community organizations for […]
the OPP The OPP Drug Enforcement Unit, assisted by members of the Fort Frances OPP detachment, Fort Frances OPP Crime Unit, and the Northwest Region K-9 Unit, participated in a drug investigation here Friday. Police conducted a vehicle stop, which resulted in locating a large amount of cash, Oxycontin pills, […]
Peggy Revell The number of reported cases of the H1N1 virus within Northwestern Ontario continues to grow in the wake of the World Health Organization announcing the virus has reached a pandemic level. “In the Northwestern Health Unit, we’re monitoring the progression of H1N1 ’flu virus,” Dr. James Arthurs, the […]
Peggy Revell While the province has announced millions of dollars towards social housing over the past few weeks, what this funding means for local social housing projects in Rainy River District remains to be seen. The province had made three different housing announcements most recently, noted Dianne Lampi, housing manager […]
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the International Falls port of entry levied a civil penalty against a commercial truck driver for failing to report for inspection. The incident occurred around 2:20 p.m. last Wednesday (June 10) when a Ford Super Duty truck failed to report to […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board’s results for the 2009 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test indicate local students continue to perform well in the areas of reading and writing. Of the 264 Grade 10 students who wrote the test for the first time in April, 84 percent passed […]
Press Release Ontario is continuing to improve local highway infrastructure that will promote economic development and job creation in Northwestern Ontario with two recently-awarded major projects. A $4.8-million contract, awarded to Pioneer Construction Inc., will rehabilitate almost 16 km of Highway 11 east of Fort Frances. Also, more than $2.6 […]
Staff The Township of Alberton will hold a public meeting next Wednesday (June 24) to discuss an application to rezone a portion of land in Crozier. The prospective purchaser is Weechi-it-te-win Family Services, and the proposed use of the property is to relocate the Training and Learning Centre (TLC) from […]
Duane Hicks Engineering studies conducted earlier this year found high levels of dioxins and furans at the former J.A. Mathieu sawmill site on Couchiching First Nation. The community now is waiting for further test results, as well as Indian and Northern Affairs and Health Canada to review the existing test […]
Elisabeth Heslop The Ontario government recently announced adopted adults and birth parents now can get information from their birth and adoption records that previously was closed. While there are many specific points of this legislation that can, and likely will, be debated, an important aspect is how these changes will […]
Duane Hicks On the heels of a recommendation made earlier this week by the Community Services executive committee to award the tender to Aurora Construction for the building of the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology, town council will make the final vote at its regular meeting this coming […]
