Duane Hicks A request from local resident Lindsey Oster that the town build a sun shelter at McIrvine Park has been deferred until next year’s budget. Council received a recommendation from the Operations and Facilities executive committee at Monday night’s regular meeting to reconsider the item during 2010 budget deliberations […]
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Marilyn Erwin, Stroke Clinic R.N What we really mean when we use the words “stroke clinic” is secondary stroke prevention clinic. It has been known for a number of years now that people who have had a mild stroke, or even what’s often called a “mini stroke,” or T.I.A., are […]
Press Release U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the International Falls, Mn. port of entry apprehended a Liberty, Miss. man, wanted there for the possession of dangerous drugs, when he tried to enter the United States on Friday (June 5). Officers arrested Michael Hills, 20, when a name check […]
Lori Russell Due to changes in the brain, people with Alzheimer’s disease may become very confused, lose their ability to recognize familiar places, and possibly forget their way home. They may leave home, but forget the steps to get back. This can be very dangerous for the person suffering from […]
Staff Passing through Fort Frances with the “Drive to Work” caravan, Ontario Federation of Labour president Wayne Samuelson spoke to town council Monday night to advocate a “Buy Ontario” policy to help protect jobs in the province. “In the early ’80s when we went through the recession, many of the […]
Marilyn Erwin If you’ve had a stroke or acquired a brain injury through surgery or an accident, Brain Injuries Services Northern Ontario (B.I.S.N.O.) could be just what you’re looking for. Without fees or a complicated registration process, these monthly meetings are comfortably informal. The only thing on the agenda is […]
Staff A Thunder Bay woman was seriously injured Friday evening when the vehicle she was driving struck a moose, left the roadway, and hit a large rock in the ditch on Highway 11 about 60 km west of Shabaqua, Thunder Bay OPP reported Monday. The woman, 32, was flown to […]
Press Release A $100,000 donation to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation will touch more than 97,000 lives this year. The gift from Musselwhite Mine will support Emergency and Trauma services at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. “Trauma services are of critical importance, not only to our own […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is demanding that Minister of Transport John Baird apologize to the people of his riding for callous remarks Baird made regarding the proposed TTC-Bombardier streetcar deal. Rafferty is calling on the government to reconsider its apparent rejection of federal funds for the […]
Staff The new Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here has been sitting empty since an altercation there last Wednesday evening that left two staff members injured and two teens facing assault charges. But plans are underway to get the six youths back in the facility, as well as ensure a similar incident […]
Duane Hicks Residents face only a 1.1% jump Tax bills indicating a slight tax hike for all property classes will be mailed out shortly after town council approved the 2009 budget Monday night. Several members of council noted how pleased they were that what started out as a daunting budget […]
Peggy Revell He’s more familiar with flying the skies as a pilot for Air Canada, but it was by bicycle that Burlington, Ont. native Glen Baxby arrived in Fort Frances on a rainy Monday afternoon—just one stop on his quest to cycle across the country to raise awareness and money […]
