Duane Hicks Registered Early Childhood Educator Jennifer Eckman, left, received a gift from Children’s Complex superintendent Shawna McRitchie in recognition of her 25 years of service at the daycare yesterday evening during the Town of Fort Frances’ annual appreciation dinner. Also honoured for having recently reached 25 years were Arlene […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA–There’s been a fresh spike in problems with the federal government’s bug-addled public service pay system, the result of new labour contracts and summer hiring. Marie Lemay, deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, said her department did manage to stabilize the backlog of pay change […]
The Canadian PressJessica Smith Cross TORONTO–The Progressive Conservatives have won a provincial byelection in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., taking the seat away from the governing Liberals. Ross Romano beat out NDP candidate Joe Krmpotich while Liberal Debbie Amaroso placed third, according to preliminary results from last night. The riding had […]
The Canadian PressRoss MarowitsMia Rabson OTTAWA–Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr has announced $867 million in financial support to help lumber producers and employees weather the impact of punishing new U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood exports. The package announced yesterday includes $605 million in loans and loan guarantees to help cushion […]
The Canadian Press WINNIPEG–The president of the Ghanian Union of Manitoba says a 57-year-old woman who died last week south of the border at Emerson, Man. was trying to get to Toronto to visit her only child–a daughter who had given birth five weeks ago. Maggie Yeboah said yesterday that […]
Duane Hicks Road construction season in Fort Frances is getting underway. Bay City Contractors will be reconstructing Second Street East from Mowat Avenue to Portage, as well as Nelson Street from the Mosher Avenue intersection to 100 metres westward, this summer. A pre-construction meeting for property owners on both streets […]
Staff It’s down to playing for pride for the Muskie boys’ soccer team. A close battle with the Bishop F. Marrocco/Thomas Merton Royals (Toronto), the top-ranked team in Group ‘C,’ ended up in a 1-0 loss for the third-seeded Muskies earlier today at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in North Bay. […]
Staff The Muskie track-and-field team discovered there’s a large gap between NWOSSAA success and OFSAA achievement. Three members of the black-and-gold had their first taste of facing the best in the province as the all-Ontario championships kicked off yesterday in Belleville. Carson Noga’s time of 56.93 seconds in the Midget […]
From the OPP On Wednesday at 3:25 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP received a report of a traffic complaint on Highway 11 in Dawson Township. Officers located the vehicle and driver in the area. The driver, a 52-year-old Watten Township woman, failed the roadside test and was arrested and […]
Press Release The Rainy River District School Board has hired Andrew Harris, of the Durham District School Board, as its new superintendent of education. Currently the principal of Frenchman’s Bay Public School in Pickering, Ont., Harris also has worked as a principal at Uxbridge Public School and Athabasca Street Public […]
The Associated PressTeresa M. Walker NASHVILLE–A good night’s sleep has P.K. Subban more confident than ever about what the Nashville Predators will do on their own ice trailing the Pittsburgh Penguins 0-2 in the Stanley Cup final. He delivered an all-star guarantee for Saturday night. “There’s no question,” Subban said […]
From the OPP Red Lake OPP are investigating a break-and-enter into the Madsen Fire Hall that occurred sometime between Monday and Wednesday afternoon. A culprit(s) entered the fire hall and spray-painted the fire truck and other equipment within the building. Screw drivers and an axe also were used to damage […]
