Staff The Rainy River District School Board announced yesterday afternoon that Honeywell is installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Fort Frances High School, which will generate more than $105,000 in revenue from selling the power generated to the Ontario Power Authority’s feed-in-tariff (FIT) program. “Our goal is to provide […]
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The Canadian Press MONTREAL—AbitibiBowater discussed its future direction behind closed doors today—less than a day after Quebec politicians granted pension changes required for its restructuring. The Montreal-based forestry company barred the public and media from its first annual meeting in three years, and the first since it exited 20 months […]
Peggy Revell With millions of dollars in tax revenue on the line, the Town of Fort Frances has hired outside expertise to deal with the local mill’s appeal to the Assessment Review Board. “[It’s] to protect the interest of the town,” said Mayor Roy Avis as council passed a bylaw […]
Melissa Fletcher Last Thursday at Fort High, student mentors greeted Grade 8 students who will be attending high school this fall. “Grade 8 Day” is a chance for students to meet their high school mentors and enjoy fun activities while getting used to the high school environment and making new […]
the MNR No new fires were reported in the Northwest Region as of yesterday evening. But six fires remain active, with a majority being caused by lightning. Three fires are located in the Thunder Bay district, with one fire each in the Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout, and Nipigon districts. Fort […]
Zoey Duncan Kerry Robertson, left, Lisa Hammond, and Stephanie Weir received honks of support during a protest late this morning as temporary workers of Canada Post were locked out of their jobs here. Local grievance officer Kim Kelly said these temporary workers are supposed to work on an on-call basis, […]
Heather Latter Nicole Thomson and Ryan Shouldice, along with the rest of the Borderland Community Orchestra, presented a musical evening last night at St. Michael’s School, with selections such as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (2nd and 4th Movements), Mozart’s overature from “The Marriage of Figaro,” and a Salute to the Big […]
Staff Allen Raoul, field geologist for Bending Lake Iron Group Ltd., spoke at a well-attended mining information event, hosted by the local Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Fort Frances economic development office, at La Place Rendez-Vous yesterday. Bending Lake and Rainy River Resources gave presentations to update the […]
Lucas Punkari A freak injury to his left ankle suffered at the Thunder Bay May Invitational nearly derailed Donovan Taylor’s chances of going to Baltimore this weekend for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club Long Course Invitational. But it’s all systems go for the 16-year-old swimmer as he flies out to […]
Lucas Punkari Following two consecutive rain-outs, the 2011 racing season kicked into high gear under clear skies Saturday evening at the Emo Speedway. The driver to beat during the course of the night in the WISSOTA Modifieds division was Gavin Paull as the Fort Frances driver took the checkered flag […]
Lucas Punkari After experiencing the joy of capturing the NorWOSSA crown a little more than a week earlier, the Muskie boys’ soccer team faced the opposite end of the sporting spectrum at the OFSAA ‘AA’ championships in Windsor last week—finishing round-robin play with a 0-4 record in Pool ‘C.’ “If […]
Staff The Northwest Community Legal Clinic is set to move to a new location later this month. “The move is to be more visible, to be right on the main street, so that people will see us and be able to walk in,” executive director Trudy McCormick said of the […]
