Insurance costs, risk, funding, responsibilities, and liabilities are all concerns community organizations are managing today. For these organizations, many of them small, volunteer-led, not-for-profits, changing practices and implementing new policies and procedures can be challenging. Board members need to be knowledgeable about their role as directors to ensure their organizations […]
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Congratulations to Judy LaBelle and her team of Nancy Evans (third), Diane Bonot (second), and Trudy Badiuk (lead) for capturing the 54th Fort Frances Ladies’ Bonspiel on Feb. 23-25. The team has played together many times and have finished in second place. But finally taking first place feels great! Badiuk […]
The Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat and Older Adult Centres’ Association of Ontario will stage a seniors’ health and well “fair” on April 11-12 at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. Some 100 delegates will gather in the ballroom to hear a variety of speakers over a two-day period speak on matters […]
Leading water quality and fisheries scientists from the United States and Canada are presenting results of their research at the fourth International Lake of the Woods Water Quality Forum running today and tomorrow (March 7-8) at Rainy River Community College in International Falls. More than 75 scientists and natural resource […]
A cancer diagnosis is overwhelming on its own, but the thought of having cancer treatment miles from home can be frightening. More than one-third of the 1,500 new cancer patients treated each year at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre come from smaller communities in Northwestern Ontario, which is why […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff spoke to students at Fort Frances High School on Monday to teach them a bit about the political process and to encourage them to make a difference in their own way. He quizzed the group of Grade 10 students assembled in the Townshend Theatre […]
FORT FRANCES—While they still have to approve a $1 million loan to buy the clinic, Fort Frances town council clearly supports the ideas of a community-owned clinic and Family Health Team operating model as the way of the future here. With Fort Frances facing a severe doctor shortage, and the […]
FORT FRANCES—The Times received unconfirmed reports Tuesday that Abitibi-Consolidated’s board of directors has approved the bio-mass boiler project for its Fort Frances mill. Natural Resources minister David Ramsay has confirmed, however, that he will be here Thursday at 10 a.m. to make an important local forestry announcement. He will be […]
FORT FRANCES—“It takes critical mass to do something. That’s why small communities have to work together.” That’s the message Dr. Mark Partridge, a professor in rural-urban policy at Ohio State University, relayed during his talk, “Resource Communities in Transitions: Building a Prosperous Northern Ontario,” to about 60 district residents who […]
Fort Frances property owners’ bi-monthly sewer and water bills will be a little higher in 2007 after town council approved a two percent rate increase at a special meeting Friday at noon. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown noted this will equal an increase of $14.16 for the average residential […]
FORT FRANCES—Windsor West MP Brian Masse spoke about border and tourism issues with a crowd of people, including a number of local tourism operators, during a public forum hosted by the federal NDP at La Place Rendez-Vous here last Thursday evening. Masse is the NDP’s critic for industry and border, […]
Local student Jamie Petrin recently returned from a week in Ottawa, where she had a chance to take in the sights of the city, as well as learn about the workings of Canadian government, thanks to the program “Encounters with Canada.” Each year, the program offers about 3,000 Canadians aged […]
