SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.—Workers at St. Marys Paper will close the mill rather than agree to concessions involving their pension plan, a union official said yesterday. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada says management wants to wind up the workers’ pension plan and start a new company to […]
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Canada Safeway manager Dave McBride, left, Riverside Foundation chair Larry Cousineau, and Foundation director Teresa Hazel read out the name of Rosemarie Green as the grand prize winner of a 42-inch plasma TV in the “Just Imagine” campaign raffle draw Saturday afternoon at Canada Safeway. Derek Mainville won the second-place […]
John Rafferty spoke to supporters at the East End Hall here last night after he was acclaimed as the NDP candidate for Thunder Bay-Rainy River. —Melanie Béchard photo
FORT FRANCES—Local NDP members acclaimed John Rafferty on Thursday night as their candidate in the next federal election. Two more nomination meetings will be held—one in Atikokan on Friday night and another in Thunder Bay on Sunday—to complete the process and declare Rafferty the official candidate for the party in […]
Book donations are coming in for the Kenora-Rainy River branch of the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s third-annual book sale here Feb. 8-10. But more are always welcome for the fundraiser, which will take place at Revco Carpet (950 Fifth St. W.) Anyone looking to donate books for the sale can […]
Ontarians will be paying a deposit on wine and liquor containers starting Monday as the province brings into effect a new fee to promote recycling with its “Bag It Back” initiative. A 20-cent deposit will be paid on liquor in glass bottles, Tetra Paks, and other containers greater than 630 […]
FORT FRANCES—The Thunder Bay-Rainy River NDP will hold the first of three nomination meetings Thursday night in Fort Frances but with only one candidate running, John Rafferty will be acclaimed. Rafferty has run under the NDP banner in the last two federal elections, coming second behind Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff […]
FORT FRANCES—Want to know what level of customer service your business is providing? About how and where you can make any improvements in that area? For a fourth year, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is looking for participants for its customer service challenge—and interested businesses can sign up now. […]
With Diane Maxey’s Easter cantata having had an initial listening session this past Monday, she now is encouraging anyone else who wants to get involved to attend the first practice on Monday, Feb. 12. It will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. Maxey said she’s already […]
After performing the last surgery of his 38-year career yesterday, Dr. Jas Spencer was greeted in the cafeteria at La Veren-drye Hospital with a small staff celebration. Here, Dr. Spencer was surrounded by some tearful staff, including OR nurses Twyla Howarth, left, and Joyce Pennarun, OR manager Cindy Cole, and […]
The Muskie curling program is one step closer to the all-Ontario championships after once again dominating the competition at the second NorWOSSA qualifying bonspiel yesterday in Rainy River. All three Muskie rinks—the boys’, girls’, and mixed—finished first in their respective divisions and advanced to the NorWOSSA championships Fed. 19-20 in […]
The missing person search involving a 32-year-old Dryden man has been concluded. Shaun Peters, originally reported missing from Dryden last Friday (Jan. 27), was located in Greendale, Wis. yesterday. He has been in contact with his family. Dryden OPP would like to reiterate their thanks to everyone who took the […]
