The provincial government’s decision last week to scrap the teacher testing program introduced by the Conservatives three years ago is being met with applause here. “The cancellation of the teacher re-certification program was a very positive move,” said Sharon Preston, president of the local chapter of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation […]
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Considering they had practised as a team only once before they headed to Thunder Bay for the junior men’s Northwestern Ontario playdowns last week, the local rink of Adam Bolen exceeded all expectations they had. “That was the first time we had ever played together as a team so we’re […]
“Everything was funny this year,” observed Dale LaBelle as he summed up the 2004 hunting season. The owner/operator of LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay also was referring to the summer fishing season, which he said was full of surprises and disappointment for some. But by and large, LaBelle […]
While Ontarians may love it or hate it, the new Smoke-Free Ontario Act was announced last Wednesday, which, if passed, will take effect by May, 2006. The Northwestern Health Unit, for one, said the news was a long time coming. “Definitely, it’s a good thing. We’re just disappointed it will […]
Canadian coach Brent Sutter should keep playing his hunches. Patrice Bergeron scored two goals and added an assist while linemate Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists last night to lead Canada to a 6-0 victory over Finland in a tune-up for the world junior championship. Sutter had a […]
It’s not to late to make a donation to the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s annual community Christmas dinner coming up this Saturday. “The dinner planning is going along well,” Karen Haney, assistant co-ordinator of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, noted yesterday. “But we still need donations. Whatever anyone wants to […]
The appointment of councillors to the town’s four executive committees has been postponed until Jan. 10 after Mayor Dan Onichuk withdrew his motion to make the appointments at Monday night’s regular meeting. Some councillors had disagreed with the appointments as they stood at the Dec. 13 meeting, and the mayor […]
Tradespeople will be licensed just like any other business here, if town council passes an amendment to its licensing bylaw at tonight’s regular meeting. “If tradesmen come into town from out of town, we would require them to get a licence,” said Clerk Glenn Treftlin, adding this would apply to […]
Christmas arrived early for the Borderland Thunder, who headed into a three-week break on a high note with a weekend sweep of the KC Bulldogs here. The SIJHL’s last-place team did make the Thunder work Friday night, sending the game to overtime before Riley Dudar, assisted by Andrew Dault and […]
District OPP charged two male drivers with drinking and driving Friday night. Shortly before 9 p.m., officers from the Fort Frances detachment arrested a male driver on the 800 block of Colonization Rd. West. The 27-year-old Fort Frances resident was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol […]
The Adam Bolen rink, representing the Fort Frances Curling Club, failed to advance after finishing 3-4 at the eight-team Northwestern Ontario junior men’s playdowns in Thunder Bay over the weekend. And the Amy Nielson rink also fell short of the provincials, finishing the four-team Northwestern Ontario junior women’s playdowns in […]
Borderland was blanketed by about 5.8 cm (2.3 inches) of snow yesterday evening and overnight, but we’re still well below the seasonal average. Yesterday’s storm left the total snowfall for December at 30 cm (11.8 inches), which is about 8.4 cm (3.3 inches) above normal. But for the seasonal total […]
