With the possibility of a provincial election hovering in the air, former Atikokan resident Cathe Hoszowski has declared her intention to seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for the Kenora-Rainy River riding. With past experiences in everything from municipal council in Atikokan (until recently when she moved to Fort Frances) to […]
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A local teacher is helping kids across the United States, and around the world, come to grips with the terrorist attacks of last Sept. 11. Kate Woods, a supply teacher with the Rainy River District School Board, came up with a project more than a year ago that helps kids […]
While council eventually agreed Monday night to sub-contract George Armstrong Co. Ltd., through its Operations and Facilities Division, to install the sanitary sewer and water connection for the new River Walk condominium project on Front Street, a debate over town policy nearly meant a significant delay in how soon construction […]
A committee struck up last Friday to look into Ontario’s nuisance bear problem may be key to getting the spring bear hunt reinstated here, said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “The timing is of the essence here. The new premier [Ernie Eves] promised to reinstate the spring bear hunt, an issue of […]
A skate park, proposed by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club last week, has received the “thumbs up” from several interested parties who all agree it’s what the community needs for local youth. “You could see how much the little park was used in the summer,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, referring […]
Although the town has yet to negotiate an agreement with Koochiching County Environmental Services Division, council agreed to extend its contract with Asselin Transportation to continue with “blue box” pickups here until further notice. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said Tuesday the reason why no solid contract has been […]
The scene of commercial airliners colliding into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and then into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., played to the disbelief of millions a year ago today. On Sept. 11, four hijacked planes killed more than 3,000 people within mere […]
The Stratton Toy Library is open to anyone to drop in and play at any time. If you have any questions about programs or the facility, call 483-5319. The STL would like to welcome Tanya Newby back this fall. She was the centre’s co-op student last year and decided to […]
A plaque was unveiled at the Front Street dock in Emo in honour of Tompkins Hardware. Participating at the event was Harriet Sheloff, on behalf of Emo Reeve Russ Fortier and council, Tom Jackson, Tom Mosbeck, and George Wegman. “On behalf of the Township of Emo Municipality, we wish to […]
June 3 was the opening day for Universal Enterprise in Devlin, which was started up by local residents Gary Greengrass and Albert Haver. Besides enjoying their new endeavour, the pair are very pleased with the response and support from local people. Universal Enterprise was the former Devlin Garage, operated by […]
The official word was given late Monday afternoon (Sept. 9) that the water at Crossroads School was fit for drinking again. It had been shut off since the first day of school (Sept. 4) due to a bad sample. The school also had shut the tap water off in the […]
Research from the school council at Crossroads in Devlin points to improper installation of a new water system as the root of countless boil order advisories there since last year. Claiming they couldn’t get answers from the local public school board, the council set out to get answers about the […]
