After more than a year of planning, the “practice firm” project at Confederation College will be put to the test Monday. A dozen “employees” will walk into the firm’s location on Scott Street Monday, greeted with new desks, freshly painted workspace and all of the questions and uncertainty of starting […]
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Hunters concerned about the moose tag lottery being affected by the ongoing Ontario Public Service Employees Union strike should wait and see, said the district manager for the Ministry of Natural Resources. “At the present time, we’re advising people to get their moose licenses and applications at outside issuers,” said […]
The Fun in the Sun celebrations are scheduled for Thursday, June 27-Monday, July 1. The committee is in the beginning planning stage of the event and are looking for interested clubs, groups, or organizations to assist in the celebration. If your club, group, or organization would like to co-ordinate an […]
The Town of Fort Frances is looking for more people to make their voices heard at a second meeting regarding a possible smoking bylaw here Tuesday. Town clerk Glen Treftlin said yesterday afternoon only two people have signed up to speak on the matter so far. But he added he’s […]
Despite producing only a small local contingent, the Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy is anticipating a solid day of competition when it hosts its annual ‘Springfest’ meet here on Saturday. “There’s only seven or eight from our club competing,” said meet convener Maureen Hahkala, who added this up-and-down season has seen […]
The 1955 headline reading “Plan to Raze Williams Block; To Use Site for Customs Area; Propose One-Way Traffic Routes” seems like deja-vu. By mid-August, 1955, a new Customs area opened on the corner of Church Street and Mowat Avenue. The razing of the Williams block removed a 50-year-old cement block […]
Ontario’s lumber exporters are outraged over the U.S. response to proposals made by the Canadian government aimed at reaching a settlement on the softwood trade dispute. The U.S. dismissed the Canadian proposals as totally unacceptable and came back with a counterproposal that would impose a 37 percent export tax on […]
There was a moment in the best-of-seven SIJHL final last week which captured the Borderland Thunder’s frustration. During the latter stages of Game 3 in Dryden, the Thunder—trailing 4-1 and facing the possibility of an 0-3 series deficit—earned a rare scoring chance against the Ice Dogs but were whistled for […]
They did not have got as much funding as they asked for, but the Rainy River District Area Services Board working group will keep moving forward in the long process to establish one here after recently receiving word from the province. “I’m confident it will be enough to get things […]
Following numerous reports of confusion in traffic flow stemming from the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility here, council agreed Monday night to post new traffic signs to hopefully ease the situation and go back to Abitibi-Consolidated for a full traffic flow study. And while he agreed something had to […]
While a request for donated use of town facilities for the World Health Organization’s 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities was referred to the administration and finance committee for review at the March 25 council meeting, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon stressed at Monday night’s meeting that the town had better come […]
Michael Tetu was sentenced here Monday afternoon to jail for manslaughter in connection with the death of Deanna Daw on Oct. 29, but Daw’s mother, Patsy, isn’t satisfied justice has been done. “We know he did the crime. We want him to do the time,” she said from her home […]
