After listening to a presentation of an operational review of the Northwestern Health Unit all day Wednesday, its CEO and medical officer said he feels humbled and will look to change. “It was a long and humbling meeting, and the consensus seems to be we are damned good but not […]
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Stratton rinks have swept their respective junior men and ladies’ zone playdowns—by default. Rinks skipped by Trevor Bonot and Kelly Neilson were awarded berths to the regional playdowns later this month after no other competitors from the Rainy River-Atikokan area stepped up to challenge them this weekend at the Stratton […]
Two prominent couples, Len and Mary Jordens and Willard and Joyce Wilson, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversaries back on Oct. 25. On the Saturday (Oct. 27), the couples each received blessings from his Holiness, Pope John Paul II, at different gatherings. The Wilsons received theirs while they were with family […]
A report on the business retention and expansion survey made public at a meeting last week at the Red Dog Inn has spurred individuals and groups to take action. “It’s a wake-up call for council,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, noting taxation, bureaucracy, and “red tape” are issues mentioned in the […]
In an effort to make Nov. 24 jam-packed with Christmas cheer, the Business Improvement Area is planning its first-ever “Winter Wonderland Day.” “We want to create a nice atmosphere for families to get their Christmas shopping done,” BIA business co-ordinator Laurie Beadle said Tuesday, adding shoppers should expect to see […]
Those wanting to have a say in the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce can stand for election to its board of directors for 2002 later this month. “We have already been in contact with several interested individuals wishing to sit on the board, however, there are still a few vacancies,” […]
Although I don’t have a great deal of new news items to report on this week, two others well worth mentioning are the slo-pitch fundraiser dance Saturday and the Remembrance Day services being held Sunday. The dance will be held at the Devlin Hall, with the highlight being a live […]
You’ll have to forgive Muskie senior boys’ volleyball head coach Adrian Chapman for his overuse of sports clichés. After all, the Muskies will host the NorWOSSA playoffs on Friday and all four court teams are aiming for gold medals. “We know we can beat these guys,” Chapman said on his […]
Two students from France may have had to leave their friends at St. Francis School behind as they left town—one on Friday and another on Sunday—but they’ll be taking some good memories along with them. Caroline Sautereau and Geraldine Gorsjean, both 14, came here as part of a student exchange […]
The Tri-Force Drug Unit has nabbed a Fort Frances man in connection with a $2-million drug bust last month, reducing the number of outstanding arrest warrants to three. OPP Det. Sgt. John Horne said Tuesday that Patrick Colfer was arrested and charged last week with conspiracy to import controlled substances […]
A five-day gambling survey by phone being conducted by a University of Manitoba professor ended Tuesday, seeing a good response from women across Northwestern Ontario. “We haven’t sorted the calls by postal code yet but we certainly had some from Fort Frances,” said Prof. Ruth Berry of the Family Studies […]
NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton charged the Conservative government’s economic statement released yesterday is a feeble gesture at a time when Ontario’s economy needs bold and new ideas. “Everybody but the Conservatives realizes the world has changed,” Hampton said. “But they persist with their dead-end policy of tax […]
