Town council will receive a formal written update on construction of the new Canada Customs and Immigration facility at its regular meeting here tonight. The project still is expected to be done and operational by the end of the year. “We are on schedule for completion by the end of […]
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For most area golfers, the true sign of summer’s end is the Kitchen Creek club championships, which are being held there this weekend. “I think everyone gets that feeling of closure [with the club championships],” noted longtime local golfer Freddie Beck. “It’s the last hurrah and once that’s done, then […]
It was another great evening as the Rendezvous Yacht Club wrapped up its Wednesday night fall series. With a strong 20-knot wind, Colin Hewitt pulled out another first-place finish aboard his Tanzer 22, “Ariba.” Close behind was Todd Hamilton, also in a Tanzer 22, “Through.” Jack Bartlett sailed an excellent […]
Promised high-speed Internet access to be rolled out here by 807 Northwest Network has been pushed back from this fall to early next year. The broadband network, which is being set up with the help of federal and provincial funding, originally was expected to be in Fort Frances as early […]
The third diabetes day camp to be held at Sunny Cove in recent years, but the first for organizers Sarah Ross and Cindy Gauthier, is ready to go Saturday–rain or shine. “We’ll have a pretty good turnout. At present, we have 34 people signed up,” said Ross, a registered dietitian […]
After seven months of work, and years of waiting before that, the dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here will be used to treat its first patients Monday morning. “There’s going to be six people treated next week–Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,” Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., […]
Proboard Limited of Atikokan laid off administrative and supervisory staff yesterday after negotiations between the company and CEP Local #49-0 employees broke off Tuesday. “We made all the attempts we could,” plant manager Richard Griffiths said this morning. “I really don’t know what we’re going to do. I really don’t.” […]
The Rainy River District School Board and its educational support staff ratified a new contract, in effect from Sept. 1, 2001 to Aug. 31, 2003, during the in-camera session of its regular meeting here Tuesday night. The two-year deal provides a total salary increase of five percent–1.5 percent as of […]
After losing two trucks to mechanical problems yet again, the Northwest Ontario Recycling Association is rushing to catch up on blue box pickups in town. “Both trucks, including the new truck, broke down last week and basically they had to fly a part in from the U.S. and repair the […]
The Muskie ‘B’ football team opened their five-game exhibition schedule with a 24-0 loss to the Roseau Rams here Tuesday afternoon. The Rams used a pair of long running plays to score two touchdowns in the first quarter, then made both two-point converts, to grab an early 16-0 lead. They […]
After two public meetings to discuss a proposal to build a young offenders’ facility at Couchiching, community support for the project appears to be strong–and building. The meetings, held Tuesday on Couchiching and again last night at the Civic Centre, were held to inform residents of a local bid to […]
Utility bill information for Fort Frances residents will continue to be gathered and entered by local Civic Centre staff. The information then will be sent to Thunder Bay Hydro to be processed for the billing with that company’s software. The printing of the bills also has been done in Thunder […]
