Contract talks aren’t over but the striking Communications, Energy, and Papermakers union has agreed to let contractors cross the picket lines in order to dredge the basins at the mill’s lagoon on Eighth Street. Work was to start today after Abitibi-Consolidated went out for quotes on the project last week, […]
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Freeze up could spell disaster for Emo’s water supply and that has council there looking at its options tonight to nip the problem before winter hits. Any decision could depend on the price tag the solution comes with. But with freeze up normally in November, the municipality is hoping to […]
The Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition is taking the challenge–“The Seat Belt Challenge,” that is. Volunteers will be standing along streets in Fort Frances, Emo, and Atikokan this Saturday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. to count how many people are wearing seat belts as part of the annual provincial campaign, which runs […]
Those visiting La Verendrye hospital won’t be paying for a parking spot there anytime soon. The board of directors of Riverside Health Care Facilities decided at its regular meeting last Thursday to push back the implementation date in order to look at fee options. Acting CEO Liz Clarke said the […]
After six weeks of living with a domestic water shortage, Atikokan residents can feel more at ease these days now that the state of emergency there has been lifted. Construction on the Plateau Lake dam project also will begin soon. “The construction has already started on the road to the […]
A strong desire to get a first-hand look at the culture of a country other than their own has landed six international students in school at Fort High. Three of them are here for 10 weeks. They’ve each been linked with a district host family that includes a teenager who […]
It was 1948 when Fran Mutch, Betty Heffelfinger, Eileen Green, and Sybil Mowe graduated from the nursing program at the old Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg. Last week, the foursome gathered in Fort Frances to catch up on each others’ lives and reminisce about their school days a half-century ago. And […]
Only a small group of people turned out for a public session here Monday night to discuss the role of school councils with the Education Improvement Commission but one message did get through loud and clear. Better communications and clearer criteria are needed. EIC co-chair Dave Cooke and commissioner Betty […]
“MacKeel,” the Celtic pop group which opens the “tour de Fort” season Oct. 5 at in the Robert Moore auditorium, has a very interesting album cover for their latest CD, “Plaid.” It shows a picture of two cows just standing in a green field while facing the camera chewing their […]
It was a “grand opening” in every sense of the word last Thursday night as more than 100 people from across the district crowded into Sunset Country Ford to celebrate its new location on King’s Highway at McIrvine Road. An hour into the celebrations, which included live music and a […]
Those attending last week’s “Northern Networks” trade conference are optimistic the contacts made in Wausau, Wis. could mean a new market to export products. But it’s not something that’s going to happen overnight. Bill Gushulak, who went on behalf of the town’s Economic Development Commission, noted there was so much […]
One of the two local teams sent to the regional “Go for the Gold” competition near Sault Ste. Marie has earned a berth in the provincial finals this November at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. Stacey Angus, Rebecca Cornell, Angela Teeple, and Melissa Brant, who was a last-minute […]
