Fort Frances town councillors still don’t have any answers regarding the rising bill on the auditorium project after a last-minute phone call changed plans to meet with their “multi-use” partners yesterday afternoon. Councillors had planned to meet with the local public school board and Confederation College at 2 p.m. But […]
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Taking home the grand champion market steer award is a big accomplishment for a 4-H member. Winning it two years in a row is even bigger. Jusk as Greg Haglin, who raised the grand champion steer at the fall fair in Emo earlier this month, repeating his performance of a […]
It may be one of the prettiest weeds around but it’s also one of the deadliest to its surrounding habitat–and that has La Vallee looking at what it can do to keep purple loosestrife from spreading further. In fact, the township may introduce “exotic” beetles next summer as a way […]
The puck should be dropped in the new indoor ice facility here in mid-November, 1999, with the town and “Ice for Kids” reps to look at the preliminary designs and cost estimates at a meeting Sept. 8. Construction on the 1,000-seat facility is slated to start next spring to avoid […]
Security has been stepped up at the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here after the striking Communications, Energy and Papermakers union turned up the heat on the picket lines last week. Mill manager Jim Gartshore said surveillance cameras were being used to keep an eye on picket-line activity. “We’ve got increased activity on […]
Classes started Monday at Confederation College here but just how long they keep going depends on how the union of Ontario college professors react to yesterday’s contract offer. Local campus manager Don Lovisa said the professors will be taking a final vote early in September on whether to accept the […]
A summer with drought-like conditions has had a devastating impact on the Thunder Bay region’s hay crop, leaving an all but captive market to the east for district farmers with hay surpluses. Rudy Buitenhuise, ag rep for the Thunder Bay region, said hay yields are way down. In fact, he […]
With a new school year fast approaching, many area students will be scrambling to enjoy another day at the beach or a late-night stint watching movies before they hit the books next week. For 18-year-old Crozier resident Jennifer Sletmoen, the next seven or eight days will be centred around packing […]
With a “dream” studio at her fingertips, local aviation artist Cher Hogan’s desire to paint is at an all-time high. It is in her new 18’ x 24’ studio, overlooking the residential property she owns with husband, Murray, at Windy Point, where Hogan is plugging away at what is literally […]
Joyce McCormick was elected president of “tour de Fort” at the group’s annual general meeting here last night. Joining McCormick on the executive is Wendy Brunetta (vice-president), Tracy Morrish (treasurer), and Scott Doherty (secretary). McCormick takes over from former president Dr. Ted Jablonski, who left Fort Frances earlier this month […]
Despite varied results from 28 five-acre plots across Northern Ontario, University of Guelph researcher Gordon Scheifele said farmers now have a better idea how to grow hemp for industrial uses. Scheifele, who will be in the area Sept. 4 during “Industrial Hemp Field Days” at Blair Lowey’s farm on Highway […]
With the co-operation and donation from the Fort Frances-Rainy River Women’s Teachers Association, the Emo Public Library had another fruitful summer reading program this year. It began the week of July 6, with 62 children up to grade eight registered, and ran through Aug. 13. Children chose books that were […]
