With the emphasis shifting to keep mental health patients in their home communities, reps from across Northwestern Ontario are looking at what needs to be done to ensure the necessary services are available. That was the purpose of “Best Practices II: From Vision to Reality,” a two-day workshop that wrapped […]
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A meeting that was supposed to reveal a more detailed design and budget for the new indoor ice facility here had to be cancelled although town CAO Bill Naturkach said another one should be scheduled within the next week or so. Kuch/Stephenson Architects had to cancel its meeting with the […]
The Northwestern Health Unit celebrated its 50th anniversary on Monday, Nov. 2, with staff from the Emo office on hand to serve cake and refreshments during a two-hour open house. Gerd O’Sullivan cut the one-layer anniversary cake while staff clerk Loretta LeBlanc helped with the proceedings. Ken Hampton presented O’Sullivan […]
They may not have come back with the top prize but competing at the annual 4-H “Go for the Gold” provincial championships at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto definitely was a golden experience. Stacey Angus, Melissa Brant, Rebecca Cornell, and Angie Teeple represented all of Northern Ontario against […]
Ol’ Man Winter arrived with a vengeance here yesterday, bringing with it about 13 cm of snow and wind gusts exceeding 60 km/h. The wet heavy snow snapped trees and power lines across the district, and forced most highways to close for at least a few hours due to slippery […]
District school councils for both the public and Catholic boards are being asked to meet together next Tuesday at Donald Young School in Emo in hopes of establishing a communication network between them. Dona Pollard, a member of the Ontario Parent Council who sits on its parent involvement committee, is […]
It’s all but official–Warren Hoshizaki will be the new director of education for the Rainy River District Board of Education. John McLeod, the current acting director, confirmed yesterday that only thing left to officially make Hoshizaki the director is a vote at the next board meeting Dec. 1. Hoshizaki was […]
The results were long anticipated but critics were quick to voice their opinions on the “Lands for Life” consolidated report released last Friday. It wasn’t so much what was there that had some disturbed. It’s what wasn’t there. While he vocally opposed the final draft report being sent away without […]
Atikokan residents are being advised to keep boiling their water after yet another sample tested positive for disease-causing bacteria last Friday. “It was the same problem. The Cryptosporidium was still in it,” Atikokan Mayor Dennis Brown said yesterday, adding the Ontario Clean Water Agency was working to resolve the problem. […]
Abitibi-Consolidated and its striking Communications, Energy, and Papermakers union locals are heading back to the bargaining table Friday morning in Montreal. This development comes after a 10-day stalemate in contract negotiations as each side waited for the other to make the first move. “The conciliators put out an invitation for […]
It all started with an idea and grew from there. Connie and Doug Cuthbertson knew for years they were going to move and expand their home-based framing business on to Scott Street. The Fort Frances couple just didn’t know when. But at the end of last year, everything fell into […]
Starting today, volunteers will be out around town collecting donations in exchange for a poppy as the Royal Canadian Legion kicks of its 1998 campaign. With the funds, the Royal Canadian Legion Br. 29 assists veterans and the children of veterans when the need arises, contributing to items such as […]
