There’s a new school on the block–and its purpose is to provide a pathway to success for children who need a boost to their learning curve. The Scholars Learning Centre, located at 601 Mowat Ave. (upstairs in the Northern Lights Credit Union building), is owned by Thunder Bay entrepreneur Sharan […]
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There might be a lot of fires . . . or there might not. That’s what Paul Dutton, a fire information officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources fire centre in Dryden, had to say about rising concerns about the upcoming fire season. Dutton admitted snow levels over much of […]
Ontario Works finance people will be meeting with staff here next Tuesday to go over billing changes after the local office went four working days without being able to issue cheques earlier this month. A $100,000 loan from the province put the district’s welfare office back in business last Thursday […]
After 18 years of making homemade sausages, hams, and bacon in Barwick, Anson Martin, owner of Martin’s Meats, is closing up shop–but not without passing along a few trade secrets first. Martin, with the help of two of his daughters, will be spending the next few months training and teaching […]
Although the fire season doesn’t technically begin until April 1, the Emo Volunteer Fire Department had to be called last Wednesday to handle a grass fire that got out of control. Emo Fire Chief Rob Johnson said a farmer north of Emo was burning some grass off his property when […]
The committee of the whole spent two hours behind closed doors Monday night but Mayor Glenn Witherspoon assured no cuts were made to town personnel as councillors looked to find another $1 million in savings from the 1998 budget. At this stage of the budget process, it was a discussion […]
The tender package went out Monday for a new health centre in Rainy River, with bids to be opened April 8. Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. received written approval from the Ministry of Health for its tender package on Friday, which maxed the project at $6.24 million. The ministry will […]
To suggest that Burriss residents Tom and Shirley Morrish have a little something invested in a “nest egg” isn’t so far from the truth when they talk about the future. In fact, come mid-April, that “nest egg” will have multiplied into a warm and fuzzy instalment of baby chicks, which […]
Gordon Scheifele, a researcher with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, is ready to take his Northern Ontario hemp project one step further, growing more than 120 acres of the plant from Rainy River to Manitoulin Island. Nine different farms in the Rainy River District alone have agreed […]
Despite taking the expansion Grand Rapids Griffins to the Eastern Conference quarter-finals of the International Hockey League in their inaugural season, and leading the team to an almost guaranteed playoff berth this year, Dave Allison is now out of a job. The Fort Frances native was relieved of his coaching […]
As 125 athletes and countless other volunteers converged on Fort Frances on Saturday for the Ontario Region 8 Spring Games, it didn’t take long to notice these Games were special. Athletes from Atikokan, Dryden, Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Nipigon competed in five-pin bowling and swimming against their counterparts from Fort […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association board will soon be looking at the possibility of fielding a “AA” Midget team that would play an exhibition schedule with teams from Minnesota by as early as next season. The “AA” Midget team concept is the brainchild of Tom Koski, who said the […]
