Staff The local OPP has been monitoring the Couchiching First Nations’ toll booth area on Highway 11, just west of the Noden Causeway, since it first went up late Friday afternoon. “I am asking for the patience of the public, and for all involved parties and stakeholders to come together […]
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Peggy Revell A crowd of Couchiching residents looked on Friday afternoon as the band’s controversial toll booth went up on Highway 11 near the west end of the Noden Causeway and the first tolls were collected. While some motorists opted to pay the $1, others have been driving through.
Peggy Revell Couchiching First Nation put up their controversial toll booth late this afternoon at the west end of the Noden Causeway on Highway. #11. While originally set to go up at noon, delays meant that the booth wasn’t set up until almost 4 p.m. with Couchiching Chief Chuck McPherson, […]
Peggy Revell FORT FRANCES—While it hadn’t been erected yet as of 2 p.m. on Friday, two hours later than planned, the Couchiching First Nation band council still was vowing that a controversial toll booth will go up on Highway #11 near the Noden Causeway by later this afternoon. “This morning, […]
Peggy Revell The controversial toll booth, which Couchiching First Nation planned to erect on Highway #11 near the Noden Causeway starting at noon today, still was being finished up this morning. The band has said it will charge $1 each way for passenger vehicles and $10 for commercial ones, with […]
Peggy Revell The OPP is not publicly speculating on its course of action should Couchiching First Nation go ahead with plans to erect a toll booth on Highway 11 just west of the Noden Causeway starting at noon tomorrow. “We’re not going to speculate yet that the booth is going […]
Peggy Revell Arlene Tucker handed out a pamphlet yesterday to vehicles travelling on Highway #11 through Couchiching First Nation as part of the band’s informational slowdown to share the reasons why it is planning to set up a toll booth near the west end of the Noden Causeway starting at […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru The coleus plant has been available to gardeners for decades in a large variety of colours. In the past, they were a favourite for planters and shade gardens because they are durable and easy to grow, and are best known for their bright colours […]
Duane HicksPeggy Revell To open Friday at noon Couchiching First Nation’s plan to erect a toll booth on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway is still a go for this Friday at noon. For now, the band was to begin a traffic slowdown today (Wednesday), where information will […]
It appears the Couchiching band council has no intention of backing down from its plan to install a toll booth on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway, meeting last night to set the fee schedule. The federal government certainly hasn’t done much, if anything, to defuse the situation […]
Eric Lundmark Dear editor: Chief Chuck McPherson intends to set up a toll booth on Highway 11 where it passes through the Couchiching First Nation due to several grievances he has with the federal government. He states that “over the last 50 years since the construction of the Noden Causeway, […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru As we get ready to plant the first seeds in our vegetable gardens, it will pay to do a little advance planning before you rush out and throw them into the ground. I am talking about crop rotation, which has been used for centuries. […]
