Ontario Liquor Control Board Workers will vote on a new tentative agreement today and tomorrow.
The deal was reached late last month, averting a strike that had been set for June 24th.
The strike would have seen about six-thousand workers walk off the job.
Information meetings run by the Ontario Public Service Employees union have been underway so workers can learn the details of the new offer.
Monday, July 13, 2009
More Fires in Rainy River district
Lightning is to blame for a couple of new forest fires in the Rainy River district over the weekend.
Two of the fires, one east of Fort Frances near Voyageurs National Park and one of the northern boundary of Quetico Park near Flanders, are listed as still active, but are small in size.
Strong winds and sunny weather on the weekend helped pushed the fire hazard to high levels across the northwest.
Two of the fires, one east of Fort Frances near Voyageurs National Park and one of the northern boundary of Quetico Park near Flanders, are listed as still active, but are small in size.
Strong winds and sunny weather on the weekend helped pushed the fire hazard to high levels across the northwest.
Moffat Funds to be Distributed
Money from the Moffat Family Fund is expected to be handed out at tonight's meeting of Fort Frances council.
The town received more than $43,000 from the Winnipeg-based Moffat fund earlier this year to hand out to local projects aimed at helping youth and families.
It's the seventh consecutive year the town has received money from the fund set up by the former owners of the local cable system.
The town received more than $43,000 from the Winnipeg-based Moffat fund earlier this year to hand out to local projects aimed at helping youth and families.
It's the seventh consecutive year the town has received money from the fund set up by the former owners of the local cable system.
Buy Canada Discussed Tonight
A request by the Ontario Federation of Labour to adopt a Buy Canada policy comes back to Fort Frances town council at its meeting tonight.
The OFL asked the town back in May to accept the policy as a way of ensuring local jobs are created by the federal-provincial governments infrastructure programs.
Also tonight, councillors will receive updates on work taking place around the community.
This includes construction of the new library and technology centre, the planned relocation of the tugboat Hallet and former fire tower to the waterfront and local road projects.
The public portion of tonight's meeting gets under at about 6:25 p.m. following an in-camera discussion pertaining to Sunny Cove Camp and First Nations Property Acquisitions.
The OFL asked the town back in May to accept the policy as a way of ensuring local jobs are created by the federal-provincial governments infrastructure programs.
Also tonight, councillors will receive updates on work taking place around the community.
This includes construction of the new library and technology centre, the planned relocation of the tugboat Hallet and former fire tower to the waterfront and local road projects.
The public portion of tonight's meeting gets under at about 6:25 p.m. following an in-camera discussion pertaining to Sunny Cove Camp and First Nations Property Acquisitions.
Portage Avenue Work Begins Today
Expect to see work crews at the Portage Avenue underpass today.
The installation of temporary traffic lights at either end of the underpass that will reduce traffic to one lane while work takes place.
However the first complete closure of the road will take place this week beginning tomorrow.
The underpass will be blocked from 9:00 a.m. to 7;)0 p.m. through to Thursday and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
The closure is necessary in the removal of the concrete abutment located on the east side of the road.
The installation of temporary traffic lights at either end of the underpass that will reduce traffic to one lane while work takes place.
However the first complete closure of the road will take place this week beginning tomorrow.
The underpass will be blocked from 9:00 a.m. to 7;)0 p.m. through to Thursday and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
The closure is necessary in the removal of the concrete abutment located on the east side of the road.
Tornado Victim Found
Provincial police say the body of a third man killed in a freak storm in northwestern Ontario has been recovered.
Divers with the Ontario Provincial Police underwater search and recovery unit located the body of 66-year-old Dennis Kinkaid just after seven last night.
The bodies of his friends - 65-year-old Bernie Jackson and 78-year-old Stan Hollis - were pulled from the water Friday.
All three men are from Ponca City, Oklahoma.
The trio was picked up by a tornado that swept through a hunting and fishing resort Thursday on Lac Seul.
The men were at the Fisherman's Cove Resort in Ear Falls when their cabin was ripped from its foundation and tossed into the lake almost a kilometre away.
Five other guests at the lodge, being identified as being from the Minneapolis and Wisconsin areas, suffered minor injuries after the tornado ripped apart their cabin.
Divers with the Ontario Provincial Police underwater search and recovery unit located the body of 66-year-old Dennis Kinkaid just after seven last night.
The bodies of his friends - 65-year-old Bernie Jackson and 78-year-old Stan Hollis - were pulled from the water Friday.
All three men are from Ponca City, Oklahoma.
The trio was picked up by a tornado that swept through a hunting and fishing resort Thursday on Lac Seul.
The men were at the Fisherman's Cove Resort in Ear Falls when their cabin was ripped from its foundation and tossed into the lake almost a kilometre away.
Five other guests at the lodge, being identified as being from the Minneapolis and Wisconsin areas, suffered minor injuries after the tornado ripped apart their cabin.
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