Around Town

April 2, 2012

Monday, April 2 ANFC talking circle, 6:30 pm, 597-597-1213, ext. 4 AHS hall walking, 5:30-7 pm Council meets, 5pm Tuesday, April 3 Pre-school story time, Sun Dog, 10:15 am Lutheran food bank open to community 2-4 pm (front door) Community Counselling’s Keep It Simple Skills Group, 4:30-6:30pm, (807) 978-2724) AHS hall walking, 5:30-7 pm Wednesday, [...]

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Public has say in cultural planning

April 2, 2012

Cultural plan “solid” Jessica Smith Cultural planning became a little more defined following last Wednesday’s public workshop, consultant Gord Hume told Council, Thursday. Feedback from the workshop—which was attended by members of the Spirit of Atikokan (SOA) cultural advisory committee, the Town and Council, and about 10 members of the public—resulted in plans to modify [...]

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Osisko details plans for Hammond Reef project, seeks input

March 28, 2012

M. McKinnon Displays set up by Osisko Hammond Reef Gold covered the full range of the company’s activities here during open houses here and in Fort Frances earlier this month. They included an exploration update, some project alternatives, an overview of the environmental assessment process, consultation milestones, local benefits, and information on how the company [...]

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The return of the tailgate auction

March 27, 2012

Lions Club plans handi-van benefit Jessica Smith Local seniors and Lions Club members are joining forces to host a spring community event for the whole family and raise money for a new handi-van. A yard sale, tailgate auction and mini carnival will be held at the Little Falls Community Centre, Saturday, May 5, and excitement [...]

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Council identifies 10 priorities; Have they got the right ones?

March 27, 2012

Spirit of Atikokan Atikokan is looking at the possibility of growth and an exciting future. The Municipal Cultural Plan approved by Council this past January will guide this development of the community. The Municipal Cultural Plan looks at how the culture, or lifestyle, of the community can be taken into account by the municipality as [...]

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March 26, 2012 obituaries

March 26, 2012

Beatrice May Rawn Beatrice May Rawn, 94, passed away at Rainycrest Long Term Care in Fort Frances on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. She was born on Sunday, May 6, 1917 in Port Arthur, Ontario, and grew up in Atikokan, one of six McLeod siblings. As a teenager managed the household for her father. In November [...]

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Around Town

March 26, 2012

Monday, March 26 ANFC talking circle, 6:30 pm, 597-597-1213, ext. 4 AHS hall walking, 5:30-7 pm Council meets, 5 pm Tuesday, March 27 Pre-school story time, Sun Dog, 10:15 am Lutheran food bank open to community 2-4 pm (front door) Community Counselling’s Keep It Simple Skills Group, 4:30-6:30pm, (807) 978-2724) AHS hall walking, 5:30-7 pm [...]

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No ice, but all the fun of curling

March 20, 2012

M. McKinnon North Star students got a taste of curling March 8, when Trevor Bonot and the popular Rocks and Rings program visited the school. “I’d heard about Rocks and Rings through a television [news item], and then looked it up on the web,” said teacher Heather Niskanen, who organized the visit here. “It was [...]

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Water quality “exceptional,” but much improvement still needed at new plant

March 20, 2012

M. McKinnon Although Atikokan’s new water treatment plant “consistently produced water of exceptional quality in 2011”, the operation did not score well in a Ministry of Environment inspection conducted at the end of November. Details from that inspection, as well as an overview of water plant operations and all water quality tests conducted during the [...]

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Ontario Municipal Board rules in favour of modular homes

March 20, 2012

The Ontario Municipal Board dismissed homeowner Darcy Matichuk’s appeal of a bylaw amendment which will permit modular home development in the Saturn Ave subdivision last week, saying that the structures would not conflict with any governing policies and in fact, represented “good planning” for the community. Matichuk and three other sub-division homeowners opposed the zoning [...]

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