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Wednesday, November 15, 1995

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NEWS:

Sioux development project slashed

Fibre optic funding cancelled without merit study 

Ontario Network Infrastructure Project (ONIP) funding for the much anticipated telecommunications upgrade in Sioux Lookout was cut along with 32 other economic development programs November 2.

NEWS:

Sioux to star on T-Bay TV

Locally generated news is a scarcity in northwestern Ontario and regional reporting is scant and spotty at best.

But since 1989 Thunder Bay’s CKPR-CHFD television has been making an extra effort at covering the region with the weekly program Northwest Newsweek.

NEWS:

Sioux’s own cable spot

After a four-year hiatus Sioux Lookout Community TV could return to Channel 9.

COVER PHOTO:

Step smartly now

Cadets Sgt. Chris Mesner (left) and Elizabeth Bernier lead the parade of veterans and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 78 members up Front Street to the Mayfair Theatre where Remembrance Day ceremonies were held last Saturday.