Duane Hicks An initiative is underway to replace all of the town’s more than 1,000 streetlights—an overhaul that will save the town an estimated $110,000 annually on an ongoing basis. Fort Frances Power Corp. crew haves been installing the lights for the past few weeks, switching out high-pressure sodium lights […]
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Duane Hicks Linking technology and local history, the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre is creating a self-guided walking tour that would encourage tourists to explore the town and learn more about local establishments and their individual histories. The tour will be done through the use of Quick Response (QR) […]
Duane Hicks Thanks to a Museum and Technology Fund grant from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Fort Frances Museum has hired a co-ordinator to transfer its old database to new software, as well as digitize its 100-year-old newspaper collection. Jeremy Hughes, who recently worked part-time as a […]
Heather Latter Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. earned a ‘B’ from “Rate My Hospital”—a resource developed by CBC’s The Fifth Estate to rank Canadian hospitals. A first in Canada, the initiative was designed to “bring more transparency and accountability to our health-care system and to arm Canadians with the information […]
Heather Latter When local resident Armand Jourdain heard about Theo Fleury’s “Victor Walk,” he knew it was something he wanted to get involved with. Next month, the former NHL’er will initiate a 10-day walk from Toronto to Ottawa to bring awareness to the horrors of child sexual abuse. Like Fleury, […]
Staff The process to sell lots at the new Huffman residential subdivision on Williams Avenue is moving ahead, with a lottery draw slated for next Thursday (April 25). Council has finalized the details of how the town will sell the 16 lots comprising the residential subdivision, with six fronting Williams […]
Duane Hicks Following a public backlash over the prospect of having to put a bag tag of every garbage receptacle for weekly curbside pickup, town council instead opted Monday to institute a new environmental fee to boost revenues for its waste management system. Starting July 1, all water customers in […]
Heather Latter The feasibility study for Rainy River Resources’ Rainy River Gold Project, a large gold system centered in Richardson Township north of Barwick, has been completed and offers several positive outcomes to focus on as the project moves along, such as employment and the rate of return for stakeholders. […]
Duane Hicks Pioneer Player Fern Perkins spoke to students at Robert Moore School on Monday about her ancestor, Isabella Mainville, who lived here in the early 1800s, as well as the history of the Métis people. Perkins is making her way to several schools this week, and also will tell […]
Heather Latter Monika Ruppenstein, left, and Dahlia Kaun were just a few of the Sparks and Brownies who were busy selling Girl Guide cookies door-to-door here Monday evening. If the girls did not make it to your house, and you’d like to support the Girl Guides by purchasing some of […]
Heather Latter Fort Frances High School student Melissa Fobister, left, danced with fellow classmate Shai Loyie last Wednesday during an event called “Take a Stand, Lend a Hand” in support of the anti-bullying “Day of Pink.” Presented during the lunch hour by members of the “Best Buddies” program, any students […]
