Dear editor: I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all the members of my choir, the “Choraliers.” This is a community and area choir made up of volunteers from all walks of life. Many of us have been together for about 12 years (it’s hard to keep […]
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Dear Mr. Editor: Thanks to the outrageous closed-door policy and hidden agendas of our elected town council, every taxpayer reading this is in serious trouble. The action of a few councillors to ram the purchase of the old Fort Frances Clinic, and asking the Ministry of Health to impose rostering […]
Dear Mike: I must congratulate all who were involved with the “Les Misérables” production at the Townshend Theatre last week. I am still in awe over the powerful performances, the music, and, of course, the highly-organized quality of the show. They truly have outdone themselves! I can only imagine the […]
With the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship taking to the waters of Rainy Lake for its 12th year on July 23-29, board chair Jim Cumming appeared before council Monday night to ask the town to once again help out with the popular community event. Among the new initiatives this year, […]
It’s easy, sitting here, to say Canadian soldiers should be fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan—putting their lives at risk in order to make our world a safer place. It may be another matter entirely if it was our sons or daughters who didn’t know when a suicide bomber will strike […]
Another round of formal negotiations between the Rainy River District School Board and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B Occasional Teachers’ Bargaining Unit ended without resolution Friday, which could lead to further sanctions by the teachers. “We thought it was possible, or very probable, that we would get […]
A small group of concerned citizens from across the district is looking at youth services in the area, and held a mini-summit Monday night to get some input from both youth and interested residents. “The purpose is to explore ways to best serve the youth of our community,” said Erma […]
With changes ranging from branding the downtown area as the “Great Canadian Main Street” to traffic routes being changed to one-way streets, a meeting will be held June 13 to let residents have their say on the Downtown Core Committee report before it is fully implemented. Council approved the request […]
Property owners in all classes will see a small tax increase this year after town council passed the 2006 budget at its regular meeting Monday night. As previously reported, taxes for residential ratepayers will go up 2.6 percent while commercial-occupied will jump by .85 percent, said Information Technology manager Darryl […]
As a follow-up to an internal audit called for by the town’s Administration and Finance executive committee last fall, council received a report of mayor and council expenses from 2004 and 2005 on Monday night. And the compilation of expenses shows that for a period of time in 2004, some […]
In a report for the Ministry of Education, the Northwest Catholic District School Board is predicting an average two percent decline in enrolment at its five schools over the next eight years—given past enrolment numbers and population trends across the northwest. The ministry requires all board across the province to […]
