Town council got an update Monday night on the Canadian American Border Communities Organization (CABCO) activities, including notice of a change to a conference planned for later this summer here. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, who sits on the local Border Communities Organization (BCO) board, told council the group met last week, […]
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The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce invited all past, present, and future flower project sponsors to Robin’s here Friday afternoon to launch “Project Petunia 2006.” Alan Tibbetts, past president of the Chamber and chair of its beautification committee, thanked the small crowd on hand for their support of the flower […]
The Fort Frances Clinic got the “go ahead” to develop a Family Health Team model here last Thursday after the province announced its third and final wave of successful applicants permitted to do so. “We, in Fort Frances, are extremely pleased with this announcement,” said clinic president Dr. Robert Algie, […]
The Ainsworth OSB mill in Barwick is not following the example of recent layoffs and cutbacks at Abitibi-Consolidated. In fact, it is expanding with a building in the works for strand storage which is expected to be put to use June 1. “It’s coming along,” site manager Mark Alderson noted […]
Francine MacDonald, the Invasive Species/Aquatics Biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters’ Invasive Species Awareness Program, was on hand here Tuesday night to speak about those species which threaten to invade our region. “We’ve been primarily focused on southern Ontario,” MacDonald admitted to about a dozen people at […]
BROWN–Born to Jeff and Tracy, nee Nielson, of Barwick, Ont., a boy, Ryder Jeffery Evan, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on April 7, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
There’s nothing like the smell of dog poop in spring. Even with your eyes closed, the bouquet of water-sodden pyramids of pooh is as unmistakable as the sound of the universal Internet handshake. So when I stood looking out my back door on the weekend at the prospect of tackling […]
Rising property taxes, coinciding with declining papermill jobs, make for a sad and poorly-timed situation. In fact, a community crisis! Little wonder, then, that there’s been no local protest over my suggestion last week concerning the need for a casino here—the kind of project that could employ possibly more than […]
It’s been several years since I have worked a larger swim meet. When my eldest son was swimming for the Fort Frances Aquanauts, I took up officiating at swim meets and was able to participate in some of the largest ones in Canada featuring the country’s fastest swimmers. What I […]
Harry Kilner, 80, of Stratton, Ont., passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born March 8, 1926 in Thorburn, N.S. to the late Harry and Elizabeth Kilner. Harry’s family moved to Cambridge, Ont. when Harry was very young. […]
Barb Marr’s cross-stitch, “Lady of Morocco,” is just one of the works on display in the Fine Line Art Gallery’s spring art show “Seeing Red,” which opened yesterday. Over 40 pieces from area artists are on display there through next month. The show will wrap up with a “Music in […]
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 […]
