As the town continues to work on its 2005 budget, council agreed to institute an interim tax levy and also borrow money to meet current expenditures at Monday night’s regular meeting. Treasurer Peggy Dupuis noted yesterday afternoon that as in previous years, the interim levy is equal to about […]
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The top three fundraisers from this year’s “Polar Plunge” found themselves on the receiving end of some additional rewards on Monday. Jillian Gustafson, Dale Gill, and “Polar Plunge” co-ordinator Jim Martindale each were presented with $400 gift certificates in recognition of their outstanding fundraising on behalf of the Voyageurs Lions […]
Dave Petsnick of Fort Frances is the new owner of Revco Carpet after finalizing the purchase of the company last week from long-time businessman and entrepreneur George Revus. Petsnick, a licensed sheet metal worker and gas fitter, left his job of four years at the OSB mill in Barwick to […]
The Rainy River District School Board approved a motion Tuesday night to reinvest its year-end surplus into schools, effectively injecting $2.1 million into 11 projects to improve student success and to upgrade school facilities. Laura Mills, the board’s chief financial officer, presented the board’s audited financial statements for 2003-04 at […]
“Hunger to make it to the Scott.” That’s how lead Andrea Lee, formerly of Stratton and now living in Thunder Bay, responded when asked what her rink’s goal was. “That’s always our goal,” she added. That also is the goal of her younger sister, Angela, who is the skip, along […]
While Fort Frances was tops when it came to developing an emergency management plan last year, the town still has work ahead of it in 2005, said Dale Smyk of Emergency Management Ontario. “Kudos to [Fort Frances Fire Chief] Steve Richardson and his group. They were the first to get […]
You didn’t just feel the tension, you could see it, too. Before they stepped onto the ice for their first draw at the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ playdowns here last Thursday, the local Kathie Jackson rink stretched and limbered up to prepare their joints for the three-day competition. They stood there […]
Fort Frances town council may end up dissolving the various executive committees, and start hearing all matters in committee of the whole, if a suggestion by Mayor Dan Onichuk ends up being approved. The mayor voiced his idea at Monday’s committee of the whole meeting at the point when the […]
Pedestrians going to businesses far out in the west end of town, such Wal-Mart and Canadian Tire, may not have to walk on the road much longer as the town might build a sidewalk along King’s Highway as part of its 2005 capital projects. At Monday night’s regular meeting, council […]
Members of the local Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will take a strike vote on Monday (Jan. 17), but local president Sharon Preston emphasizes this is just another step in the bargaining process. “A strike is not the goal. The goal is to support the bargaining initiatives we’ve set out, […]
Just when the Fort Frances Curling Club thought it could relax after hosting the Northwestern Ontario ladies’ playdowns last week, it now must start preparing for yet another big event. And this one is considerably larger. Next year at around this time, the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts will grace […]
Any freight sent between Rainy River District and Winnipeg on Grey Goose/Greyhound Bus Lines now has to travel through Thunder Bay after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection put limitations on freight crossing the border. “They’re not taking parcels through the States any more as per U.S. Customs regulations,” said […]
