After failing to secure the necessary co-operation from the MTO and Miscampbell to officially lower the speed limit, Alberton council last week decided instead to place yellow speed advisory signs on Frog Creek Road. The road has been the subject of considerable discussion and concern for council of late and […]
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After competing in the all-Ontario cross-country championship last fall, Heather Dutton approached her coach about starting a Fort High track team. The idea came after talking to some of the Thunder Bay athletes from St. Ignatius that she had travelled to OFSAA with who ran track as well as cross-country. […]
Professional hockey is coming to Fort Frances this fall. The Manitoba Moose and Hamilton Bulldogs will meet for a pre-season game Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. “We’re in the process of having tickets printed up,” said Darren Johnson, athletic director at Fort High, who […]
Students in Dana Kosowick’s Grade 6 class at Robert Moore School here took a little trip to the other side of the world earlier this month through the magic of technology during a worldwide teleconference. The first Megaconference Jr. took place May 6, when elementary and high school students from […]
The Town of Fort Frances, Couchiching First Nation, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) sat down at the table last Thursday to start hammering out a new agreement for water and sewer services to the reserve. Richard Earl, capital management officer with the INAC office in Thunder Bay, said […]
Fort Frances residents will get a chance to give their input as to what they like to do for fun here when the town’s Community Activities Advisory Committee launches a survey this summer. Mayor Dan Onichuk, who called for the formation of the committee shortly after being elected last November, […]
In its first budget released yesterday, the new Liberal government announced plans to introduce legislation to establish a Northern Ontario “Grow Bonds” program to foster small- and medium-sized business development. “We will move forward this year to establish a Northern Ontario ‘Grow Bonds’ program that would help new and expanding […]
NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton is calling the Liberal government’s first budget yesterday “one of the most regressive revenue grabs in Ontario’s history,” citing the return of OHIP premiums and the de-listing of health care services. “The worst aspect of this budget is that it increases taxes by […]
It’s clear many Fort Frances residents have serious concerns about, or were even downright hostile towards, the new “bag tags” the town is aiming to implement here starting May 31. A total of about 160 people attended a pair of public meetings held Tuesday afternoon and evening at the Civic […]
