With the 2004 budget up for a vote this coming Monday night, town council and management are looking to get a jump on the 2005 budget, as well as getting a better picture of Fort Frances’ future, with a strategic plan. The first meeting to get the process going is […]
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Downloaded health care costs and provincial land tax reform were but two of the hot topics discussed at the 58th-annual general meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association last Wednesday to Saturday in Thunder Bay. “At the conference, the municipal leaders were quite clear that property tax is not the […]
At its regular monthly meeting last night, the Rainy River District School Board voted to approve a partnership agreement with the United Native Friendship Centre to provide a new secondary education program. “We hope this program will attract a number of students who are not currently in education at the […]
The Town of Fort Frances is trying to get a date set to speak with a representative from the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. regarding differences in assessments between here and Dryden, Mayor Dan Onichuk said Tuesday. The inequity came to light at a special committee of the whole meeting April […]
In another step towards the implementation of the new “bag tag” system for garbage pickup here, town residents should receive their five introductory tags in the mail by the end of next week. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the tags started being mailed out to property owners Tuesday. […]
Vince and Sharon, nee Mose, are happy to announce the birth of their first born–a son, Cade Vincent James, 8 lbs. 1 oz., at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Sask. on April 26, 2004. Happy grandparents are Harry and Linda Munro of Nipawin, Sask, and Willie and Helen Mose of Emo, […]
The Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program at Stratton is having a spring benefit concert this Friday (May 7) at 7 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo. Please come out to join the students in praise and get a better idea of what SCAP is all about. The expansion building […]
The Borderland Thunder say they and the Dryden Ice Dogs are in the process of moving to the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. But the SIJHL says no way that’s going to happen while Dryden says they’re staying put. If it does happen, though, it will be the death of the […]
My wife is envious of the time I spent travelling with my eldest son and his brother last week. Brendan and I made the trip to Ottawa to pick up Adam, who was moving out of residence at Carleton University. Adam and his friend, Gui, had taken possession of a […]
