St. Francis students celebrated Law Day last Thursday in an original way: they held two mock trials in their classroom—complete with a judge, Crown attorney, witnesses, and jury. “It’s to get them to have a little fun with it and have a little familiarity with it,” said Trudy McCormick, executive […]
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At the same time Mayor Dan Onichuk made a plea for the public to clean up after their dogs two weeks ago, the issue was raised as to whether the town was supposed to collect pet waste as part of the weekly garbage pick-up. Council found out Monday night in […]
One of the problems many forest-products industries in the district have to deal with is the matter of waste disposal. What do you do with the tons and tons of chips, scraps, and ends left over after cutting and finishing logs? If your business is hardwood, you can sell your […]
Town council passed the 2004 budget in principle Monday night, opting for tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, along with an increase of 1.9 percent for commercial and 7.33 for industrial. Mayor Dan Onichuk and Couns. Tannis Drysdale, Todd Hamilton, and Struchan Gilson voted […]
With an information brochure distributed to Fort Frances residents with Monday’s Daily Bulletin, and the town aiming to have the system up and running by May 31, most people likely have some thoughts on “bag tags” by now. But Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown stressed Monday that the new […]
A “gateway” project at the international bridge here welcoming visitors to the region is getting off the ground, with co-ordinators hoping to have it in place this summer. “We’ve got all our ducks in row locally,” said economic development officer Geoff Gillon of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., who’s […]
