“Bag tags” took another step towards becoming a reality for local residents yesterday afternoon after town council approved a report by Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown and motioned for a bylaw to be prepared. Brown is aiming to have the “bag tag” system up and running by Monday, May […]
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As you probably know, members of the Fort Frances Aquanaut Swim Team spend upwards of 16 hours a week training, both in and out of the pool. But what you might not know is that when they’re not training, many of these athletes love to spend time in the kitchen—trying […]
The town isn’t done with setting its 2004 budget yet as events again took a turn Wednesday that sees council looking to find about $150,000 more than before to balance the budget. After hearing news from the OPP that policing costs for 2003 saw a surplus of $114,000, council decided […]
“Bag tags” took another step towards becoming a reality for local residents Wednesday afternoon after town council approved a report by Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown and motioned for a bylaw to be prepared. Brown is aiming to have the “bag tag” system up and running by Monday, May […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources is finding the 2004 fire season, which runs April 1 through Oct. 31, is off to a slow start here. “There’s no fires to report at this time,” MNR fire information officer Deb McLean said Thursday morning. “We are looking at some nice weather. Fort […]
Some of the new user fees for Fort Frances residents took effect today after town council gave a third and final reading to the bylaw at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon. The user fee schedule—which lists hundreds of items—sees numerous hikes across the board, from business licences and building permits […]
Three Aquanauts swimmers attended the Pepsi Victor Davis Memorial swim meet in Guelph last week and came home with varied results. Heather Dutton, swimming in the girls’ 15 and over age category, earned her best result in the 100m butterfly, placing fourth with a time of 1:11.96. She also finished […]
As part of its ongoing “Business After Hours” program, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is holding a “Quadrathon” for its members and their staff at the Fort Frances Curling Club tomorrow from 5-7:30 p.m. “The whole thing is to get people moving around and meeting with other people, and […]
The local District Mental Health Services for Older Adults program held a day-long workshop here last Wednesday for health care workers and social service providers to discuss aging in people with developmental disabilities. Paul Muldoon, a trainer and consultant, ran the workshop in which participants discussed the demographics of an […]
Members of the local chapter of Canadian Parents for French used a parable from the New Testament at the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s monthly meeting Saturday to illustrate their views regarding the French Immersion program. In her presentation to the board, Marie Brady, a local member of the CPF, […]
It was a night of firsts at the Emo Legion on Friday night as members of the new Conservative Party of Canada welcomed their inaugural candidate in the new riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. David Leskowski, a Thunder Bay insurance broker, was acclaimed after Christine Hogarth withdrew her name just […]
Dear editor: Now that it appears town council plans to go ahead with the “bag tag” program for garbage collection, let’s look at a way to make this simple for everyone. In one newspaper report, it was stated the Town of Fort Frances hopes to bring in $252,000 in bag […]
