Although the town still needs final approval from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, council passed bylaws during Monday night’s regular meeting to adopt the Community Improvement Plan and designate project areas here. “We’ll let the project move ahead and lay the groundwork out, and then fill in the […]
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With the province asking all power companies in the province to declare whether or not they’re “for-profit” or “not-for-profit” as a condition of Bill 210, the Fort Frances Power Corp. will be sticking to the former upon the request of FFPC president and CEO Mark McCaig. More a formality than […]
Though it’s called high-speed Internet, the speed in which the service is coming to Fort Frances is anything but fast. For several years, the possibility of getting the service here has been teasing residents to the point of disbelief. Like the boy who cried “wolf,” many won’t believe it until […]
Dear sir: In response to the letter to the editor last Wednesday (Feb. 5) in the Fort Frances Times, I fully agreed with Sue Fletcher’s issues over the Walker Avenue crisis. Where was the common sense and logic in that accident concerning public health? How could Dr. Sarsfield and his […]
Dear sir: On Sept. 6, 2002, the minister of Natural Resources announced a committee to address the nuisance bear problem in and around communities like ours all across Northwestern Ontario. A few years ago, the former minister of Natural Resources and the premier at that time announced the closure of […]
Dear sir: This is in response to the RRWT letter in last week’s paper. The only letter we received were the informational letters addressed to Dale LaBelle or myself, Jody Shypit. They were sent to the team captains and not all anglers received the letter. LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp did […]
For Doug Jensen, it was more than just a week off school. The Grade 11 student at Fort Frances High School has just returned from Ottawa, where he participated in the “Encounters With Canada” program with 100 other students from across the country. He gave the experience an enthusiastic two […]
Dear sir: In response to the Wednesday, Jan. 29 article in the Fort Frances Times entitled, “Mayor sees great potential in district.” I, like other union members, take exception to the portion of the statement that Mayor Glenn Witherspoon is a big booster to Northwestern Ontario. If Glenn were, he […]
Whether you’ve been around town for a year or a century, an evening of “music, song, and dance” awaits you at the Townshend Theatre here this Thursday and Friday night. The Rainy River District Festival Association is staging a “Celebration of 100 years of the performing arts” as part of […]
Following a two percent levy increase from the Northwestern Health Unit last year, the Town of Fort Frances now is facing a five percent hike—from $35 per capita to $36.75—which it will be tough to take. “We never budgeted for it,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “It’s going to as hard […]
Dear sir: I am writing this letter in response to the article in the Fort Frances Times last Wednesday (Feb. 5) entitled, “Woman helping ease the trauma.” I used to stand in front of my mirror and on a bad hair day wish I was bald. However, when my hair […]
Dear sir: This is an invitation to all parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, and friends of this year’s graduating class of Fort Frances High School. Please help us plan the celebration these graduates deserve. The “chem-free” grad is a longstanding tradition at FFHS, where the graduating class celebrates one last […]
