With municipal elections coming up a year from November, residents once again can go to the mailbox instead of a polling booth to cast their ballots after town council decided Monday night to try mail-in voting for a second time. Clerk Glenn Treftlin said yesterday the turnout for the last […]
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While it’s still taking a while for the number of “Blue Box” pickups to return to normal, it looks like the price is right for the town to continue its recycling partnership with Koochiching County Environmental Services Division across the river. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said a deal […]
Hiring qualified French Immersion teachers is proving a challenge for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, with trustees trying to come up with solutions for fear of compromising their French program. “It is a problem for us, and for every other board in Ontario, to find French Immersion teachers,” Education […]
The province has announced $32.5 million in additional funding to improve ambulance response times, with the local Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board to get more than $500,000 of those funds. While welcomed, the additional funding won’t solve all issues with providing ambulance services in this area. “It was […]
Dear sir: This is “the old guy with the plaid tam” again. I’ve been a bit confused lately, more confused than usual, as your eyebrows raise! It wasn’t long ago that my name was added to “Rapid Robert” and now that I have purchased my new motor bike, they have […]
Despite mediocre results, at best, with a 49.52 percent return rate, town council on Monday night voted to stick with the mail-in ballot system for the next municipal election in November, 2003. One cannot fault council for trying to generate a better voter turnout for municipal elections, which traditionally ranks […]
Dear editor: This is in reply to Mr. George Bartlett’s recent letter thanking “whoever is responsible for the flowers” on Third Street West and at the Central Avenue intersection. As a member of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s beautification committee, I want to thank Mr. Bartlett for his kind […]
Dear sir: I am concerned about some comments in a letter to the editor in the Fort Frances Times, the Rainy River Record, and the West End Weekly last week entitled “We’re killing our fishery.” The letter may have led readers to believe that the opinions of the “biologist” that […]
Ayaangwaamizin University at Couchiching is set to start its second year of operation next month, with many changes ahead. “It’s starting next month rather than September because we are offering condensed courses,” said Dennis McPherson, one of the school’s founders. “We’ll be making specific decision on courses and decide on […]
Bruce Caldwell, a local airplane enthusiast and member of the town’s Economic Development Advisory committee, learned a lot about expanding business here after returning from a convention in Orlando, Fla. earlier this month. “I think I would have handled it differently if I were to go again,” Caldwell noted Friday. […]
A four-player deal between the Borderland Thunder and Nipigon Feathermen Hawks has players involved on both sides considering their options. The Thunder sent forwards Justin Bodnarchuk and Mike Fair, along with defenceman Terry Parisien, to the Hawks on Sunday for forward Brent Greene, who made last year’s inaugural Superior International […]
Emo’s proposed biomass site has received support from most of its neighbouring municipalities, as well as funding from FedNor. Emo Reeve Russ Fortier met Andy Mitchell, secretary of state for rural development and FedNor, during the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Toronto to discuss the project and […]
