With 35 team captains and about 350 participants out collecting pledges, the first-annual “Relay for Life” here is quickly gathering momentum. The local event likely will follow in the footsteps of several “Relay for Life” events in southeastern Ontario, which collectively raised about $1.6 million for cancer research. The local […]
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The popular BIA mid-summer “Mall Day” event, slated for Thursday, June 28, will have a completely new look this year. For the first time, Scott Street will be kept open to vehicular traffic, with the racks of display merchandise and various displays to be on the sidewalks. This change, according […]
“Quest for the Best” already is shaping up to be one of the highlights of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship late next month, with contestant forms available as of last week. “Quite a few people have called so far. And lots of people have picked up forms to enter,” […]
Rainy Lake continued to rise over the weekend, reaching 338.227 m (1,109.67 ft) Monday morning. But with no rain in the forecast, the lake level is expected to crest soon. “I would say for sure this week,” noted Raimo Tyrvainen, energy and utilities co-ordinator for Abitibi-Consolidated here. Namakan Lake, which […]
Rainy Lake is still rising–and today matched its 1974 level at 339.197 m (1,109.57 ft.)–but it may crest next week if there is no significant rain. “If we don’t get any significant rain, I think we’re going to see the rise declining and see it crest Tuesday or Wednesday, but […]
It seems Bill 140 won’t force residential tax rates to rise here–or cause cuts to the town’s 2001 budget–after all thanks to an education tax reduction. During a special meeting Thursday afternoon, council voted to keep tax ratios the same as legislated by Bill 140–and also received an indication from […]
Days before final approval of a new Customs facility here, the town has been faced with the option of purchasing the international bridge. The idea, brought forward by local lawyer Lawrence G. Phillips in a letter to council last month, caught the attention of Abitibi-Consolidated’s general manager Jim Gartshore, who […]
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Boise Cascade have reached a tentative agreement with Revenue Canada which, once finalized, will allow construction of the new customs and immigration facility here to go ahead. “We reached a tentative agreement on the issue of sterile-zone operating and that’s the last hurdle,” Jim Gartshore, general manager […]
The hunt for summer jobs is on, and the Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students here wants those looking for work to know its doors are open. The centre, located at 301 Scott St. (above the post office), will hold its official opening Friday, starting with a ribbon-cutting at […]
Town council held a special meeting at noon Thursday to decide the 2001 tax rates, with a hike in residential taxes likely to be the outcome. With Bill 140 legislating that commercial, industrial, and multi-residential taxes be lowered to a certain ratio, council was faced with lowering those with a […]
Today, at 338.15 m (1,109.41 ft.), Rainy Lake has reached its highest level since 1974, when it peaked at about 338.2 m (1,109.58 ft.) in mid-June. Water levels on the lake passed the 1996 high of 338.1 m (1,109.25 ft.) yesterday when it reached 338.12 m (1,109.32 ft.). And with […]
The Fort Frances Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Corps (#144) held its annual ceremonial review last Wednesday evening (May 23) at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre with 30 cadets participating. Training Officer SLT C. Lavigne welcomed everyone to this occasion and presented division information. Prior to the program, COX, N:CPO1 D. […]
