For the fourth time since last October, rates at the Fort Frances Children‘s Complex are going up. By September, the cost of an unsubsidized spot will have increased over 30 percent in a year. Council approved upping the rates for “unsubsidized” spots for residents Monday to $26.50 a day for […]
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Allegations of a breach of trust have been levelled against the former Fort Frances-Rainy River Board of Education, prompting an investigation by the anti-rackets branch of the OPP out of Thunder Bay, the Times learned yesterday. Det. Sgt. Lorne Costigan said Tuesday he received a complaint from a local resident, […]
For the first time in seven years, Fort Frances ratepayers will see an increase in their municipal taxes after town council unanimously approved a 4.68 percent hike for 1998 at a special meeting last Wednesday. That means households will see, on average, a $46.27 jump on their tax bills this […]
Four seasonal employees won’t be returning to the Public Works department this year as the town trimmed $47,000 off its operating budget. Those employees worked on sidewalk construction, line painting, and relieving those people taking vacation, Operations and Facilities manager Jerry Tetu noted Monday. “It’s going to have to be […]
Fort Frances residents may be among the first to get the word but they aren’t the only ones in Northwestern Ontario facing higher taxes. Although its 1998 budget isn’t expected to be set for another week, Dryden also is looking at a “moderate” tax increase. “Council is talking about two […]
For Bill Low, it was just time to move on. The Rainy River High School principal had his retirement approved by the public school board at its regular meeting last week, effective June 30, after working 35 years in education–the last 28 here in the district. “Cheryl and I came […]
If you didn’t get to the annual Easter Market before noon Saturday, chances are whatever you were looking for was sold out. Held at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market site on McIrvine Road here last Thursday and Saturday, customers literally gobbled up the vendors’ items on both days the market […]
Volume is way up for the Rainy River Cattlemen Association’s spring sale Saturday in Stratton, with numbers up by about 400 head from last year. Cattle start arriving at the sales yard Friday, with the sale starting at 9:30 a.m. the next day. Russell Richards Jr., manager of the sales […]
The annual TOPS mini rally was held March 30 at Crossroads School. The room was decorated with a spring-like theme, as some members had seen to it to ensure the decorating suited this special occasion. This event was well attended by guests along with the roughly 30 active members of […]
Thirty-six students and five chaperones were involved in a “30-Hour Famine” on April 3-4 at the Rainy River Evangelical Covenant Church. Some $5,224.20 was raised for World Vision, a relief agency that provides humanitarian assistance around the world, noted Mark Mast. The money collected this year is to be used […]
Audrey (Orton) Machula passed away April 14, 1998, following a courageous battle with cancer, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Santa Clara, Cal. She was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Dec. 19, 1924. Audrey is survived by her husband of 50 years, Emmette; daughters, Janice (Mark) Christensen of Fortuna, Cal., […]
Ernest Stanley “Stan” Gustafson, beloved husband of Clarice Gustafson, of Red Deer, Alta., passed away suddenly at his home Tuesday, April 14, 1998 at the age of 71. Besides his loving wife, Clarice, Stan is survived by his children, Gary (Jackie) of Ottawa, Ont., Jim (Kim) of Winnipeg, Man., and […]
