Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The Northern Policy Institute (NPI) is collecting ideas from regional municipalities to help combat northwestern Ontario’s homelessness crisis. As part of second-day proceedings at last week’s Northern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) gathering at the Fort Frances Curling Centre, NPI policy analyst Holly Parsons presented a preliminary report on homelessness, addictions, […]
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) — currently in the process of selecting a site of a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel — attended last week’s Northern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) conference to highlight the technologies at work ensuring that transporting said waste is as safe as possible […]
The Ontario government is making a massive investment in corrections efforts in the northwest of the province, and some of that money will help to bring more corrections officers to Fort Frances. Announced on April 25, the press release reveals the province is making a $1.2-billion investment to build a […]
Council Briefs Fort Frances Mayor June Caul is thanking town employees for their hard work during the recent state of emergency, and cautioning the public that the town isn’t yet out of the woods. At Monday night’s council meeting, Caul gave her customary update to the rest of council and […]
A report from the town of Fort Frances’ Integrity Commissioner has found Fort Frances mayor June Caul did have pecuniary interests in two council agenda items in 2021, though he will not be applying to a judge to determine if she violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCIA). The […]
The town’s Integrity Commissioner will be back in front of council tonight for a report on a potential conflict of interest by the town’s Mayor. Paul S. Heayn will be presenting his report on a potential infringement of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCIA) by mayor June Caul stemming […]
If you’ve missed out on Funday Mondays so far, never fear; there’s still plenty of fun to be had at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) before the series is over. FFPLTC children’s service clerk Miss Sam Manty says the series has been a lot of fun for […]
Members of the town’s Administration and Finance Committee are thanking the members of the local Emergency Management team amidst a routine updating and review of the town’s Emergency Management Program. During this week’s committee meeting, Fort Frances Fire Chief Tyler Moffitt provided a brief update to the committee members on […]
Despite its best efforts, Spring has yet to have Sprung, but that doesn’t stop the wheels of government from turning towards construction season, along with plenty of other fixes around town that can take advantage of warmer weather. At last Monday’s meeting of Fort Frances Town Council, several items were […]
The town of Fort Frances could be making another donation to help ensure this year’s batch of graduating students have a safe and fun Chem Free Grad. At a meeting of the Administration and Finance Executive Committee on Tuesday afternoon, the committee members received a request letter submitted by Brian […]
Proponents and opponents to the idea of rezoning the lagoon property had their say during Monday night’s meeting of Fort Frances Town Council. As part of a public meeting on the potential re-zoning of the lagoon property to allow for industrial-scale computing, commonly used for cryptocurrency mining operations, and the […]
A Fort Frances councillor would like to make sure that whoever eventually takes over the operation of Sunny Cove Camp is up to the task. At Monday night’s Town of Fort Frances council meeting, Councillors Doug Judson and John McTaggart pulled item 5.3 for discussion, that being a report from […]
