Of all the challenges facing Fort Frances these days, surely the saddest is watching Pither’s Point Park slowly wither away while its future remains in legal limbo. The Hallett and Lookout Tower were relocated from there to the La Verendrye Parkway by the Sorting Gap Marina last year, and now […]
Editorials
In what has become an annual story around this time of year, the Fun in the Sun committee once again is appealing for public support to keep our summer festival afloat. But with the plea beginning to sound like a broken record, it’s high time for our community to decide […]
With Ontario facing a record budget deficit, and municipal ratepayers forced to fork over more in property taxes and user fees, the annual “sunshine list” released last week by the province is a real slap in the face. Province-wide, the number of public-sector workers making $100,000 plus a year grew […]
A reputation for excellent customer service always has been the cornerstone to a successful business here in Rainy River District. But it is even more crucial today when local consumers have so many options on where to spend their money, such as “outshopping” thanks to our high-flying loonie compared to […]
It’s early yet, and Fort Frances residents have a reputation of doing things “last minute,” but it is troubling to note that no one has yet tossed their hat into the ring to run for town council or either of the local school boards almost three months after nominations first […]
Given the myriad of serious issues town council is grappling with, what was the hot-button topic of the past week? Whether or not the town should allow wedding receptions at Sunny Cove Camp. The underlying question is whether the town should be in competition with private-sector businesses? Paul Noonan, owner […]
Changing the lyrics to “O Canada,” the trial balloon floated by the Harper government in last Wednesday’s throne speech, went over like a lead balloon—forcing the Tories to backtrack within 48 hours. The vast majority voiced outage against revamping the line “in all thy sons command” to something more gender […]
Margaret Schonewille, the face and driving force behind the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts for so many years, has left her position as executive director to become director of development at Providence College and Seminary in Steinbach, Man. Their gain is certainly our loss. First serving as a board […]
There was something about “Own The Podium” that didn’t sit right even before the Olympic cauldron was lit nearly two weeks ago to open the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. The idea behind the program—to provide better funding for our elite athletes so they, in turn, had a chance to […]
“It takes money to make money” is an old adage that applies to the trip a trio of local residents is taking to Birmingham, Ala. to promote Fort Frances and Rainy Lake at an outdoors expo being held in conjunction with the annual Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament this weekend. After […]
The quality of health care is a critical issue to any community, whether in a major city like Toronto or small-town Fort Frances. As such, the public is right to demand to be fully informed of the situation at the Fort Frances Community Clinic and, more specifically, on the efforts […]
With voter turnout now teetering dangerously close to the 50 percent mark, and where majority governments can be elected with barely one-third support of those who bothered to cast a ballot, there’s no question our political system is not perfect. But why this growing fascination with the American system as […]
