The coffers must be pretty bare given the Civic Centre’s latest brainchild to save money. The plan, in a nutshell, is that south-side sidewalks will be eliminated whenever streets are repaired in future. The money saved on such things as maintenance and snow removal, in turn, will go towards building […]
Editorials
Deer have always wandered into town from time to time, but clearly the situation has gotten out of hand. They’ve been a bane to gardeners in the north end for years, although that’s no big surprise given the close proximity of the bush line to their homes. But deer now […]
It was disappointing, though not unexpected, that Tourism minister Monique Smith told delegates attending the Northern Ontario Municipal Association’s annual conference in Fort Frances last week that she could not promise “Sunset Country” will remain a separate entity when the province overhauls its system of travel regions as recommended by […]
Sports, particularly hockey, has always grabbed the spotlight here in Fort Frances—and probably always will. Then again, we’re no different than most other small towns across Canada where, as Tom Cochrane sang, youngsters dream of the “big league” as their ticket to fame and fortune. There’s nothing wrong with sports. […]
Evidently some town councillors forgot April Fool’s Day was last Wednesday, not this past Monday. What else would explain their continued wavering on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre even at the 11th hour? Do they not believe our library has out-grown and out-lived its current location […]
With additional snow on the ground from yesterday’s storm, and perhaps still more on the way before winter finally loosens its grip on us for good, the last thing on people’s minds these days is Fun in the Sun. But July 1 is just three months from today—a relative blink […]
We are a wasteful lot and tend to recycle less—at least according to recent data from Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO). The average Fort Frances resident generated 419 kg of waste in 2007, well above the provincial average of 385 kg, which left the town ranked 146th out of 206 municipalities. […]
No company in their right mind would invest 35 years in successfully marketing their brand, only to suddenly toss it out the window and start from scratch. Yet that’s exactly what the Ontario government is proposing in a recently-released tourism study that recommends ditching the Sunset Country travel region in […]
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was brimming with optimism in Brampton yesterday, where he delivered a speech in which he said the current economic crisis is “an opportunity to position ourselves so that when the recovery comes, we’re among the first to catch the wave.” This may well prove to be […]
Town council is in a tough bind these days as its wrestles with its 2009 budget and, as such, it’s understandable no stone is being left unturned in efforts to save money. A suggestion to cut back staffing hours at the Fort Frances Museum, however, appears to be a case […]
There’s a new marketing push underway to promote Rainy Lake as a world-class bass fishery which, by extension, would mean more visitors choosing Fort Frances as a destination rather than just passing through. Yet as that’s being pursued, Pithers’ Point Park—what should be our community’s jewel by the lake—continues to […]
“Joie de vivre alive and well in Winnipeg” splashed the headline in Saturday’s Free Press as city residents flocked to The Forks to kick off the 40th-annual Festival du Voyageur—billed as the largest winter festival in Western Canada. Alas, it’s a sentiment Fort Frances is decidedly lacking these days. True, […]
