Duane Hicks Fort Frances will get $513,260 in funding towards $769,890 in improvements to the sewage treatment plant here, ranking among the hundreds of Ontario communities that will benefit from a $1 billion-plus federal-provincial funding announcement made Friday. Mayor Roy Avis said he was pleasantly surprised to hear the news. […]
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Staff A book-signing for Frank Maraj’s memoirs, originally planned for today and tomorrow at Moss Yoga Studio, has had to be postponed because a new shipment of the books did not arrive in time. No make-up date was announced as of this morning. The first 250 copies already have sold […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances residents will not see an increase in sewer and water rates in 2009, but some industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) customers will end up paying more. While the rates have not yet been passed as a bylaw, town council approved a report yesterday afternoon that will […]
Staff Residents are invited to pay a visit to the Fort Frances Museum tonight at 6 p.m. to hear local artist Connie Cuthbertson speak about her experiences in art and with inspiration. While future speakers still are being lined up, Cuthbertson’s talk is the first of many the museum hopes […]
Peggy Revell Released just two weeks ago, the memoirs of retired English teacher Frank Maraj, entitled “Snapshots,” has proven to be a hot commodity in the area, with all 250 copies already sold out. But for those itching to still get their hands on a copy, more are on the […]
Staff An 18-year-old Lake of the Woods Township man was sentenced here Tuesday for a fatal hunting accident that occurred in December, 2007 in Morson Township. Eric Olsen was sentenced to 80 hours of community services and six months’ probation at an Ontario Court of Justice hearing after pleading guilty […]
Staff The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) District 5B teacher bargaining unit has reached a four-year deal with the Rainy River District School Board. The agreement affects roughly 101 secondary contract teachers from Atikokan High School, Fort Frances High School, Rainy River High School, and the Sturgeon Creek Alternative […]
Press Release NDP MPPs from Northern Ontario are renewing calls for the immediate creation of an Ontario industrial hydro rate after Xstrata announced 700 permanent layoffs in the Sudbury area. “An industrial hydro rate ensures reasonable, stable energy costs. It would allow Xstrata, and companies like it, to sustain jobs […]
Press Release Effective March 8, Caribou Coach will be changing its schedule for service between Fort Frances, Atikokan, and Thunder Bay. Every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, the bus will depart from Thunder Bay at 9:30 a.m. (EST), arrive in Atikokan at 11 a.m. (CST), depart there at 11:20 a.m., […]
Press Release TORONTO, Feb. 10 /CNW/ – No one in Ontario wants labour disruption in our schools. Not teachers. Not students. Not parents. Not me. All of us want teachers teaching and students learning. That’s why I met with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Ontario Public […]
Press Release The Northern Ontario Sustainable Communities Partnership will host a workshop on “Community Forests: A Tenure Reform Option for Community Sustainability in Northern Ontario” on March 4-5 at the Prince Arthur Hotel in Thunder Bay. NOSCP was formed in November, 2006 in response to the forest industry crisis in […]
Press Release Kenora MP Greg Rickford yesterday announced, on behalf of Fisheries and Oceans minister Gail Shea, that the federal government will invest in the rehabilitation of the Five-Mile dock here. The dock, which fronts Couchiching First Nation, comprises 0.715 hectares of property consisting of an L-shaped stationary wharf, floating […]
