Duane Hicks With work on Central Avenue wrapping up this fall, the town now will turn to rehabilitating Scott Street from Reid Avenue to Colonization Road East as its 2009-10 “Connecting Link” capital project. At last night’s regular meeting, council approved a report from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown […]
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Staff The Portage Avenue underpass will be closed from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. tomorrow through Tuesday (Sept. 24-30) as rehabilitation work there continues, Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown reported this morning. Brown said crews will be pouring concrete tomorrow, and then will be installing a bottom row of seven soil […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will hold a meeting at the Civic Centre tomorrow (Sept. 24) at 7 p.m. to gauge interest from potential property developers and unit buyers to see if building another condominium here is a feasible venture down the road. Economic development officer Geoff Gillon […]
Peggy Revell Local residents are invited to attend a community presentation on abuse and violence prevention tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the Urban Multi-purpose Aboriginal Youth Centre on Mowat Avenue here. “Men of Strength” is one of many presentations being made by abuse and violence educator Joseph Weinberg, who was […]
Duane Hicks Town council will begin its 2009 budget process tonight with an open meeting to get input from the public. Two speakers are on the agenda. Chamber of Commerce first vice-president Cathy Emes will speak on behalf of the membership while local resident Dino D’Agostini will make a request […]
Duane Hicks Dust off the lederhosen, roll out the barrel, and strike up the oompah band—the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee is planning an Oktoberfest party for Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. Foundation director Teresa Hazel said more than half of the tickets […]
Staff Incumbent Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff opened up shop on Scott Street here this past Thursday. Hear what he had to say as he addressed the crowd after he cut the ribbon to his 2008 campaign headquarters as he prepared for the Oct. 14 federal election. Did you give blood […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club will be holding its annual “Drive-Thru Breakfast” next Thursday (Sept. 25) at Tim Hortons, with residents invited to come by early and pick up their bag of goodies in support of local children’s activities. Club members, as well as local volunteers and […]
Staff Both the Rainy River District School Board and Northwest Catholic School Board are pleased with the continued improvements and results in student achievement following the release of EQA0 results for the 2007-08 year. EQAO consists of annual province-wide testing of Grade 3 and 6 students in the areas of […]
Peggy Revell The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board received the first allotment of defibrillator units it will be distributing across the district. The announcement was made at last Thursday night’s board meeting by Gary Gamsby, who chairs the land ambulance committee. “These [25 units] are intended to go […]
Press Release Although the idea of turning wood into gold may be a bit far-fetched, value-added wood products can be very profitable—and are ideal for Northern Ontario. We have an abundance of renewable raw material, many skilled craftsmen, and an economy looking for entrepreneurs. What we need is a way […]
Duane Hicks District residents stepped up the plate yet again, donating even more blood than hoped for during Canadian Blood Services’ two-day fall donor clinic here last Wednesday and Thursday. CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said a total of 395 donors came out to Fort Frances High School, donating a total […]
