A crowd of about 250 people came out to La Place Rendez-Vous on Good Friday morning to enjoy fellowship and delicious food for the annual Kiwanis Club breakfast. The sold-out event got underway at 8 a.m. as Kiwanis president John Beaton offered opening remarks, noting the event began here back […]
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While it’s been known for some time that Boston Pizza has been looking for a franchise in Fort Frances, the municipal planner confirmed Monday night that property in the west end of town is being eyed for development. In a report to council, Faye Flatt noted she was contacted last […]
Nearly a year after the formation of the Fort Frances Community Clinic, programming under the Family Health Team here is growing to help better suit local residents’ health care needs. This was the message town council got Monday night during a presentation by John McTaggart, chair of the Fort Frances […]
In an effort to help seniors and other regular medication users keep better track of their pills, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. here has developed new medication recorders which are available free across the district starting this month. The free medication recorder is a business card-sized blue folder people can […]
As town council and the library board wait to get firm numbers regarding the cost of the new library from Chamberlain Architects, and a better financial picture of the situation, Mayor Roy Avis stressed Monday that council is not trying to stall the project. “Council is not to be seen […]
With the library board expected to get firm numbers as to project costs for the new library after meeting with architects on April 1, town council will put off any more discussions regarding funding the library until after that time. During a meeting late yesterday, library project manager Brian Avis […]
Town council faces a jam-packed agenda tonight, including a meeting with the library building committee and several presentations on a variety of topics. Marlis Bruyere, administrator of the Fort Frances Community Clinic, will give council an update on the Family Health Team here. Last March, John McTaggart, chair of the […]
In an effort to get a better idea as to what direction its members want the local Chamber of Commerce to go in the future, a strategic planing session will held tomorrow (March 25) upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum. Economic development officer Geoff Gillon will facilitate the session, which […]
After investigating the legality of implementing a succession bylaw to avoid future byelections to fill council vacancies, the town clerk has found doing so may not be legal. In a report to the Administration and Finance executive committee yesterday, Glenn Treftlin recommended “council not adopt any policy that would limit […]
Mayor Roy Avis made a clarification at yesterday’s Administration and Finance executive committee meeting regarding his travel expenses for the OGRA/ROMA conference in Toronto last month. As reported in the March 12 edition of the Times, the mayor’s travel expense and per diem claims were in the amount of $1,974.52, […]
Executive director Richard Bruyere has been reminiscing over the establishment and growth of Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services. “We’ve taken quite a journey over 20 years,” he remarked. “It’s hard to believe that in our early years there were only four staff, and today we have 18.” Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services […]
The Icebox Radio Theater of International Falls will present a special workshop production, with a cast made up entirely of performers under the age of 20, on Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in the Rainy River Community College theatre. Auditions for the show, entitled “IBRT U-20/08,” will be held […]
