The “Path of the Voyageur” explores the opportunity for cultural and recreational travel through our district. On Tuesday, April 22, the regional initiative will host a discovery session in Fort Frances from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the meeting room at the Memorial Sports Centre. Meetings in Atikokan and Kenora have […]
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FORT FRANCES—When Melissa McCormick was 19, she was out with her friends having a fun night at the disco in Detroit. On her way home to Windsor, she got a flat tire on a Detroit freeway. But while she thought her troubles were over when a stranger, “Freddy,” changed her […]
The sewer, water, and road rehabilitation work on Central Avenue will go ahead as hoped this summer after the Town of Fort Frances received “Connecting Link” funding from the Ministry of Transportation. At its regular meeting Monday night, council passed a bylaw to authorize the town’s participation in funding for […]
Given the seat reserved for a First Nations’ representative on the Northwest Catholic District School Board has been vacant since December, 2006, the board is thrilled to welcome Jim Leonard as he fills the vacancy. “We’re very excited to have a native trustee working with us,” said Education Director Mary-Catherine […]
Canadian MiniTrucks, a division of Pro-Shine located in the west end of Fort Frances, is importing and now selling a unique type of vehicle—MiniTrucks. Imported for Japan, these previously-driven Japanese MiniTrucks (Kei Trucks) are a combination of an ATV, econo-car, and a small pick-up truck all in one, according to […]
Furthering the town’s search for properties to develop for residential use, council directed administration on Monday to contact residents whose property abuts the service corridor that aligns with Sixth Street East between Shevlin and Williams Avenues for input. In a report from Planning and Development Superintendent Rick Hallam, he noted […]
Students involved in the environmental club at J.W. Walker School here are putting out a call for all community members and businesses in town to participate in the annual Earth Day clean-up next Tuesday (April 22). “It’s important to clean up the Earth and we want everyone in Fort Frances […]
FORT FRANCES—With all the surveys completed for the local Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) project, and work now underway to ultimately devise an action plan based on those results, the initiative is seen by some as a key exercise to help keep—and attract—businesses to Fort Frances. “The whole project is […]
FORT FRANCES—While no decisions were made as to a possible joint venture between the local public school board and library board to build a new library in conjunction with a new Robert Moore School, the parties at least got some food for thought on the matter Tuesday night. Representatives of […]
With John Rafferty heading up this year’s local “Relay for Life,” a significant fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, plans are well underway for the annual event. They’ve applied to the Town of Fort Frances to hold the event June 27-28 from 7 p.m.-7 a.m. at Pither’s Point Park. “We […]
Town council last night declared the west-end rink shack obsolete, and authorized the Operations and Facilitates division to demolish it in the immediate future. Operations and Facilitates manager Doug Brown noted in a report to council that the building has been vandalized on a regular basis during the summertime, and […]
As a follow-up to a budget meeting last week, the library board, town council’s committee of the whole, and the Rainy River District School Board will meet tonight to discuss possible cost-savings for a new library here. The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the committee room downstairs […]
