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 […]
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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 […]
The local “Friends of Animals” will be joining the folks at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market to offer a variety of spring-themed crafts, flea market items, and yummy baked goods during its annual Easter market. The two-day sale will run Thursday, March 20 from noon-6 p.m. and again on Saturday, […]
The Fort Frances Times captured second place in its circulation class (4,000-12,499) in the “Best Web Site Design” category of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association’s 2008 Better Newspapers Competition. Meanwhile, Times’ editor Mike Behan earned third-place honours in the “Best National Editorial” category for those newspapers with circulations of 9,999 […]
Organizers of the first-ever Chronic Disease Management Symposium, coming up next Saturday (March 29), are encouraging all residents to come out and learn about chronic disease management. The symposium will run from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. “It’s not just for those who already have a […]
On the heels of the successful women’s healing conference, “Maa’aawichige Agamig,” which was held earlier this month at the Nanicost gymnasium, a similar event—but this time for men—is being presented there March 25-28. Hosted by the Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services Inc.’s Counselling Unit, all men, especially those from […]
The Rainy River District School Board, in partnership with area First Nation communities and the Seven Generations Education Institute, is bringing in First Nation author and presenter David Bouchard to speak to local parents and students. “He talks about the importance of reading and how it’s important to read with […]
With the April 30 deadline to file your income taxes coming up, a team of volunteers at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is assisting low-income families, the disabled, and the elderly file their returns. “There’s been an overabundance of people coming in,” a Volunteer Bureau staff member said yesterday, adding […]
