The Ontario Liberals’ fourth and final budget before the Oct. 10 election was released on Thursday—drawing mixed reactions from local and provincial leaders. Premier Dalton McGuinty and Finance minister Greg Sorbara touted the budget as one that invests primarily in children and their families. “This budget expands opportunity for children […]
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The Fort Frances Choraliers, under the direction of Diane Maxey, will be presenting their Easter cantata at St. Mary’s Church here on Palm Sunday (April 1), with a second performance in International Falls to follow Easter Monday (April 9). This Sunday’s concert will start at 3 p.m., but people are […]
Town council received its annual report from American Water Canada Corp. regarding operations at the Fort Frances wastewater treatment facility on Monday night. And according to the presentation by AW Canada project manager Jeff Trudeau, everything’s operating as it should. “The plant was operated well and achieved excellent results,” said […]
The Northwestern Health Unit would like to congratulate all students from Grades 4-8 in the Kenora-Rainy River districts who took part in its volunteer challenge. The challenge was part of the “Live outside the box . . . Step into your community!” school-based campaign launched by the health unit back […]
FORT FRANCES—In conjunction with a forage insurance meeting taking place Monday (April 2) in Stratton, the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association is having a water quality specialist speak in order to define the Clean Water Act for local producers and municipal representatives. Chris Attema, who works for several organizations including the […]
Town council passed its 2007 user fee schedule at last night’s meeting. As reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, the cost of bag tags will jump from $1 to $1.50 starting April 1. Meanwhile, the minimum tipping fee at the landfill will go up from $12 to $14 while the rate […]
FORT FRANCES—After being turned down again and again for government funding to fix the Portage Avenue underpass, the town got some good news Monday when the province announced it will be giving Fort Frances $1.06 million under the Rural Infrastructure Investment Initiative (RIII). “It was a long road,” Mayor Roy […]
The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is offering those who buy tickets for its “Canada Day Car, Cash and Cabin Lottery” seven chances to win big prizes. The grand prize this year is a 2007 Dodge Caliber SXT, courtesy of West End Motors and the Friends and Family of Edna […]
Increased costs for bag tags and landfill tipping will be part of the new user fee schedule town council will be voting to adopt at tonight’s regular meeting. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said this morning that if the new fee schedule is passed, the cost of bag tags […]
FORT FRANCES—The “Building for the Future” fundraising campaign for a new library in Fort Frances kicked off with a bang Friday—seeing a total of $134,130 in donations come in by the end of the day. “It’s very good. We’re really pleased,” chief librarian Margaret Sedgwick enthused Monday morning. “It’s a […]
The Canadian Forces is hosting a one-day career information session on Monday (March 26) from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium here. This session is designed to promote awareness about careers within the Canadian Forces. Information on part-time and full-time employment opportunities, as well as tuition reimbursement programs, […]
In further support of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Just Imagine” campaign, raffle tickets to win groceries and gas for a year are going on sale this weekend at the local Canada Safeway store. The tickets, which cost $5 each, offer five prizes to win, including the grand prize […]
