With the holiday season fast-approaching, district children soon will be getting started on their Christmas wish lists. And once again, the Fort Frances Times wants to help ensure those letters to Santa Claus get up to the North Pole on time. Drop off your letter at the Times’ office (116 […]
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The “Just Imagine” campaign is pleased to report that more than $500,000 has now been raised to purchase a CT Scanner for Rainy River District. Campaign chair Deane Cunningham is overwhelmed by the community support. “The pledges are coming in daily through the mail,” he enthused. “We definitely have a […]
FORT FRANCES—The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board currently is $300,000 over-budget with renovations at its new office, but CAO Donna Dittaro said the board is working hard to get the numbers under control. “Originally, the board had approved a budget of $1.2 million for that building and the […]
FORT FRANCES—After receiving news from Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board rep Coun. Tannis Drysdale that renovations at DSSAB’s new office are going over-budget, council is petitioning DSSAB to halt the work until it can get a better handle on costs. “I have some very disturbing news to report […]
In what will be its final meeting, town council will be receiving several requests for support tonight. One request is from the Fort Frances Lions Club, which is asking the town to assist in the building of a proposed walkway at the Lions Millennium Park here. “The Lions Club is […]
FORT FRANCES—Appellant Allan T. Bedard and CEP Local 92 should find out in the next month whether they’ll get a hearing with the Ontario Municipal Board or whether their appeal of Abitibi-Consolidated’s proposal to separate the power dam here will be dismissed. “I think we gave the best presentation that […]
An Ontario Municipal Board hearing on whether to dismiss an appeal of Abitibi-Consolidated’s proposal to separate the power dam from its mill here got underway this morning via videoconference at Confederation College. The application of objection was filed in August by Toronto law firm Caley Wray, representing appellant Allan T. […]
A broken insulator was the cause of a blackout that twice affected homes and businesses in the west end of town last night. “It was just an insulator that let go,” Jim Kibiuk, president and CEO of the Fort Frances Power Corp., said this morning. “Our crews received a call […]
FORT FRANCES—The Ontario Municipal Board will hold a hearing here Friday morning of an application of objection to Abitibi-Consolidated’s proposal to separate the power dam from its mill here. The public is invited to attend the hearing, which will take place at 9 a.m. in Room C-150 at Confederation College. […]
Fort Frances is being provided with an additional $1,389 in funding to help improve the quality of drinking water for residents, the province announced today. The extra money will go towards upgrades that are bringing the town’s water treatment plant into compliance with the Drinking Water Systems Regulation. The work […]
FORT FRANCES—District residents now will have another option when it comes to preparations of a lost loved one with Rainy River Cremation Services being available at Green Larsen Mortuary over in International Falls, Mn. Previously, if cremation was selected as the final means of disposition, the body would be sent […]
The winners of Ontario’s fifth-annual Secondary School Business Plan Competition were announced Saturday during simultaneous ceremonies in North Bay, Cornwall, Burlington, and London. Brandon Olson of Emo was crowned the regional winner from Northern Ontario as well as the first runner-up in the provincial competition, earning $2,000. Olson’s proposed business […]
