FORT FRANCES—With a split vote, town council Monday night defeated a recommendation from the Administration and Finance executive committee to waive landfill tipping fees for the purposes of contaminated soil disposal. The recommendation, made in response to a request from Glenn Witherspoon to waive tipping fees at the landfill to […]
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The hot lunch nutrition program proposed earlier this year for students at Donald Young School in Emo is moving ahead. Beginning the week of Sept. 18, students there will be able to purchase healthy meals every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. “A number of local businesses have come on board offering […]
FORT FRANCES—With the town’s committee of adjustment having approved applications from Abitibi-Consolidated to sever its dam property here from the rest of the mill with the aim to start a separate hydro-generating asset, local unions made a plea at Monday night’s council meeting to stop the process and take more […]
FORT FRANCES—Members of local unions were to speak at Monday night’s town council meeting to ask for more time to study the possible impact of splitting the power dam into a separate business here before any final decisions are made. “We will ask council to suspend the Abitibi application for […]
FORT FRANCES—With the nomination deadline still a month away, the local municipal election race already is starting to take shape with more nominees stepping forward. Andrew Hallikas, a former Fort High teacher and long-time Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation rep, filed his nomination papers to run for council last Wednesday. […]
With multiple fire starts over the weekend, Northwestern Ontario is seeing a return to “moderate” and “high” fire hazards. “There’s been an increase in dryer weather. We’ve seen sunny conditions for the last few days, and anticipate the continuation of sunnier, drier weather the new few days,” Ministry of Natural […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce already is planning its 11th-annual business awards banquet, which will take place Oct. 28 at La Place Rendez-Vous. But it is up to district residents to nominate those deserving to walk up on stage and be in the spotlight that night. Chamber office […]
FORT FRANCES—Despite a relative lack of rain this summer, data presented Wednesday night at the joint annual public meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board here showed Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake water levels are within the rule curve. “Over […]
While it was a quieter day on the fire scene throughout most of the region due to some scattered showers early yesterday morning, Red Lake District was hit by six new starts, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported today. One of those displayed vigorous fire behaviour that required three heavy […]
FORT FRANCES—At least two people will be vying for mayor here in the Nov. 10 municipal election after Coun. Roy Avis announced his bid Wednesday morning. “Today, I announced my decision to run for the privilege of being your mayor,” Coun. Avis said in a press release. “As a lifelong […]
FORT FRANCES—With news last month that Abitibi-Consolidated has applied to the Ontario Energy Board to split off its hydro-electric generation assets into a subsidiary, the Town of Fort Frances will be looking into how this might affect the historic power agreement here. “The power agreement is extremely important. The operation […]
FORT FRANCES—Anyone passing by the new Kiwanis skate park here lately will have noticed some users have been busy making their mark on the equipment, resulting in what some might call “graffiti.” And while some local residents may think the skateboarders’ artwork to be an eyesore, others are saying the […]
