Whether the reconstruction of the Portage Avenue underpass will go ahead this year is up in the air as, for the second-straight year, the town didn’t get the dollars it was hoping for from the Canada-Ontario Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF). Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said he found out […]
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Town council voted in favour of adopting a revised fee schedule to go along with its new business licensing bylaw at its regular meeting last night. The annual fees, which will be effective as of May 1, 2006, are as follows (non-resident fees are in parentheses): •public halls—$56; •public halls […]
Having passed a new business licensing bylaw at its April 10 meeting, town council now will vote to adopt a fee schedule to go along with them at its regular meeting tonight. Clerk Glenn Treftlin said Friday afternoon that the amended fee schedule reflects changes made in the licensing bylaw, […]
With the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual home and leisure show coming up April 28-29 at the Memorial Sports Centre, organizers are expecting a full house of exhibitors this year. “If we were not to get anybody else at this point, we’d still be full,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth […]
Around 3:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday, officers from the Atikokan detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a speeding vehicle on Highway 11 near Price Creek. Investigation revealed that the vehicle had earlier been reported stolen by the North Bay Police Service. The driver of the vehicle, a 25-year-old Chisholm […]
Alberton council ultimately decided to support the Rainy River Future Development Corp. at its regular meeting last Wednesday after revisiting the discussion tabled since mid-February. The RRFDC had asked Alberton for $7 per capita for the 2006-07 fiscal year to help fund its services, meaning Alberton would contribute $6,692. “After […]
After nearly six years on the job here, Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson will be moving to southern Ontario next month to take a position there. As of May 29, Richardson will be deputy fire chief for the Town of Georgina, a community on Lake Simcoe, northeast of Newmarket. […]
Perseverance pays—and so does being a great employer. Mia (Pearson) Wedgbury could attest to both. The former Fort Frances native, the daughter of Mary Jane and Ross Pearson, is president and co-founder of “High Road Communications”—Canada’s largest technology-specific public relations agency. And last week, her Toronto-based firm garnered second place […]
In an exceptional move, local secondary school occasional teachers went on strike yesterday in the face of failed negotiations with the Rainy River District School Board. It is a rare instance of occasional teachers going on strike in Ontario, and likely is the first case of secondary school occasional teachers […]
Residents who have spotted smoke in the air over town for the past few days need not panic. It’s the Fort Frances Fire Department that’s been doing the burning. “It’s spring, and with a lot of dry materials and dead grass around, the firefighters are doing prescribed, preventative maintenance burning,” […]
Just one day after the U.S. side, “ice-out” was declared on the North Arm of Rainy Lake on Monday, Melaire Ltd. reported Tuesday morning. “You could have got to the Cascades yesterday [Monday], but the day before you wouldn’t have been able,” noted Gord Melville of Melaire Ltd. He added […]
A transformer caught fire on a hydro pole on Oakwood Road on Good Friday, knocking out phone service to some Bell customers in the west end of Fort Frances, and elsewhere in the district, for one-two days. The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to the call at 10:35 a.m. Once […]
