Downtown business owners trying to get a sign designating downtown Fort Frances as “The Great Canadian Main Street” are expecting to find out next week if they’ll get funding for it. Connie Cuthbertson of Northwoods Gallery & Gifts, who along with Doug Anderson of Betty’s spearheaded the initiative to get […]
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Gagné Pharmacy, located at 375 Scott St.., will open its doors next Friday (April 21) as Shoppers Drug Mart. Gagné Pharmacy is rich in history in the Fort Frances area, with Walter Gagné opening this store in 1926. With his passing, his son, W.J. (Jack) Gagné, took over. When Jack […]
With the Ontario Energy Board announcing yesterday that higher power rates are on the way, the Fort Frances Power Corp. is telling its customers they soon will see changes to the “electricity” and “delivery” portions of their hydro bills. But thanks to a successful application for an electricity distribution rate […]
With changes ranging from branding the downtown area as the “Great Canadian Main Street” to traffic routes being changed to one-way streets, a meeting will be held June 13 to let residents have their say on the Downtown Core Committee report before it is fully implemented. Council approved the request […]
Property owners in all classes will see a small tax increase this year after town council passed the 2006 budget at its regular meeting Monday night. As previously reported, taxes for residential ratepayers will go up 2.6 percent while commercial-occupied will jump by .85 percent, said Information Technology manager Darryl […]
As a follow-up to an internal audit called for by the town’s Administration and Finance executive committee last fall, council received a report of mayor and council expenses from 2004 and 2005 on Monday night. And the compilation of expenses shows that for a period of time in 2004, some […]
Town council got an update Monday night on the Canadian American Border Communities Organization (CABCO) activities, including notice of a change to a conference planned for later this summer here. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, who sits on the local Border Communities Organization (BCO) board, told council the group met last week, […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce invited all past, present, and future flower project sponsors to Robin’s here Friday afternoon to launch “Project Petunia 2006.” Alan Tibbetts, past president of the Chamber and chair of its beautification committee, thanked the small crowd on hand for their support of the flower […]
The Fort Frances Clinic got the “go ahead” to develop a Family Health Team model here last Thursday after the province announced its third and final wave of successful applicants permitted to do so. “We, in Fort Frances, are extremely pleased with this announcement,” said clinic president Dr. Robert Algie, […]
Property owners in all classes will see a small tax increase this year after town council passed the 2006 budget at its regular meeting Monday night. As previously reported, taxes for residential ratepayers will go up 2.6 percent while commercial-occupied will jump by .85 percent, said Information Technology manager Darryl […]
In accordance with the Ministry of Education, the Northwest Catholic District School Board has prepared a 10-year Capital Grant Plan, including enrolment projections, and was to review the report at its regular meeting Tuesday night. The purpose of the report is to assist the ministry in projecting facility needs over […]
Francine MacDonald, the Invasive Species/Aquatics Biologist from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, will make a presentation Tuesday from 7-9:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. Invasive species, such as the round goby, Eurasian ruffe, zebra mussel, purple loosestrife, and rusty crayfish, are a serious threat to fisheries, woodlands, and […]
