e Businesses—local and otherwise—all will be required to get licences after town council Monday night passed a revised bylaw to licence and regulate businesses, taxis, and trades carried on within Fort Frances. A public meeting was held prior to council’s vote, at which time Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president […]
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Town council passed a resolution Monday night officially requesting the state, province, and possibly the government of Canada pursue buying the international bridge here and doing away with the tolls. Mayor Onichuk said Monday evening the motion isn’t so much new as simply reinforcing council’s stance, as well as the […]
Businesses—local and otherwise—all will be required to get business licences if town council passes a revised bylaw to licence and regulate businesses, taxis, and trades carried on within Fort Frances this evening. This is just one of the changes to the municipal business licensing bylaw, which is the subject of […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team earned a spot in the quarter-finals after beating fifth-ranked Michael Power (Etobicoke) 6-3 in the all-Ontario boys’ championship this afternoon in the Ice for Kids Arena. Tyler Miller, Kevin Bobczynski, and Lucas Romaniuk all scored first period goals to make it 3-3 after one. Then […]
Once again, local Beta Sigma Phi sorority members will be assisting the Canadian Cancer Society in the fight against cancer by selling beautiful yellow daffodil blooms during “Daffodil Day” next Friday (March 31). If you haven’t already pre-ordered your daffodils, the cost is $6 per bunch and they will be […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team suffered a 4-2 loss to the Uxbridge Tigers late this morning in Emo to sit with a 0-1-1 record at the all-Ontario boys’ hockey championship. Brian White, assisted by Matt Redford and Tyler Miller, had drawn the black-and-gold within one with 1:30 to go in […]
While there’s little doubt Fort Frances and district has OFSAA hockey fever right now, other parts of Ontario with teams competing here also are keeping a close eye on the action—thanks to the Internet. “I’ve been blown away by the level of response,” Lincoln Dunn, division manager of Fort Frances […]
Safeway gas bar manager Andrea Turgeon announced last week that one lucky team in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship will again win their tournament gas. She also confirmed the contest rules will be the same as previous years. Teams that fill-up at Safeway during the three days of tournament […]
While the budget won’t be finalized until at least next month, town council currently is discussing a three percent tax hike to local residents for 2006. Mayor Dan Onichuk said Monday the hike isn’t written in stone yet, but could be in that neighbourhood based on a combination of keeping […]
After giving the proposed business licensing bylaw first reading back in December, town council will vote to adopt it at its next regular meeting here Monday night (March 27). And at least one person who’s planning to be there to have some questions answered regarding the proposed bylaw is local […]
Still unable to reach an contract agreement with the Rainy River District School Board, local secondary occasional teachers will be entering a second stage of sanctions starting this Friday (March 24). Andrew Hallikas, chief negotiator for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B Occasional Teachers’ Bargaining Unit, said Monday […]
More than 70 percent of 1,000 Manitobans surveyed would agree to a merger with Northwestern Ontario if this region chose to separate from the rest of the province, found a Radio Canada/CBC poll released Wednesday. Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale, interim chair of the Central Canadian Public Policy Trust (a […]
