It wasn’t the news they were hoping for. About a dozen volunteer firefighters filed into the Civic Centre on Monday night, only to sit and watch—disappointment etched on their faces—as council defeated a resolution to reconsider its long-term plan to reduce, through attrition, the town’s full-time firefighting complement. Just moments […]
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After weeks of appealing to town council to reverse its decision not to fill a full-time position left vacant by a retirement in March, the local volunteer firefighting brigade finally got its way Monday, sort of. With about a dozen volunteers on hand, council announced at Monday night’s regular meeting […]
It’s not every day a Canadian mayor or reeve earns an audience with some of the top government officials in the United States, but that’s exactly the opportunity Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk had over the weekend. And he made the most of it. Sharing the table Saturday in International […]
Town residents will have an opportunity tonight to voice their opinions on a proposed 10 percent hike in their sewer and water rates, retroactive to July 1. Due to an increase in the cost of providing the service, both the residential and commercial sectors are slated to see the higher […]
Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman will be in International Falls on Saturday to meet with both elected officials and the general public about new passport regulations being proposed by the United States. Residents from both sides of the border are invited to attend the meeting, which is slated to get underway […]
It seems there are a lot of Fort Frances residents who aren’t afraid to get their knees dirty. And for five in particular, it paid off. The local “Communities in Bloom” committee yesterday singled out five who showed particular skill and flair as the winners of its garden contest. Each […]
With a little help from an eye in the sky, members of a local conservancy group recently began experimenting with a cutting-edge technique for measuring water quality on Rainy Lake. Paul and Jesse Anderson, volunteers for the Rainy Lake Conservancy (RLC), were out on the lake Monday taking water samples […]
A trio of Fort Frances track and field athletes turned in stellar performances at the Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Summer Games in Niagara Falls over the weekend. Despite a gruelling trip that took them to Toronto’s Pearson Airport via Winnipeg, the local athletes brought home an impressive total of 10 […]
Who says learning can’t be fun? Certainly not the kids who turned up for a bike rodeo at Couchiching on Tuesday. About 70 youngsters—some as young as four—turned out for the one-day skills and safety seminar conducted by the Treaty #3 Police on the outdoor hockey rink. In addition to […]
Fresh produce will be piled high on vendor tables at this Clover Valley Farmers’ Market. New potatoes, beans, carrots, beets, lettuces, and onions will be picked this Friday for the trip to the market early Saturday morning. The highlight at the market last Saturday was the scores of pails of […]
There is new exotic fish species running rampant these days and it has Ontario fish managers vexed and concerned. It is a troubling pest called the round goby. And it is now so abundant in some waters, particularly the Great Lakes, that natural resource agencies on both sides of the […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources reminds anglers and the baitfish industry it is illegal to use the round goby as bait in Ontario waters because of the significant negative impact they have. Gobies are voracious eaters of young fish and reproduce often, which can lead to a sharp drop in […]
