The Northwest Catholic District School Board will discuss a recent request from the Town of Fort Frances regarding a partnership in providing crossing guards at its monthly meeting here Saturday morning. In a letter to board chair Gerry Rousseau dated Jan. 7, Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft asked that the two local […]
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Petrina Carlson, with the local branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, was named the winner of the Valley Diabetes Education Centre’s “Celebrity Challenge” at the wrap-up dinner Thursday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. “This was the hardest thing I ever did, besides having a child,” Carlson laughed when she […]
Explosive testimony at the Gomery inquiry over the past week has caused the Liberals’ popularity to plunge—and has some MPs publicly considering crossing over to the Conservative party. But Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff said he has no intention of leaving his party. “It has not crossed my mind,” […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is looking to fill a vacancy on its board of directors after two members stepped down in the past month. “Dave Ashworth stepped down due to time constraints, and then Tannis Drysdale stepped down due to time constraints,” Chamber manager Dawn Booth noted Wednesday. […]
The Fort Frances Times captured third place in the Best Sports Section category at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s annual spring convention Saturday in Toronto. “The Times is another newspaper with a demonstrated commitment to coverage of sports at all levels in the community,” wrote the judge. “A blend of […]
The town’s executive committee structure will remain status quo although council may end up meeting on a separate night than the committee of the whole in future. Council passed a resolution Monday night that “the governance structure of the Town of Fort Frances be maintained with executive committees representing the […]
In recognition of his years of community service in addition to his professional practice, Dr. Robert Lidkea was given the 2004 Millennium Award by the Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO). “They only give out one in all Ontario. It’s an honour,” said Dr. Lidkea, who was presented with the award […]
With a better idea of what the tax levy increase will be, the 2005 budget process is nearing its end, Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said yesterday. “It was a significantly less stressful exercise than last year,” he noted. As report in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, town council is looking at […]
With the price of gasoline already at levels that are causing many people to reconsider their vacation plans, there could well be yet another obstacle to cross-border tourism in the near future. Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that as of Jan. 1, 2008, all Canadians entering […]
While CN has indicated it would like to partner with the town in order to address trespassing on railroad property here, Mayor Dan Onichuk said the town should be asking a few questions first. At Monday night’s council meeting, the mayor expressed concern over the term “trespassing” on CN property […]
Town council is looking at an overall tax levy increase of 2.05 percent across all classes for 2005, it was revealed Monday evening. This would amount to a 2.75 percent levy increase for residential property owners. For those with property assessed at $100,000, this would mean a hike of about […]
The Borderland Thunder’s season came to a crashing halt here over the weekend, suffering 13-2 and 7-0 losses to be swept in the best-of-seven SIJHL final to the Fort William First Nation North Stars. The North Stars, the defending SIJHL champs who had garnered a remarkable 42-2-4 record during the […]
