Fort Frances will be shopping around for a new recycling service after learning it will cost three times more to stay on board with Koochiching County Environmental Services Department for another year. But this is good news for residents of Fort Frances because it means they now may be able […]
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The town’s recreation advisory committee is asking council for financial support—in the form of a prize—to encourage local residents to fill out a programs and facilities questionnaire survey. As directed by council, the rec committee has developed a questionnaire survey to go out to every household in the community. A […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce once again will be presenting deserving businesses and individuals with special awards next month. Its ninth-annual business awards banquet, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 at La Place Rendez-Vous, will recognize the achievement of local businesses and the contributions they make to the economic growth […]
About 30 organizations and individuals looking to get a share of the $50,000 the town has been allotted by the Moffat Family Fund filed their applications by Tuesday afternoon’s deadline. “We got a ton of applications with requests well exceeding the amount the Moffat family gave us this year,” said […]
What is self-abuse? When people act in such a way as to cause injury to themselves, those actions are called self-abuse. These actions also can be labelled self-injury, self-inflicted injury, self-harm, self-destructive behaviour, and self-defeating behaviour. People who are self-abusive may injure themselves directly, or indirectly by “setting someone up” […]
With the ninth-annual Fort Frances Times’ Great Chili Cook-off tentatively scheduled for Friday, Sept. 17, organizers have lined up the 12 teams they were looking for. This year’s chefs for the fundraiser include: •Susan Bodnarchuk (Holmlund Financial); •Barb Stainke—“Jack Pot Chili” (Bonnie Blue); •Darryl Allan (Town of Fort Frances); •Kai […]
Stephen Ogden (Toronto) and Jim and Cindy Thompson (Atikokan) won the $100 up for grabs Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, respectively, in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for the week of Aug. 29-Sept. 4 were Kelly McMahon (Atikokan), Ken Wright (Atikokan), Lawrence […]
Tom Bruyere will be walking his fifth 20-mile “Walk for Dialysis” this Friday (Sept. 10). He already has collected almost $5,000 in pledges himself, and hopes to increase the total with the help of the others who will be walking along with him. “The support from the community is outstanding,” […]
The Friends of the Fort Frances Public Library will hold its first meeting of the season next Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. downstairs in the library. New volunteers are welcome to attend and needed to get involved in helping our library be the best it can be. The group […]
Two public meetings on the fate of the Esox Lake dam were held last week, providing a look at the options the Ministry of Natural Resources—with input from public—will be weighing before taking action. The first of these meetings was held last Wednesday at the MNR office here while a […]
Enrolment continues to drop locally, with the Rainy River District School Board reporting a decrease of 74 elementary students and 169 secondary ones this year over last. On opening day of the 2004-05 year last Wednesday, the public board reported 1,701 elementary students and 1,330 secondary ones at its 14 […]
With the municipal election taking place last November, town council had no choice but to start working on the 2004 budget late last year. But Mayor Dan Onichuk vowed that won’t be the case for the 2005 budget, with the process slated to get underway later this month. “We have […]
