The Town of Fort Frances will look into funding to renovate the museum after council approved a recommendation from the museum advisory committee Monday night. Before the motion was voted on, Coun. Struchan Gilson stressed to council the importance of getting repairs done at the museum—and restoring the Scott Street […]
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With word two weeks ago that Rainycrest’s board of management passed a motion to pursue interim management services from a private firm (Extendicare), Fort Frances town council now is looking for some answers. This became clear Monday night when council asked Coun. Neil Kabel, who sits on the Rainycrest board […]
The Town of Fort Frances won’t be sponsoring any prizes for floats in the Santa Claus parade here Saturday afternoon. Council voted on a recommendation from the Administration and Finance executive committee to deny the request from the local Business Improvement Association at last night’s regular meeting. “We denied the […]
Council will receive the preliminary operating and capital forecasts for 2005 at Monday night’s regular meeting and the numbers already are showing a much-better outlook than in 2004. “The budget process is going really well. This is the first blush through it, but it’s looking good,” Fort Frances CAO Mark […]
The local “Communities in Bloom” committee is looking for the public’s help is coming up with a short slogan to jump-start the project here. “We have a slogan at the bottom of our letterhead, but it’s long,” said Crystal Godbout, secretary-treasurer for the local “Communities in Bloom” committee. “We need […]
A dozen households on Colonization Road West should find out Monday if the boil water advisory issued to them Wednesday will be lifted. Residents in that area received notices Tuesday that their water service would be temporarily shut off at 8 a.m. on Wednesday to allow Public Works crews to […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board is denying any wrongdoing in the hiring of the director of education’s husband for a position with the board. “Concerns have been brought forward to the board on whether all board hiring procedures had been followed with regards to the creation and selection process […]
The Board of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit met yesterday, to set the budget for 2005—a budget that includes an increase of 4.06 percent to the municipal levy. This is an increase from $50 per capita this past year to $52.03 in 2005. With a population of approximately 8,300, […]
A local parent and long-time volunteer with the Canadian Parents for French recently was honoured for her years of hard work by receiving the Mlacak Award. Jean Hebert received the award at the CPF Ontario annual conference in Toronto in late October. “I accepted on behalf of Fort Frances,” she […]
“Natural and Fantastic Worlds,” an exhibit by former resident Kari-Ann Anderson, is opening tomorrow (Nov. 18) at the Fort Frances Museum. And while it may be her first show consisting solely of her own work, Anderson hopes it’s just the beginning of a long and prosperous career sharing her creative […]
The Town of Fort Frances won’t have to cut sewer and water service to Couchiching First Nation after all because Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has agreed to settle the reserve’s arrears prior to tomorrow’s deadline. INAC senior information officer Susan Bertrand said in a telephone interview yesterday that INAC […]
Students across the district, particularly those in Grade 3, continue to show general improvement in their scores on provincial standardized testing which were released last week. Of the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s 150 Grade 3 students, about 95 percent participated in the testing last spring. Of those, 66 percent […]
