Delegates from Fort Frances got a chance to discuss common issues, and give their input to the provincial government, at the annual general meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in Ottawa on Aug. 22-25. Following the theme, “Renewing Our Communities: From the Municipal Front Door to Parliament Hill,” […]
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Citing its status as a non-profit community service, the local soup kitchen known as David’s Deli requested an exemption from the use of “bag tags” at Monday night’s council meeting. “We have so much garbage we create. At a dollar a bag, it really adds up,” Pastor Sandy McEvoy of […]
After more than 120 years of Presbyterian worship in Fort Frances, St. Andrew’s Church will be closing its doors permanently Sept. 15. The decision was made by the church Session—made up of members of the local congregation—in conjunction with the Presbytery of Superior. “It was a very painful, tearful decision. […]
An ad hoc committee being formed to review compensation for elected officials, as well as town boards and committees, also will have a mandate to explore whether Fort Frances town council really needs six members and a mayor. This detail came up during Monday night’s regular meeting as Clerk Glenn […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club is requesting the town rebate the club’s taxes for this year, saying the organization is struggling under its current financial burden. “We have had some relief from taxes in the past, but simply can’t see how we can continue to operate and pay taxes in […]
Fort Frances tot Alicia Delbridge is showing more signs of improvement as she battles a rare, life-threatening heart ailment in a Calgary hospital, her father reported Thursday. Cory Delbridge, assistant manager at the Canada Safeway store here, wrote in an e-mail that the results of an echo-cardiogram taken Thursday showed […]
With the ninth-annual Fort Frances Times Great Chili Cook-off tentatively scheduled for Friday, Sept. 17, organizers are looking for a few good chefs. This year’s organizer, Gabe Glueheisen, said yesterday she’s in the process of contacting chili teams that expressed interest last year in participating again. “We’ve had confirmation from […]
Construction on the $12.5-million Phase IV project at La Verendrye Hospital here is well on schedule, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. reported this week. Project manager Ed Cousineau has said the new addition to the south of the existing structure has been erected and the roof is expected to be […]
Thanks to some help from the public, police nabbed a Couchiching First Nation man for impaired driving, among other charges, on Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m. that day, Fort Frances OPP officers received a phone call from a concerned citizen reporting that a southbound vehicle on Highway 71 was being […]
Bell Canada, in partnership with Pwi-di-goo-zing Ne-yaa-zhing Advisory Services here, is in the process of installing digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet lines in Rainy River District, with the service expected to be up and running this fall. “Work has absolutely begun,” Bell spokeswoman Nessa Prendergast said Wednesday. “The expected timeline […]
Alicia Delbridge of Fort Frances is showing signs of gradual improvement in a Calgary hospital, where she has been since Aug. 6 after being stricken with a mysterious, potentially-fatal heart condition, her father said in an e-mail Wednesday. The one-year-old was on a respirator for nearly two weeks before doctors […]
A new physiotherapy clinic is set to open here next month by a former resident. Jeff Wright, son of Robin and Janice, recently returned to the area from London, Ont. to follow his dream of opening his own clinic here in town. “I’m nervous and excited all in one,” he […]
