In an effort to give town residents a chance to do a little spring cleaning, council has agreed to suspend the collection of tipping fees at the landfill next Saturday (May 8) for yard and garden waste only. Coun. Roy Avis brought the matter up at Monday night’s council meeting, […]
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Got old batteries, cleaning fluids, aerosol containers, or paint cans lying around but don’t know how to get rid of them? If so, the Rainy River First Nations Watershed Program, in co-operation with the Town of Fort Frances, Township of Chapple, and Fort Frances Times, has a solution when Household […]
St. Francis students celebrated Law Day last Thursday in an original way: they held two mock trials in their classroom—complete with a judge, Crown attorney, witnesses, and jury. “It’s to get them to have a little fun with it and have a little familiarity with it,” said Trudy McCormick, executive […]
At the same time Mayor Dan Onichuk made a plea for the public to clean up after their dogs two weeks ago, the issue was raised as to whether the town was supposed to collect pet waste as part of the weekly garbage pick-up. Council found out Monday night in […]
Town council passed the 2004 budget in principle Monday night, opting for tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, along with an increase of 1.9 percent for commercial and 7.33 for industrial. Mayor Dan Onichuk and Couns. Tannis Drysdale, Todd Hamilton, and Struchan Gilson voted […]
With an information brochure distributed to Fort Frances residents with Monday’s Daily Bulletin, and the town aiming to have the system up and running by May 31, most people likely have some thoughts on “bag tags” by now. But Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown stressed Monday that the new […]
Residential taxpayers in Fort Frances will be seeing a net tax increase of 11.7 percent after town council passed the 2004 budget in principle at last night’s meeting. In a 4-2 vote, council favoured of tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, with a hike […]
The first fire of the district’s 2004 season—a 1,230 ha blaze northwest of Rainy River—currently is being “held” by Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews. MNR fire information officer Deb McLean said Monday morning that Fort Frances Fire #1 was reported Saturday around 1 p.m. Two local MNR FireRanger crews, […]
Town council is expected to vote on the 2004 budget in principle at its regular meeting Monday night, with the budget to be passed as a bylaw at the May 10 meeting. But what remains to be seen is which of two directions council will go. One possible route will […]
In the spirit of National Volunteer Week, 12 local volunteers were honoured last night during the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s annual appreciation banquet. Those receiving certificates of appreciation at this year’s dinner, held at the Fort Frances Curling Club, included Sue Drew, Ray, Shirley and Lyle Dolph (collectively), Sone Sonnasinh, […]
Volunteers and volunteering are a vital element in making Canada one of the best places in the world to live, work, and to raise a family. From the hardy souls who played a key role in carving a nation out of vast expanse of wilderness to the individuals who endeavour […]
Work began earlier this week to resurface the roadway on the bridge connecting Fort Frances to International Falls. The bridge operator—Minnesota, Dakota, & Western Railway Co.—has hired Tom Jones and Sons Ltd. from Thunder Bay to put down a new concrete overlay in time for the summer tourist season. And […]
