Council rescheduled oral division activities reports that were supposed to be given at Monday night’s council meeting by the four executive committee chairpersons to Sept. 13. This was due to the fact Shaw (Channel 10) is not broadcasting council meetings for the months of July and August, and council felt […]
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A member of the University of Toronto alumni for 65 years, Mildred Brockie received a medal in the mail last week for her part of the school’s Chancellor’s Circle. “I was asked to wear it with pride, and I’ve been doing so,” the Fort Frances resident said, adding she’s been […]
Local members will be voting Friday on the tentative deal reached last Wednesday between the Communications, Energy and Papermakers Union of Canada and Abitibi-Consolidated. “We were relieved to get a contract,” said Thor Cox, president of CEP Local 92. “I think the whole town’s relieved. Nobody wants to see a […]
While council still is expected to vote on an amended remuneration bylaw at its July 26 meeting, it was revealed at Monday night’s meeting that there’s not enough money in the 2004 budget to see their health benefits package paid for in addition to their total salary. The numbers were […]
The Fort Frances Public Library board is asking the town to consider property next to the arena as the site for a new library should one be built here down the road. While the library board initially aimed to see a new library built at the now vacant Alexander Mackenzie […]
Some local MNR fire crews, who had been battling forest fires in British Columbia since late June, have returned home, with the rest expected back soon. Local MNR fire operations supervisor Marnie Brown said a group of 12 returned Sunday. “We still have eight staff out there. We expect them […]
Fort Frances OPP are investigating a single-vehicle accident that occurred here early Friday morning. Shortly before 3 a.m., the driver of a westbound pickup truck lost control of his vehicle, mounted the curb, and struck a hydro pole on the 100 block of Third Street West. The driver and his […]
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada announced yesterday it had reached a tentative deal with Abitibi-Consolidated at midnight Tuesday. The five-year agreement covers some 4,500 workers in Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland, and also is expected to serve as a pattern for talks affecting 30,000 pulp and paper workers […]
The air around the five contestants practically crackled with anticipation last Thursday afternoon as they waited for the judges to announce who would be crowned the 2004 Fun in the Sun queen. But even in the throes of competition, the girls stood together on the stage at Pither’s Point and […]
The new Canadian Tire store in west Fort Frances is set to open Oct. 13 under the experienced watch of new owner Angus McDonald. McDonald moved here two weeks ago with his wife, Margaret, and their 13-year-old daughter, Melissa, after purchasing the local store from former owner Bart White. They […]
After being located at 450 Scott St. for more than 20 years, Family and Children’s Services here will move into the newly-renovated westernmost portion of old Fort Frances High School on First Street East today (July 7). During a walk-through last week, FACS executive director Vik Nowak and Community Services […]
With council expected to vote on an amended remuneration bylaw at its July 26 meeting, there’s been some disagreement between councillors as to whether or not they should get the benefits their predecessors did. A survey of seven other communities that the previous council used last year as a basis […]
