After discussing the issue at both its March 8 and March 22 meetings, town council finally agreed during a special meeting last Wednesday to apply to participate in the “Communities in Bloom” program. This approval was on the condition that the town receive a letter from the Fort Frances Horticultural […]
Local News
Mayor Dan Onichuk said Tuesday it could take town council about two more weeks before it passes the final version of the 2004 budget. “We were hopeful we could have things resolved by March 31, but there’s several things to consider,” he remarked. The mayor expected council would set dates […]
“Blues” may be the theme when the Fine Line Art Gallery stages its annual spring art show April 16-May 7, but is appears area artists, as well as those from elsewhere in Canada, are more than happy to participate. Linda Lovisa, a member of the Fine Line co-op, said Friday […]
Town council will discuss the 2004 capital budget and the proposed Kiwanis skate park, as well as vote on the new user fee schedule, during a special committee of the whole meeting tomorrow at noon at the Civic Centre. Acting CAO Mark McCaig said late yesterday that council and management […]
Parents with children entering senior kindergarten in the fall here still will have the option of enrolling them in French Immersion. The Northwest Catholic District School Board on Saturday voted to run the program this fall—even at the current enrolment of 15 students. “The board was very clear that it’s […]
Town council will discuss the 2004 capital budget and the proposed Kiwanis skate park, as well as vote on the new user fee schedule, during a special committee of the whole meeting Wednesday at noon at the Civic Centre. Acting CAO Mark McCaig said late Monday that council and management […]
Parents with children entering senior kindergarten in the fall here still will have the option of enrolling them in French Immersion. The Northwest Catholic District School Board on Saturday voted to run the program this fall—even at the current enrolment of 15 students. “The board was very clear that it’s […]
After seeing the commodity price for hydro capped at 4.3 cents per kilowatt hour last year, Fort Frances Power Corp. customers, as well as other hydro users across Ontario, will see their electricity prices go up starting Thursday. The rate for residential, small business, and designated consumers who are currently […]
While rumours continue to swirl over the sale of the Voyageur Panel oriented strandboard plant in Barwick, the company said no deal has been confirmed yet. “There is not a new owner as of yet,” mill general manager Percy Champagne said late yesterday afternoon. “We have nothing to announce,” echoed […]
David Leskowski will win the Conservative party’s nomination for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding by acclamation after Christine Hogarth, treasurer of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, withdrew from the race. “Just a few days ago, she [Hogarth] advised our nomination committee that she would be stepping aside,” noted riding […]
A report released earlier this week by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund named the Abitibi-Consolidated pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances as one of the province’s “Dirty Dozen Polluters”—the worst violators of Ontario’s air and water pollution laws, according to the organization. The report, called “Cracking Down on Polluters,” […]
The Borderland Thunder have forced a Game 7 in Dryden on Saturday night after beating the Ice Dogs 5-1 here Thursday to even their SIJHL semi-final series at 3-3. The Thunder had trailed the series 3-1, splitting the first two games in Dryden but then losing the next two here […]
