Council will vote Monday night on whether to adopt a new user fee schedule that will account for about $180,000 in extra revenue to help cover the town’s 2004 budget deficit. Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft said a “tremendous amount” of work by council and management has gone into revising the user […]
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After council made more cuts— and some adjustments to tax ratios—at a committee of the whole meeting yesterday, it looks as if town residents may be facing a tax increase of 18-20 percent for 2004. “We are getting down about as far as we can get without shutting facilities down,” […]
Marie Rübsteck, general manager of the Canadian Practice Firms Network, will visit Envision North—the practice firm in Fort Frances—this Monday and Tuesday (March 22-23). Rübsteck has been with the CPFN since its founding in 1998. She also is the CPFN representative for the European Practice Firm Network (EUROPEN). From 2000-03, […]
After council made more cuts—and some adjustments to tax ratios—at a committee of the whole meeting Thursday, it looks as if town residents may be facing a tax increase of 18-20 percent for 2004. “We are getting down about as far as we can get without shutting facilities down,” Coun. […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board last night passed a resolution to pay a subsidy for April to the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. after receiving assurance from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that the program’s economic difficulties have improved. DSSAB recently received a letter […]
The United Native Friendship Centre has purchased the Calvary Tabernacle Church on Butler Avenue and will be using the property to house the “Aboriginal Head Start” program. The UNFC took possession Friday, and is looking forward to getting everything ready to start in September. The program is for children up […]
Several firefighters and police officers from both sides of the border were commended for their teamwork in rescuing five snowmobilers who went through the ice near the Ranier Bridge on Feb. 28 last year. Insp. Shawn Hayes, director of operations for the OPP’s North West, was at the Civic Centre […]
Changes announced by the province Monday that will give municipalities more flexibility in spreading tax increases more evenly across the various business and residential property classes may not make much of a difference here, some town councillors said. “[Treasurer] Peggy [Dupuis] is working really hard right now to understand the […]
A contract with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., and reviews of the provision of day care and Fire and Rescue Services here, are just a few of the weighty issues before council as it works on the 2004 budget, it was revealed at a public meeting Monday night. But […]
Gary Rogozinski, first vice-president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, urged town council Monday night to be sure to include in its 2004 budget a contract renewal with the Rainy River Future Development Corp. “The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, as spokesperson for close to 200 businesses in the […]
Whether it was regarding possible cuts to services, higher user fees, or ideas on how the town got into its current financial deficit, there was no shortage of feedback at a public meeting Monday night at the Civic Centre. < *c>Fire, Rescue Services An ongoing comprehensive review of Fire and […]
The lawyer for a Fort Frances man convicted of killing his parents almost eight years ago filed an appeal last week for a new trial, saying he still believes Jamie Perlett to be innocent. “I am more certain today than I ever was,” Dan Brodsky said late Friday. “The appeal […]
