After working on it for the past five months, town council on Monday night finally passed the 2004 budget it had approved in principle at its April 26 meeting. As previously reported, the budget passed means a tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, along […]
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The public is invited to attend the Civic Centre on Monday for a special meeting at 7 p.m., at which time town council will vote on the 2004 budget it approved in principle at its April 26 meeting. At that meeting, council opted for a tax hike of 14.67 percent […]
A new labour agreement between Abitibi-Consolidated and its unionized employees at 12 of its mills in central and eastern Canada took another step forward this morning as main-table negotiations began in Montreal. “Negotiations are always tough, always a challenge,” Cec Makowski, vice-president (Ontario Region) of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers […]
If you’re planning to do a little spring cleaning around the house and garage, Saturday is a great day to tackle it. District residents can get rid of most everything from old cans of paint to car batteries Saturday when the Rainy River First Nations Watershed Program, in co-operation with […]
The Town of Fort Frances has a message for those who persist in dumping their garbage alongside town streets—smarten up or pay up. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Thursday morning the town has empowered its bylaw enforcement officers to levy $500 fines on the spot should people be […]
The Fort Frances Children’s Complex Advisory Committee will meet with Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton on Saturday to talk about child care. Committee chairperson Linda Wall said Thursday morning the meeting will be “to let him know what is stake for child care in Ontario and in […]
After being talked about for more than two years, work on the Kiwanis skate park finally could start by the end of June or beginning of July, committee chair Steve Maki said. “We met with the town last week and they’ve come up with an agreement,” Maki said Tuesday. “We’re […]
Town council said “thanks, but no thanks” last week to a request for support from the Northwestern Slots for Charity group to lobby the province to have video lottery terminals (VLTs) here. Council merely approved a recommendation from the Administration and Finance executive committee to authorize a letter of reply […]
The Consolidated School Council, made up of members from the J.W. Walker, Alexander MacKenzie, and Alberton Central school councils, has chosen Sept. 29 as the date for the official opening of the renovated J.W. Walker School. Arrangements currently are being made, but the event is scheduled to begin at 6 […]
With the 2004 budget up for a vote this coming Monday night, town council and management are looking to get a jump on the 2005 budget, as well as getting a better picture of Fort Frances’ future, with a strategic plan. The first meeting to get the process going is […]
The Town of Fort Frances is trying to get a date set to speak with a representative from the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. regarding differences in assessments between here and Dryden, Mayor Dan Onichuk said Tuesday. The inequity came to light at a special committee of the whole meeting April […]
In another step towards the implementation of the new “bag tag” system for garbage pickup here, town residents should receive their five introductory tags in the mail by the end of next week. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said the tags started being mailed out to property owners Tuesday. […]
