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 […]
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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. […]
At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, the Rainy River District School Board will vote on a partnership agreement with the United Native Friendship Centre to provide a new secondary school program here. “The program is geared toward young adults that would not go to the regular program at the […]
The ice officially was “out” on Rainy Lake as of Friday afternoon (April 30) after head pilot Mike Pawlikowski saw that the North Arm was clear, Rusty Myers Flying Service here reported Monday morning. That’s six days earlier than last year—when it was declared “out” on May 6. In 2002, […]
What is the purpose of Mental Health Week? The purpose of Mental Health Week is to increase awareness of the importance of good mental health, which is essential to everyone’s well-being and the sign of a healthy society. The purpose also is to highlight the role of the Canadian Mental […]
After falling short of its quota for several years, the two-day Canadian Blood Services blood donor clinic here which wrapped up Thursday night was the most successful in a while. “We got 166 donations on Wednesday and 262 yesterday [Thursday]. That’s a total of 428,” noted Marnee Miller of the […]
Premier Dalton McGuinty last week gave a preview of some of the changes that will be made in public education when the provincial budget is tabled May 18, including reducing the cap on class size from 24 students to 20 in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3. “We are committed to […]
Wanna win a Dodge 4X4 pickup truck? How about a Kia Sorento? Or maybe a boat and motor package is more to your liking? Well then, get out those golf clubs, find your putter, and start practising as you’ll have a chance to win any one of these during the […]
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, […]
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 […]
