After a situation with a gas leak last month, town council Monday night authorized the installation of electric heaters in the Fort Frances Children’s Complex, and replacement of the gas hot water tank, at an estimated cost of $3,263. “As council is aware, the heat exchanger in the gas-fired furnace […]
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With news two weeks ago that the town is facing a $2.8-million deficit, which could translate into a 67.5 percent tax hike for residents, council Monday night stressed that despite rumours on the street, no drastic cuts or tax increases have been decided on yet. And to set the record […]
The nomination date has been set, but there are no candidates on the ballot yet. The new Conservative Party of Canada’s riding association for the proposed Thunder Bay-Rainy River has decided to hold two nomination meetings. The first will be held in Fort Frances on Friday, March 12 while the […]
The 2004 “chem-free” grad committee will hold its second meeting Tuesday night, with the group still looking for more parents to help with organizing this popular event each June. “We can always use more. Any of the grad parents, we’d appreciate it if they could come out,” said Joyce Martinson, […]
With news two weeks ago that the town is facing a $2.8-million deficit, which could translate into a 67.5 percent tax hike for residents, council and town staff have been working hard to determine what it has to do balance the budget. And while no details have been revealed as […]
Sioux Lookout resident Susan Barclay has filed the necessary papers to seek the NDP nomination for the proposed new riding of Kenora in the next election. As first reported in last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, Barclay ran for the NDP in the Kenora-Rainy River riding in 2000—garnering 21 percent of the […]
Council has scheduled more time to talk about the controllable costs it will have to make some tough decisions about in order to tackle the town’s 2004 deficit woes. The committee of the whole will meet Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Civic Centre, Clerk Glenn Treftlin said Thursday morning. […]
While organizers agreed the annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner Sunday night at La Place Rendez-Vous was a definite success, seeing 275 people come together and raise $16,200 to provide financial aid to local families who may need help to cover medical costs, it also was a time for Aileen Brown […]
With news two weeks ago that the town is facing a $2.8-million deficit, which could translate into a 67.5 percent tax hike for residents, council last night stressed that despite rumours on the street, no drastic cuts or tax increases have been decided on yet. And to set the record […]
The 2004 “chem-free” grad committee will hold its second meeting tonight, with the group still looking for more parents to help with organizing this popular event each June. “We can always use more. Any of the grad parents, we’d appreciate it if they could come out,” said Joyce Martinson, one […]
John Stephenson, an architect with Kuch, Stephenson, Gibson, and Malo of Thunder Bay, will present town council with the final plans for a proposed new public library here tonight. Last appearing before council back in July, Stephenson has wrapped up the report on the onestorey structure that hopefully will be […]
Drawing 262 people, the annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner last night at La Place Rendez- Vous raised $16,200 to provide financial aid to local families who may need help to cover medical costs “It went extremely well,” enthused Georges Blanc, who helped organize the dinner as both coowner of the […]
