Town council has agreed to change the “blue box” schedule to align it with residential garbage pick-up—but only have it picked up on a bi-weekly basis—for a three-month trial basis starting in January. The changes—made after Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown delivered a report at Monday night’s council meeting—also […]
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The people of Fort Frances and district have shown true Christmas spirit in the past two weeks—and Family and Children’s Services has the toys to prove it! The “Adopt an Angel” program was launched late last month to provide Christmas gifts for children receiving services from FACS, including those in […]
Given the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s contract with the town expired Nov. 30, the previous “lame duck” council was unable to renew the town’s agreement with them at that time. But with the newly-elected council now at the table, it will have to decide at its Dec. 15 meeting […]
Now just two weeks away, the annual community Christmas dinner put on by the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is shaping up nicely. “I’m getting a little excited because this my first one,” said Karen Haney, assistant co-ordinator for the Volunteer Bureau. “People have been calling, asking about it,” she added. […]
Despite the frosty weather Saturday evening, people of all ages came out for a candlelight vigil in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in front of the Fort Frances Courthouse. And organizers are hoping to keep the tradition alive here to emphasize the […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board held its inaugural meeting in Dryden on Saturday, where Fort Frances trustee Gerry Rousseau was named chair for the second-straight year. Dryden trustee Robert vanOort was named vice-chair, replacing Wade Petranik of Dryden, who was defeated by John Borst in last month’s election. Both […]
Town council has agreed to change the “blue box” schedule to align it with residential garbage pick-up—but only have it picked up on a bi-weekly basis—for a threemonth trial basis starting in January. The changes—made after Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown delivered a report at last night’s council meeting—also […]
While the final report was turned over to the town earlier this year, and the original steering committee no longer is directly involved with the project, the town’s economic development officer told council last night that ideas put forth by the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” initiative are by no means dead. […]
The 2003 tourism season presented some extraordinary challenges to an industry already facing outstanding issues, such as fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a number of nagging trade disputes between Canada and the United States, local tourism operators and groups say. In this area, tourist outfitters have reported […]
It may be difficult to imagine but every week, up to 150 people in Fort Frances depend upon the work of generous volunteers to ensure they have at least one hot meal a day. That’s why David’s Deli soup kitchen is here. And last Saturday (Nov. 29), the people who […]
At its first meeting since the Nov. 10 election, Dan Belluz and Judy Eluik were acclaimed chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Rainy River District School Board on Tuesday night. Gord McBride, the previous chair, nominated Belluz, while Ron McAlister nominated Eluik. No other nominations were made. McBride had held […]
The Rainy River District School Board will elect a new chair and vice-chair Tuesday night during its inaugural meeting following the Nov. 10 election. “We’re going to have a new chairman,” said current chair Gord McBride, who was re-elected to one of the two Fort Frances seats last month. “It’s […]
