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 […]
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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 […]
Having been sworn-in at Monday night’s inaugural meeting, the town’s new mayor and council now are looking to start tackling the business they were elected to handle. “I’ve spent a few long days in the office now and I’m starting to get a feel for it,” Mayor Dan Onichuk said […]
About 50 residents showed up at the Civic Centre on Monday night to see the new mayor and council of Fort Frances sworn in. Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell had Mayor Dan Onichuk, and Couns. Roy Avis, Tannis Drysdale, Struchan Gilson, Todd Hamilton, Neil Kabel, and Rick Wiedenhoeft make […]
The Ontario Trillium Foundation announced $224,000 in funding for libraries in Northwestern Ontario on Friday, which will be used primarily to increase accessibility in those in Rainy River District. “This is the first time Trillium has been open to libraries, at least in recent years,” noted Margaret Sedgwick, head librarian […]
The Fine Line Art Gallery and Pro-Picture Framing is holding a Christmas open house this Saturday. The public is invited to drop by between 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and check out all the work by 14 area artists the gallery has to offer. Maybe you’ll find a one-of-a-kind gift for someone […]
New to the position as an area rep for ASSE (an international student exchange program), Barb Duguay was all smiles after the success of an information session here Sunday afternoon that saw some local interest in the program. “We had four families who have applied to host, and one student […]
The provincial EQAO testing results for Grades 3 and 6 in reading, writing, and math were released to the public last week and the Rainy River District School Board said it was pleased with local students’ results. “On the whole, we continue to show growth,” said Linda Hill, assistant superintendent […]
