The Fort Frances Power Corp. was told yesterday that its customers won’t be getting the $75 rebate promised by the province because they are ineligible for it according to regulations accompanying Bill 210. “It’s very surprising,” FFPC CEO Mark McCaig said this morning. “We were under the impression our customers […]
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Trustees with the Northwest Catholic District School Board went online and interactive at their monthly meeting here Saturday morning. As part of the meeting, trustees got a hands-on demonstration of the wireless laptop network St. Michael’s School, and other schools in the district, have been running since September. Cindy Glavish, […]
Employees at the Voyageur Panel OSB mill in Barwick were praised Monday and Tuesday for their exceptional safety record. It has been two years since the mill had a lost-time incident and it was having a party to celebrate the occasion. Balloons were hung up, punch was made, and employees […]
Starting in January, you won’t have to go across the border to International Falls to see movies in a theatre setting. Fort Frances High School has acquired a license from Criterion Pictures to show movies at the Townshend Theatre as a fundraising project, including some months before they are available […]
The Kiwanis skate park project is looking to get a big fundraising boost this Saturday afternoon when a “skateboard-a-thon” is held at the ’52 Canadians Arena. “It’s been great,” said Gord McQuarrie, owner of Skates and Blades and the adult rep on the youth committee that’s been organizing the skateboard-a-thon, […]
After several months of talking with the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, and recently getting its blessing, the Rainy River District Social Services Administrative Board is looking to establish landing pads for helicopters to transport people for emergency medical purposes in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Emo early next […]
Town council denied a request by Fort Frances resident Melvin Haukaas to rename La Verendrye Parkway as “Canada Street” at Monday night’s regular meeting. “I’m surprised,” Haukaas said yesterday after learning about the decision. “From the response I got from the public and business people I talked to, they liked […]
The “big chair” once again could be a familiar site at Pither’s Point Park next year as a benefactor from eastern Ontario has notified the town he wants to sponsor the project. “We have a gentleman from Oshawa who’s willing to pay for a chair if it’s okay he puts […]
Two local groups will find out by next Friday (Dec. 20) if they were successful in landing funding from Industry Canada to develop a business case for bringing a broadband infrastructure to Rainy River District. The Town of Fort Frances has most of the feasibility numbers already, said Geoff Gillon […]
While town council agreed to take it into consideration, a request from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce to install a sprinkler system in the ’52 Canadians Arena—thereby making it safe to use for non ice-related events—isn’t likely to be fulfilled. Chamber president Alan Tibbetts told council Monday night the […]
Electing the chairman of the Northwest Catholic District School Board came down to a draw-from-a-hat here Saturday morning—literally. Outgoing chair Wade Petranik and Gerry Rousseau, the outgoing vice-chair and a former chair, both were nominated for the top position and after a secret ballot, the vote was a tie. School […]
The proposed skate park being spearheaded by the Kiwanis Club is about to get a big fundraising boost as local Canada Safeway employees have chosen to adopt the project as its charity for 2003. Staff voted over the weekend to adopt the charity, choosing it from a total of 13 […]
