Following a two percent levy increase from the Northwestern Health Unit last year, the Town of Fort Frances now is facing a five percent hike—from $35 per capita to $36.75—which it will be tough to take. “We never budgeted for it,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “It’s going to as hard […]
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The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce decided Tuesday to hold a public forum on the issues related to the possibility of a “big box” retailer coming to town. Last month, the Chamber sent a letter written by Pharmasave owner Kim Metke to its members. In it, he raised some concerns […]
Though town council had passed a resolution at its Jan. 27 meeting to revise a policy to see a more balanced means of paying councillors with and without the town’s benefits package, those changes are now on hold. At that time, council—with the exception of Coun. Roy Avis—agreed to go […]
As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, high school teachers in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan last Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in support of strike action to back their contract demands. Teachers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B voted 98.9 percent in favour of taking strike […]
With the remaining unsold crocus bulbs not being shipped back to Thunder Bay until Friday, they still are available at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau (old CN station) while supplies last. “We still have about 80 plants. We apparently got more than we thought we did,” Vanessa Hebert, executive co-ordinator […]
It’s tax time again, and property owners and businesses in Fort Frances should be seeing their bills arrive in the mail anytime now, Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan said at Monday night’s council meeting. “Most residents should be receiving theirs today,” Allan noted Tuesday morning, adding the bills were […]
The town will have an overall picture of future projects officially in place as the most recent Community Improvement Plan is to be passed as a bylaw at tonight’s council meeting. The plan, which was first brought before council in late October, only has been slightly adjusted after receiving input […]
The local Liberal riding association will have to wait until March 1 to declare their candidate for the next provincial election. Originally scheduled for Saturday (Feb. 8), the party postponed its meeting to select a candidate due to a technicality. Association president Roger Valley said Monday they were unaware a […]
High school teachers in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Atikokan voted 98.9 percent in favour of strike action on Wednesday, the union revealed late Friday morning. Brian Church, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation 5B bargaining unit, said the vote is a strong indication of the teachers’ support […]
Following an initial meeting Wednesday night meant to kick-start the organizing of this year’s “chem-free” party for Fort High grads, it’s clear more parents and other volunteers will have to come out for the next meeting Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in the high school library. “We only had five […]
Those wanting to get a new crocus plant from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind are in luck as the shipment that arrived Tuesday morning at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau hasn’t sold out yet. “There’s about 70 pots left,” Vanessa Hebert, executive director at the Volunteer Bureau (located […]
Have you ever wondered exactly what happens to your roll of film after you drop it off for processing? People who use the service at Pharmasave here no longer will have to guess, once the Scott Street store completes renovations currently underway there. What once took place behind the closed […]
