After some outcry for reform of the current councillor remuneration policy, town council passed a resolution during its regular meeting Monday night to see a more balanced means of paying councillors with and without the town benefits package. The revised policy, the terms of which were agreed upon after two […]
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Mayor Glenn Witherspoon brought some good news back with him from a trip to Toronto last week–the Fort Frances Jail won’t be closing next May as the Ministry of Correctional Services originally announced back in May, 2000. “The date for closure has been pushed back indefinitely,” Mayor Witherspoon said Monday. […]
While winter hasn’t been as hard on residents as it has been some other years, the town’s manager of Operations and Facilities told council Monday night that Public Works crews haven’t been sitting on their hands waiting for a blizzard. “Some people have asked, ‘How come you’re out plowing snow […]
Think your teen is facing problems at school but won’t tell you about it? How does sex, drugs, and violence figure into the lives of youths? What kind of pressure are kids under these days anyway? These and other topics are ones two local organizers wanting to form a new […]
Industry Canada announced Friday that five area proposals for funding to develop broadband business plans as part of the Broadband for Rural and Northern Development Pilot Program were successful. One of the successful applicants was the Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Non Profit Advisory Services application representing seven area First Nations, including Couchiching, […]
Just how much councillors get paid, and how benefits packages figure into that amount, will be discussed by the committee of the whole at its meeting here this afternoon. Coun. Roy Avis said he was looking forward to addressing the topic as he felt the current system is “unfair.” “I […]
With a final report expected from Winnipeg-based consultants Hilderman, Thomas, Frank and Cram (HTFC) next month, the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is giving the public a final chance at an open house here tomorrow to offer input on plans aimed at re-vitalizing the area with tourism and commerce. “This will […]
The administrator of Rainycrest Home for the Aged is hopeful the facility will reopen to visitors by next week as the number of residents suffering from a Norwalk-like virus dwindles. “Things are getting much better,” Jill Colquhoun said Friday morning. “Right now, there’s 14 residents that are ill, two of […]
Canada Safeway here will be changing the way it offers fresh meat products to its customers in the coming week. On Saturday, the company is holding an all-day thank-you for most of the employees in its meat department—as well as a few from other departments—who opted to take a company […]
The Woodlands division at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill here received Canadian Standards Association certification Thursday for sustainable management practices in the Crossroute Forest. Representatives from Abitibi, as well as the Ministry of Natural Resources, the CSA, and other organizations associated with the forestry industry, were on hand at La Place […]
An experiment which could lead to cost savings for the Abitibi-Consolidated mill here will wrap up tomorrow, general manager John Harrison said Thursday morning. “We’ve had all three machines going since Tuesday,” he noted. “Using an alternate filler type within the sheet, we’re trying to duplicate all the grades of […]
While Rainycrest Home for the Aged remains closed to visitors due to cases of a Norwalk-like virus there, the situation is improving, administrator Jill Colquhoun said Thursday. “As of this morning, we have 17 residents showing symptoms, two of which are new cases,” she noted. On Wednesday, 27 residents showed […]
