While the town’s 2003 budget won’t be up for approval until Jan. 14, CAO BIll Naturkach said it’s likely residents will be seeing a property tax increase once again in the New Year. “It looks like there will be a 4.25 percent residential tax increase,” Naturkach noted Tuesday afternoon. “For […]
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With numerous projects in mind following input from both consultants and the public, the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee is asking the town set aside $80,000 in its 2003 budget so the group can start making those ideas a reality. “We’re looking to get something is place for the centennial,” said […]
While the snowfall so far might not warrant much use for it quite yet, CN police here now have a new snowmobile to aid in the fight against trespassing on CN property during the winter. “As soon as we get some snow, I’ll be out there,” Cst. Pete LeDrew of […]
Couchiching First Nation began broadcasting a new radio station Wednesday on 92.3 FM. The plan is to broadcast Thunder across the airwaves—Borderland Thunder hockey, that is. The new station has a remote that will allow it to broadcast away games as well as ones here at home. “One of our […]
While 15 people at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (McKellar site) are believed to have contracted the Norwalk virus, no cases have been reported yet in the Kenora-Rainy River Districts, the Northwestern Health Unit said Thursday. “There’s none that we know of,” said Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and medical officer […]
Emo OPP is continuing to investigate a single-vehicle accident on Frog Creek Road around 11 a.m. yesterday that left one female teenager dead. The teen, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was taken by ambulance to La Verendrye hospital, where she was pronounced deceased, police said. Her identity was […]
Local Christmas shoppers once again will be greeted by the jingling of bells this holiday season. The Fort Frances Salvation Army kicked off its annual Christmas kettle campaign yesterday morning in front of the SAAN store on Scott Street. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon was on hand to take the first shift […]
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 […]
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, […]
