The Treaty #3 office has re-opened after a four-day closure due to funding problems but it will close for good next month if issues with Indian Affairs minister and local MP Robert Nault aren’t resolved. “We were just given enough funding to continue until [Oct. 18] unless Nault is willing […]
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With municipal elections coming up a year from November, residents once again can go to the mailbox instead of a polling booth to cast their ballots after town council decided Monday night to try mail-in voting for a second time. Clerk Glenn Treftlin said yesterday the turnout for the last […]
While it’s still taking a while for the number of “Blue Box” pickups to return to normal, it looks like the price is right for the town to continue its recycling partnership with Koochiching County Environmental Services Division across the river. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said a deal […]
Hiring qualified French Immersion teachers is proving a challenge for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, with trustees trying to come up with solutions for fear of compromising their French program. “It is a problem for us, and for every other board in Ontario, to find French Immersion teachers,” Education […]
Ayaangwaamizin University at Couchiching is set to start its second year of operation next month, with many changes ahead. “It’s starting next month rather than September because we are offering condensed courses,” said Dennis McPherson, one of the school’s founders. “We’ll be making specific decision on courses and decide on […]
Bruce Caldwell, a local airplane enthusiast and member of the town’s Economic Development Advisory committee, learned a lot about expanding business here after returning from a convention in Orlando, Fla. earlier this month. “I think I would have handled it differently if I were to go again,” Caldwell noted Friday. […]
After being discussed over the summer and sent back to the Planning and Development executive committee numerous times, town council agreed Monday night to amend the traffic control bylaw and take a hard line with parking violations. But the bylaw almost was sent back to committee again as council argued […]
Police have laid fewer charges so far this year than at this point in 2001, Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis told council in his regular quarterly report at Monday night’s regular meeting. But he noted the difference in numbers is “negligible.” “You’re never going to get the same numbers […]
Canadian country music legends “Prairie Oyster” will take to the stage at the Townshend Theatre here tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.—and only those who act fast will be able to get tickets for the show. “Prairie Oyster” is performing as part of the tour de Fort’s additional concert series, which is […]
Whether it’s figuring out ways to dispose of oil or getting funding for a “super dump,” requests of support from both the townships of Chapple and Emo are on the agenda for tonight’s council meeting here. Chapple is asking the town to appoint a representative on a new committee being […]
FORT FRANCES—Just as the Business Improvement Area was about to announce it was going ahead with its second-annual “Harvest Festival” next Saturday, the event was cancelled again due to the repair work Scott Street. It initially had been scheduled for Sept. 14. “It’s a safety issue,” said BIA co-ordinator Laurie […]
FORT FRANCES—Water quality at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton will top discussions when the Northwest Catholic District School Board meets there Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The board will hear an update on water quality at Our Lady of the Way, which had been under a boil-water advisory […]
