With the possibility of a provincial election hovering in the air, former Atikokan resident Cathe Hoszowski has declared her intention to seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for the Kenora-Rainy River riding. With past experiences in everything from municipal council in Atikokan (until recently when she moved to Fort Frances) to […]
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A local teacher is helping kids across the United States, and around the world, come to grips with the terrorist attacks of last Sept. 11. Kate Woods, a supply teacher with the Rainy River District School Board, came up with a project more than a year ago that helps kids […]
While council eventually agreed Monday night to sub-contract George Armstrong Co. Ltd., through its Operations and Facilities Division, to install the sanitary sewer and water connection for the new River Walk condominium project on Front Street, a debate over town policy nearly meant a significant delay in how soon construction […]
A committee struck up last Friday to look into Ontario’s nuisance bear problem may be key to getting the spring bear hunt reinstated here, said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “The timing is of the essence here. The new premier [Ernie Eves] promised to reinstate the spring bear hunt, an issue of […]
A skate park, proposed by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club last week, has received the “thumbs up” from several interested parties who all agree it’s what the community needs for local youth. “You could see how much the little park was used in the summer,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, referring […]
Although the town has yet to negotiate an agreement with Koochiching County Environmental Services Division, council agreed to extend its contract with Asselin Transportation to continue with “blue box” pickups here until further notice. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said Tuesday the reason why no solid contract has been […]
The scene of commercial airliners colliding into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and then into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., played to the disbelief of millions a year ago today. On Sept. 11, four hijacked planes killed more than 3,000 people within mere […]
Fort Frances OPP is reminding motorists there will be an increased level of enforcement on local streets and highways. “School’s back in session. We have young drivers on the streets, and young people on the sidewalks and crossing streets,” said Cst. Al MacDonald. “We’ve heard concerns about road safety and […]
Town council moved one step closer to deciding what to do about downtown parking woes after receiving a report from the Planning and Development executive committee at Monday night’s regular meeting. The report—composed in response to the Business Improvement Area’s recommendation that council not reinstate meters in the downtown area […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is asking town council to waive an arena rental fee of $465 after a wrestling event held there back in April didn’t prove profitable. In a letter to the town, Chamber president Roberta Oliver said the income statement from the Canadian Wrestling Federation show […]
The Northwestern Health Unit announced Friday afternoon that the beach at Pither’s Point once again was declared safe for swimming after being closed since Aug. 29. The health unit had to wait for two-consecutive samples indicating the water had safe levels of E. coli before opening it again. This was […]
Doug Anderson thought the sweltering heat had finally gotten to him Saturday morning after spotting a chicken on the loose in downtown Fort Frances. “It was around 11 a.m. when I looked out the window and noticed a crowd of people gathering on the street,” the co-owner of Betty’s on […]
