Fort Frances OPP will be out in force next Tuesday (June 4) for the 16th-annual Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of local Special Olympics. The annual event will begin at 6 p.m. at McDonald’s. Participants can walk, bicycle, or roller-blade with the group along a route to Safeway. […]
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Due to changes in provincial legislature, Fort Frances residents will be billed separately for hydro and sewer/water services come Jan. 1. But how frequently they’ll be billed for water and sewer still remains up in the air. “I have to do a report on what’s most cost-effective—monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, or […]
Many of the issues and questions had been heard before, but the discussion on a proposed bylaw to ban smoking in enclosed public places moved out of council chambers and into the public forum. Chapple and Emo held meetings Monday night and last Thursday, respectively, on the proposed bylaw that […]
It all started with a suggestion from Lion Rob. Lionel Robert, owner of Lion Rob tournament services and longtime emcee of the FFCBC and Rainy River derbies, approached the Emo Chamber of Commerce several months ago about starting a walleye tournament in Emo. “We thought about it for a while […]
If there’s something that encourages bonding more than shooting paint pellets at a friend, it hasn’t been invented yet. At least this is what’s going through the heads of many paintball enthusiasts in the area. This includes Barwick’s Tim Barron, who thanks to a $1,500 start-up provincial government grant from […]
While the issue remains a hot topic among municipal councils and businesses alike, one area community has decided to go ahead with banning smoking in all enclosed public places as of Sept. 3. “It’s a significant issue but I believe there’s acceptance here in Ear Falls,” said Mayor Geoff McClain. […]
The Fort Frances Public Library is hoping to get a consultant on board this summer to look into the feasibility of the some of the plans the library board unveiled to council at Monday night’s regular meeting. “We think we have a good blueprint here. Of course, it depends on […]
Town council has called a special meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. to discuss—and give the public a chance to see—the proposed La Verendrye Parkway riverfront renovation project. “First, our engineers will be presenting to the La Verendrye Parkway committee at noon that day, at which point the plans will be […]
Given its agreement with the soon-to-be defunct Northwest Ontario Recycle Association will expire at the end of June, Fort Frances is taking a step forward to finding a solution with a joint request for proposals. “I believe it gives us most of the options we’ve been talking about,” said Operations […]
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.), which has supplied priests to area Catholic churches for 110 years, is leaving Fort Frances. “We would love to stay but we are missionaries,” Fr. David B. Perrin, provincial superior for the order of priests, said Sunday at St. Mary’s Church here. “We […]
Students and educational staff across the district are surfing the web, videoconferencing, and sharing information like never before now that the Rainy River District “Connect” project is up and running. After more than a year-and-a-half of building the wireless system which boosts Internet service to district schools, the equipment was […]
Given many municipalities’ refusal so far to come up with bylaws banning smoking in enclosed public places, the CEO and medical officer of health of the Northwestern Health Unit will be sending orders to regional restaurants and bars next month to eliminate second-hand cigarette smoke from their premises. “June 3 […]
