While most township populations shrank since the last census, First Nation community’s grew substantially. Couchiching’s population grew by 11.6 percent in the past five years. There are now 595 people living on the reserve, compared to 533 in 1996. Big Grassy River saw its population grow 6.7 percent—176 residents in […]
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Representatives from several district municipalities met last night in Fort Frances, “forming the nucleus of a working group” that will discuss the formation of an Area Services Board (ASB), in the words of Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach. Fort Frances Coun. Dave Bourgeault was elected chair and Emo Reeve Russ […]
Fort Frances is experiencing a population drain according to census information released Tuesday, and local officials cite lack of jobs and youth migration as the chief causes. The population of Fort Frances has decreased 5.4 per cent over the last five years according to the 2001 census released by Statistics […]
The No. 5 paper machine at the mill here is temporarily shut down, following a fire there early this morning. Mill crews responded to a fire between the No. 5 paper machine and the stock preparation area around 3 a.m., at which time the Fort Frances Fire Department also was […]
Fort Frances Youth Soccer will kick off its registration for its 12 season next week in hopes of equaling–or topping the close to 650 who signed up last year. “We’ve held around that number for the past two years, which is exceptional,” noted FFYS vice-president John Pierce. “We don’t know […]
Mayor Glenn Witherspoon will meet with Winnipeg developer of the River Walk Condominium project to see if the company will help shoulder the costs of unsold units. Winnipeg developer Penn-co Construction Corp. has been tentatively chosen to build the almost $5 million 32-unit condominium. Town council previously decided that they […]
Snow plows weren’t waiting for the storm to end before tackling the heavy snowfall that was dumped on the area this weekend. “Our crews were out at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. They were out plowing during the storm,” Raymond Roy, superintendent of operations, said this morning. While crews usually wait […]
Household Hazardous Waste Day 2002 may be held in Fort Frances two days after the 11th-annual World Health Organization International Conference on Safe Communities wraps up here if the town okays a request from the Rainy River Watershed Program. The request will be discussed at tonight’s regular council meeting, which […]
The August, 1960 opening of the “subway” was one of the first major projects undertaken in many years by Fort Frances. Ceremonies were held at the intersection of Portage Avenue and Third Street East. The Fort Frances Civic Band, under the direction of Nick Andrusco, played several numbers as a […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has unveiled the 72 nominees up for awards in the 10 categories at its annual banquet coming up March 23. The nominees are: •Employee of the Year (private sector)—Joanne Bliss (Royal Bank), Bill Boulton (NorFab Building Components), Jennifer Galusha (Kathy’s Katering), Nelli Halvorsen (NorWest […]
They’ve been counting down the hours—even minutes—until today’s final bell marking the beginning of March Break. But after a few days of sleeping in, watching TV, and playing video games, most kids are bound to utter that dreaded phrase—“I’m bored.” Here are a few suggestions for how to combat the […]
The province has tabled a new contract offer in hopes of keeping thousands of public service workers from striking, but a local union president isn’t sure it will garner any more support than the one they rejected last week. Bob Dakin, president of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local #711, […]
