As of Friday morning, Fort Frances has a new avenue thanks to the re-routing of traffic necessary to accommodate the new Canada Customs facility under construction here. Veteran Avenue—located between the 200 blocks of Nelson and Church Streets—saw its first traffic just before 8 a.m. when Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, CAO […]
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The Education Quality and Accountability Office report on inaugural grade nine math test results was released yesterday, showing mixed results for students in the academic and applied streams. The report showed high school students in the academic stream are doing well, with 49 percent scoring a mark of 70 percent […]
Those wanting to get rid of their garbage at the Fort Frances landfill will have to pay more come Jan. 1. Operations and Facilities manager Pat Hickerson said this morning the minimum charge will jump to $8 from $7 while the charge per tonne will go from $29 to $33. […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will elect its chair and vice-chair for 2002 at its regular monthly meeting Saturday morning in Dryden. “I’ve expressed a willingness to serve as chair or vice-chair again,” current board chair Gerry Rousseau said this morning. Any of the other trustees, including current vice-chair […]
The closure process for three district schools will enter its third phase later this month when the Rainy River District School Board holds a public meeting to decide their fates. “There is a committee of the whole meeting on Dec. 18. At that time, trustees will receive the report and […]
The Rainy River District School Board may see a changing of the guard Tuesday night as trustees elect a chair and vice-chair for 2002 at their regular monthly meeting here. The current chair is Gordon McBride, with Dan Belluz acting as vice-chair. The latter said Monday that he plans to […]
Due to lower numbers than expected during last week’s Salvation Army Christmas hamper registration, a late registration day is slated Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon at the Citadel (316 Victoria Ave.) “People are always coming in late,” said Capt. Eric Alcock of the Salvation Army here. A reminder that […]
Local Safeway employees voted overwhelmingly in support of the “Community Chest” as their new charity, Safeway manager Mike Scott said Friday. The Community Chest provides financial assistance to local families facing expenses due to medical emergencies. Rainycrest Home for the Aged was second in the balloting by employees, with the […]
Can’t find the right job? Don’t even know where to start? A free week-long employment action program called “Jobs NOW,” which starts here Monday, might be able to help you. “It’s really the beginning of a series of workshops that will held throughout Northwestern Ontario,” said Carol Leduc, manager of […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce no longer needs to hold an election for its board of directors for 2002 because Tannis Drysdale, past president of the Chamber and current president of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce, withdrew. That means the other nominees in the running will be […]
Fort Frances is staying aboard the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association despite word Kenora council has voted to take on its own recycling operations when its agreement with NORA ends next year. “We’re hopeful the collective approach is doable,” CAO Bill Naturkach said Thursday morning. “We’re now looking at putting together […]
The Northwestern Health Unit may be one of the best in Ontario, but it soon will be acting on a long list of recommendations contained in an operational review delivered here Tuesday night by Calgary-based Blackwell Group. “The overall performance is very good,” said Denise Blackwell, who, along with John […]
