In a marketing blitz to promote the town’s condominium project, an open house will be held next week to display some of the interior features of the development. “Part of the marketing program for the condominiums is we’re setting up a display with various marketing components,” said Fort Frances CAO […]
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An infusion of $500,000 will be added to the Rainy River Future Development Corporation’s purse to provide capital for investment in the district, MP Robert Nault, Minister of Northern Development and Indian Affairs, announced today. “This investment shows the level of commitment that the Government of Canada has in Northwestern […]
Fort Frances town council passed a resolution to award sale of the quarry site on the west end of town to the highest bidder, Dennis Robinson Ltd., despite protests from representatives of George Armstrong Construction Ltd. over the accuracy of the bids. Committee recommendations on the bids were considered during […]
To officially mark the end of another summer, the Fort Frances and District Labour Council is sponsoring a Labour Day celebration at Lions Millennium Park. The event will take place Monday, Sept. 3 between 1 p.m.-4 p.m. There will be a corn roast, hot dogs, cake, and soft drinks. All […]
Fort France administration and council are still working out the kinks in the latest utility bills issued. During Monday night’s regular Committee of the Whole meeting, councillors brought up public concerns about the bills. “People are asking why their hydro bills went up,” noted Coun. Dave Bourgeault. “I don’t know […]
While the dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital is shaping up, further plans for hospital renovations are up in the air, said Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities. “We’re still working out the kinks,” said Woods on Monday, referring to the communications the administration and the Ministry of […]
Although it is much later than usual, the 2001 Fort Frances property tax rates and due dates have now been set. During last night’s regular meeting, council approved a two percent increase on residential taxes necessary to have the same budget as in 2000. “It was to allow us to […]
The proceeds from the 10th-annual Hip Hip Hooray walk were officially donated to three good causes last week, including the local physio-therapy department at La Verendrye hospital. Every spring, a number of participants walk for charity and this year the group managed to raise $4,400 in donations. Of that, half […]
The Canadian Arthritis Society’s flag was hoisted in front of the Fort Frances Civic Centre on Monday to mark September as Arthritis Month. September has been proclaimed as Arthritis Month across the country with fundraising taking place in many communities for sufferers of the debilitating disease. “Arthritis is bigger than […]
After an offer by Abitibi Consolidated Inc. to pay for independent lab tests of the effluent that leaked across several Fort Frances properties, all the organizations involved are waiting while a laboratory is chosen. It has been left up to residents to choose where the effluent samples will be studied […]
In a bid to get a provincially-proposed young offender’s facility built here, public meetings are being held to gauge public support. And the Rainy River Tribal Area First Nations, a corporation of seven district First Nations, has proposed that Couchiching Reserve be the site of the facility–a proposal that needs […]
Although it is much later than usual, the 2001 Fort Frances property tax rates and due dates have now been set. During last night’s regular meeting, council approved a two percent increase on residential taxes necessary to have the same budget as in 2000. “It was to allow us to […]
