On Aug. 10, the employees of Pharmasave #494 (Pharmasave Downtown) decided to participate in the upcoming Terry Fox Run scheduled for Sept. 16. As a gesture of good will they extended the invitation to their “sister” store, Pharmasave #495 (Clinic Dispensary), in the hopes of combining funds and volunteers. A […]
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Fort Frances town council is expected to vote on a by-law to adopt this year’s tax rates at its coucil meeting this evening. “It’s what was originally decided by council this spring, a two percent increase,” noted Darryl Allan, the town’s manager of administration and finance. The increase will only […]
With a renewed effort on the picket lines yesterday, Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living (ACL) employees have taken aim at their executive director, Alanna Barr, blaming her for a lack of negotiations. “It’s very frustrating when you have one person controlling everything and she’s not willing to […]
Last year’s proposal by the Alberton town council to rescue the municipality’s community hall are about to go up in smoke. The Crozier community hall is going to be used as a practice ground for the Alberton fire department and burnt to the ground. After months of debate last year […]
A group of elementary school teachers hit the books a few weeks early during last week’s third annual Summer Institute for teachers at Fort Frances High School. Literacy was the topic of this year’s conference, with 85 teachers from across Ontario participating in the series of three workshops on the […]
The Fort Frances Nursery School is on the move and teacher Laurel Basaraba is looking forward to a change. Originally located on the second floor of Robert Moore School, Basaraba and her students will now be attending classes at Alexander MacKenzie, across from Legion Park. “We are going to be […]
The historical sites at Pither’s Point Park have been cleaned and boarded up for the year after another successful season. Saturday was the last day for visitors to wander around the three sites, including Fort St. Pierre, the Hallett (a historic tugboat), and the Lookout Tower. “It was a good […]
Prospective home buyers in the area now have greater access to a service that may soon be considered indispensable–professional home inspection. Robert Peters, a local contractor and certified building inspector, has been hired by New Jersey-based home inspection company HouseMaster to inspect properties in the Fort Frances, Atikokan, Rainy River […]
Organizers of the Fort Frances Little Theatre have taken steps towards solving a potential shortage of actors for their fall production: they will be mounting a play that only has two characters. Auditions for “The Gin Game,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy by D.L. Coburn, will take place Thursday, Aug. […]
The fundraising drive is still on for the United Native Friendship Centre’s “canoe-athon” to improve the youth drop-in centre. U.N.F.C youth workers Brad Herbert, R.J. Comeau, Darwin Woods and a fourth volunteer will launch just south of the dam and canoe from Fort Frances to Rainy River, including the Manitou […]
Laboratory examinations of five soil samples taken from backyards that were covered in effluent when an underground pipe was broken two weeks ago have found no sign of health-hazardous contents. Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. samples were tested by Envirotest Laboratories and have already been returned and interpreted by a Ministry of Health […]
As the U.S. government ponders a recommendation from the Department of Commerce to impose a 19.3 percent duty on Canadian softwood lumber the impending decision is beginning to have a ripple effect here. As area sawmills’, including Manitou Forest Products, Nickel Lake Lumber and Atikokan Forest Products, wait for the […]
