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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
