The final numbers are in from the province and Fort Frances will use these figures–not those billed by the agencies–to decide how much municipal taxpayers will be paying for the “downloaded” services in 1998. And if the agencies’ calculations are different, the town said the agencies will have to battle […]
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Municipalities may be scrambling with the downloading of services now but some are looking to the turn of the century when the province’s special circumstances funds run out. That $75-million provincial fund is in place for 1998 and ’99 only. After that, said Janis Tomkinson with the Ministry of Finance’s […]
It’s been hacked numerous times already but tonight the committee of the whole will draw the purse strings even tighter as it looks to find another $685,000 in savings from the town’s proposed 1998 budget. “That’s still to be achieved to reach a zero tax increase,” CAO Bill Naturkach noted […]
A group of local entrepreneurs stepped in to take the reins of the local abattoir project at last night’s meeting in Barwick, keeping alive the hopes of having a kill-plant built in the district. Telford Advent, chair of the abattoir steering committee, said the group, who are remaining anonymous so […]
District municipalities are still trying to figure out just what impact the province’s new download numbers will have on their 1998 budgets–and local taxes. While all agree the numbers have changed, no one is quite sure what the final impact will be. But some are optimistic the “download” could come […]
It was a near-speechless Christine Carpenter who accepted the Bill Gibson Memorial Award on Friday night at the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture’s annual spring dinner and dance in the Barwick Hall. Carpenter wasn’t any more talkative when contacted by the Times yesterday. “It was a big surprise and we […]
It will be a full house at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market tomorrow and Saturday, with every inch of vending space let out for the annual Easter market. Blair and Donna Lowey, of Lowey’s Greenhouse here, have been organizing the event. He said the market will feature a wide array […]
It’s been more than four months since the last Border Concert was staged at Backus Auditorium International Falls, but if the audience’s reaction to last Friday’s appearance of the Agh Trio is any indication, the wait was well worth it. The Korean-born sisters–violinist Angella, and identical twins, pianist Lucia and […]
“I thought it went wonderfully.” That was how Dr. Bruce Lidkea, president of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, described its third-annual business awards banquet Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. More than 150 people were on hand to see who would take home the plaque in each category. Canada […]
He’s toured with the likes of Randy Travis, George Strait, and Anne Murray, has four gold records, hosted two CBC TV specials, and has won several awards, including the Juno for “Country Male Vocalist of the Year” three years in a row. And he’s coming to Fort Frances. George Fox […]
Some Fort Frances residents are saying police response time has slowed down since the OPP have taken over here, and most are laying the blame squarely on the centralized dispatch in Kenora. Two dispatchers work each shift at the communications centre in Kenora. And the one who fields calls from […]
Volunteers across the country will canvass door-to-door all this month to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society’s annual spring campaign. Here in Rainy River District, about 240 volunteers–some new, and some who have been doing it for 35 years–will be out in full force. Their goal? To reach every […]
