Mayor Glenn Witherspoon will seek a third term in November’s municipal election. He said yesterday the challenge of the position, and the different results achieved, were what spurred him to file his nomination papers again. And with the downloading of services by the province starting in January, he felt the […]
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The deadline for the release of “real” download numbers has been pushed back a week as the Ministry of Finance and municipal treasurers, including Dryden’s Paul Heayn, continue to compare figures in Toronto. While municipalities were slated to get the figures this past Monday, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon explained their meeting […]
After being plagued by the issue for more than a year, town councillors appear ready to let voters decide whether they are in favour of resurrecting a municipally-run and funded bus service in Fort Frances. At the request of the Northern Action Group, council passed a resolution Monday night to […]
The Harris government has come under fire from both the NDP and Big Grassy First Nation after no commitments were made to replace the ailing bridge on Highway 621. The bridge was at the centre of a land dispute for some time between Big Grassy and the provincial and federal […]
Want to shake off the blues by taking a cruise this winter–but can’t afford it? Well, maybe Fort Frances Little Theatre could help out. The troupe is planning to take its audiences on an interactive cruise as their January/February production, with Joyce McCormick and Brian Hagarty still scripting the piece. […]
The Tower, “Hallett” and Fort St. Pierre sites at Pither’s Point closed their doors for the summer Aug. 24 after attracting about 2,000 visitors–up nearly 200 over last year. “Attendance was up a little bit, and the Tower is still our most popular spot,” museum curator Pam Hawley noted last […]
Local cellular phone service from Rainy River to Bear’s Pass could soon be a reality–and one which could reap a large amount of revenue for Fort Frances. For the last six months, the local Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has looked into the feasibility of bringing cellular service to the area. […]
Area municipalities should be able to start accurate “number-crunching” Monday as to what the provincial downloading of services will mean to local taxpayers next year. Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said about a dozen municipal treasurers from across the province are slated to meet with the province Friday in Toronto […]
The McGuinty Task Force on Children came to Fort Frances last Friday morning but some here were left wondering what will stem from its findings–at least in the short term. “We’ve been through so many of these things. In terms of anything coming from this whole thing, I’m pretty skeptical,” […]
The organizer of the annual Terry Fox Run here is looking for “bigger and better” numbers this year. Slated for Sunday, Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. starting from the curling club, Steve Maki is hoping to surpass last year’s run, which saw 120 people raise about $8,000 for cancer research. […]
Fort Frances High School won’t be in its new facility until December, 1998, project manager Phil St. Cyr told local public school trustees at last night’s regular board meeting. A late start on “multi-use” construction at the Westfort site has forced Daoust Construction to reschedule its timetable. But work on […]
Grade nine students, and those who have transferred from other schools, weren’t the only newcomers at Fort High this morning. Five new teachers have joined the staff at the high school for the 1997-98 school year. There will be 74 full-time teaching staff there this year, down one from last […]
