The Town of Fort Frances has issued a Notice of Seizure for close to $500,000 in unpaid taxes to 2670568 Ontario Limited, which is a subsidiary of Riversedge Developments–the current owner of the Fort Frances mill. The Notice of Seizure was put on the entrances to the mill properties yesterday […]
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The summer months were challenging for the Fort Frances Library Technology Centre. In rapid succession, the library lost its CEO, IT co-ordinator, and most senior librarian. “It’s to the credit of our well-trained and very competent staff, along with our summer students, who ran the library efficiently and with no […]
Ken Kellar
It was a day of celebration, tradition and possibilities as Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) held a grand opening ceremony for its new campus on Couchiching First Nation last Wednesday. The Fort Frances campus, officially called Niizhwaaching Aanikoobijigeng Gikinoo’amaadiiwigamig, is a state-of-the-art project years in the making. The campus features […]
Sam Odrowski
Construction along Second Street East is continuing to progress well with all water main, sanitary sewer main, and related sewer and water services now installed. But testing of the water main still needs to be done before it can be put back into service, according to Operations and Facilities manager […]
Sam Odrowski
The Ford government’s continued cuts and downloading of provincial costs onto municipal taxpayers was an area of concern for township representatives at a recent executive committee meeting in Thunder Bay. Coun. Wendy Brunetta told town representatives at a council meeting on Monday evening that attendees of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal […]
Ken Kellar
Seven Generations Education Institute’s (SGEI) new campus played host to an assortment of dignitaries and VIPs during its grand opening last Wednesday, but the presence of one person not at the event was acknowledged many times over. Delbert Horton was the founder and long-time supporter of what is now Seven […]
One name was accidentally omitted from a story in last week’s Times about the Fine Line Art Gallery having relocated to 326 Scott St. Diana Kangas should have been included in the list of current Fine Line co-op members. The Times apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Town council and the four Agency One bands are coming closer to mutually finalizing an agreement regarding Point Park and adjacent park lands. “Our aim is to begin redeveloping Point Park to be a public park to be enjoyed by residents and tourists as soon as possible,” said Mayor June […]
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a late shower and low of 10 C (50 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy and cool with a high of 14 (57) and low of nine (48). Thursday will be rainy and cool during the daytime with heavy showers in the evening, followed by […]
It will rain and thunderstorm tonight with a low of 10 C (50 F). Tomorrow will have a morning shower in spots with low clouds and a high of 16 (61) while the low will dip down to nine (48). Wednesday will have low clouds, with a high of 15 […]
A caption on the front page photo of Thursday’s Bulletin incorrectly identified business owner Jon Barker as David Barker. The Times apologizes for any inconvenience or disappointment this may have caused. Meanwhile, in the story about FASD Awareness Week on page A2 of last Wednesday’s Times, it was incorrectly stated […]
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The town has a recommendation to approve the purchase of additional equipment for the new triple combination custom lumber fire truck at tonight’s council meeting. The cost of the additional equipment is just over $7,000, bringing the total net tender cost of the fire truck to over $600,000. Council will […]
