Staff The town once again will get funds to help run its handi-van and “Dial-A-Ride” programs. In a written report from Community Services manager Jason Kabel, he indicated Fort Frances has benefitted from the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) Dedicated Gas Tax Funds Program by receiving annual funding to subsidize public […]
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Staff If you intend on taking a certain workshop at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre this winter and spring, you’d best act fast. Registration for the most recent lineup of workshops only was announced two weeks ago but the classes–which have been gaining in popularity in recent years–are […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances needs more building lots and that’s something town council will have to think about while working through the 2019 budget process. The “high priority” items listed on the preliminary 2019 capital budget currently includes phase one of developing the 27-lot Erin Crescent subdivision in the northeast […]
Staff Twenty members of 116th Independent Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery will conduct their refresher training here this weekend. The public is welcome to drop by the recruiting tent in the parking lot of the Fort Frances Curling Club this Saturday (Jan. 26) any time from 9 a.m. […]
Press Release The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board held its first meeting of 2019 on Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at its office at 450 Scott St. in Fort Frances. The first order of business was to elect a new chair and vice-chair for 2019, pursuant to legislative […]
Duane Hicks Registration for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is underway, with this year marking the reintroduction of the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) language division to the 79th-annual event. After being absent from the festival for a number of years, the committee was asked to consider reviving the […]
Press Release A new monitor for the Endoscopy suite at La Verendrye General Hospital here was installed in December. The $18,000 project, purchased through funds raised from the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Fiesta Like There’s No Manana” fall gala, features a large screen that produces an enhanced image, making […]
Duane Hicks With Valentine’s Day less than a month away, Tess Coish of Tess’ Kitchen here once again is taking her heart-shaped cookie cutter out to help a good cause. Coish now is taking orders for cookies until Feb. 11, with proceeds this year to go to help local woman […]
Sam Odrowski Repap Resources Group vice-president Sean Twomey outlined its plans for the idled pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances to delegates attending the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual general meeting Saturday in Stratton. He said they hope to purchase the mill this year and re-open operations 90 […]
Duane Hicks Town council may consider installing a sidewalk along Keating Avenue, from the entrance of J.W. Walker School to First Street West, but it will depend on several puzzle pieces falling into place first. The request for the sidewalk came from local resident Merv Ahrens as one of a […]
Sam Odrowski Students at Mine Centre School celebrated the launch of a coding program called “MicroWorlds JR” that is available in Ojibwe to help students develop an interest in coding and their indigenous culture. MicroWorlds JR, designed for pre-readers to Grade 4, will be available at all of the Rainy […]
Duane Hicks The 2019 preliminary capital budget includes funds earmarked for a feasibility study regarding the Shevlin wood yard, which will give town council some idea as to what can be done with the property. But whether or not that property will be needed by Repap Resources Group if it […]
