Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is making some cuts to help town council balance its 2017 budget. After taking a close look at library operations in recent weeks, the library board and town administration found ways to reduce this year’s municipal contribution to the library by […]
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Press Release Camp Quality Northwestern Ontario will host an open house tomorrow (March 23) from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The event will help to raise awareness about its programming and supports for children with cancer and families. The community is invited to drop into […]
Press Release On Friday (March 17), the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary hosted its annual St. Patrick’s Day tea. As such, this is the perfect opportunity to reflect upon how “lucky” we are for all of the amazing things this organization has done for its community over the past 30 […]
Duane Hicks A revised library budget, which includes $12,000 in savings, will come before town council at its next regular budget meeting Monday at 4 p.m. The Fort Frances Public Library board and CEO met with town reps twice last week to review the library budget and together were able […]
Staff The deadline is fast-approaching to apply for a portion of the $55,000 the Town of Fort Frances will be receiving from the Moffat Family Fund this year. Clubs, groups, and organizations which help children, families, and the “less advantaged” have until 4 p.m. next Thursday (March 23) to fill […]
An article in yesterday’s Times headlined, “Youngster wins contest for his act of kindness,” contained an error. A paragraph read that six-year-old Bryson DeGagne “was inspired by his blind cousin who often deals with the CNIB.” In fact, it should have stated his cousin is visually-challenged, not blind. The Times […]
Staff Town council will be amending the traffic control bylaw to permit heavy trucks to park along the 500-1200 blocks of Scott Street for up to one hour at a time. Back in January, council agreed heavy trucks no longer should be allowed to park along that stretch of Scott […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Bargain Shop here once again is gearing up for its annual Easter Seals campaign, which is set to run March 19-April 15. This year’s fundraising and awareness campaign will be the 10th for The Bargain Shop. It also will be the last. Store manager Darcy Banman said […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Power Corp. continues to be a leader in deploying innovation in the utility sector. It recently received kudos from its external auditor for excellence in exceeding the requirements of Appendix C “Minimum Inspection Requirements” of the Ontario Energy Board’s Distribution System Code as a result […]
Staff The town made nearly $600,000 in land sales last year. Council approved the allocation of $584,791.50 in 2016 land revenues to several different reserve funds at its regular meeting here Monday night. Huffman Court subdivision lot sales realized $395,000 while Front Street property sold to Syncor for the future […]
Duane Hicks Downtown Fort Frances once again will have a movie theatre–with a twist. Work on the Rainy Lake Square will begin this spring, and the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is preparing for different ways to utilize the public space once it’s ready. RRFDC consultant Tannis Drysdale told council […]
Staff Bryson DeGagne has been named the winner of the “Random Acts of Kindness” contest that took place here last month. From Feb. 12-21, Community Living Fort Frances and District challenged local residents and businesses to complete random acts of kindness. The win was announced on Community Living’s Facebook page […]
