Duane Hicks The local party for Canada’s 150th birthday started with a bang here Saturday afternoon during “SnOasis 5: Canada Alive!” The free community event saw a flurry of activity at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, drawing well over 200 children and adults. The family fun day once […]
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Duane Hicks Town council is getting closer to balancing its 2017 operating budget–having whittled the deficit down to $12,070. At its latest budget meeting Monday, council adjusted its commercial and large industrial vacant and excess land tax reduction rates. Being able to adjust those rates is a new tool municipalities […]
Duane Hicks With your generosity, you can help make a family’s house their home. The Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope is helping to ensure that women and children in Fort Frances and the surrounding area have a home that’s equipped with basic furnishings. Under its new “From Our […]
Press Release The Public Appointments Secretariat of the Province of Ontario, by an Order-in-Council, has appointed Gil Labine as the new chair of the board of directors of the North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), effective Feb. 22. His appointment comes following the departure of Joy Warkentin, who completed […]
Duane Hicks The current budget discussions between the town and library have been necessitated by the recent MPAC reassessment, which has forced the town to trim its budget across the board. Before 2017 even started, the town had lost $13 million in assessment, equalling a loss of $210,000 in tax […]
Duane Hicks As library and town representatives met yesterday to discuss potential ways to reduce the library’s budget this year, council is being asked to be mindful of how well-used the library is and what it does for the community. “Money matters aside, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre […]
From the OPP Rainy River District OPP officers responded to a call for assistance at a residence in the Lakeview Trailer Park yesterday morning. When they arrived, they found two deceased people in the residence. Their identities are not being released at this time pending positive identification and notification of […]
Duane Hicks Library and town representatives were slated to meet this afternoon to begin discussing potential ways to reduce the library’s budget this year. Library CEO Caroline Goulding and board member Kerry Zucchiatti made a presentation at yesterday afternoon’s budget meeting, during which they expressed concerns over a possible $26,000 […]
Staff Plans are in the works for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Business & Community Expo, which will take place April 21-22. The event will be held at the Fort Frances Curling Club for a second year after last year saw more vendors and greater attendance with the […]
Staff Feb. 28 marked Rare and Genetic Disease Day and students at St. Michael’s School here were dressed in blue in recognition of a fellow student. Students assembled in the gym Tuesday morning to learn more about Laura Ahrens and her rare disease, CDKL5. Mrs. Wood, the classroom teacher, and […]
Staff If you didn’t make it to any of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s information sessions last week, don’t fret–you still can have your input. The Foundation is asking district residents to fill out an online survey, which can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/r/P2DHNGH The brief survey asks: •your level […]
Duane Hicks The local Masonic Lodge (Granite Lodge 446) has given a thumb’s up to “Freemasonry: A History Hidden in Plain Sight”–an exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum that runs through the end of March. An open house for the exhibit, which explores some of the symbolism and history that […]
