Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is hoping the town can find money in its 2017 budget to give them a helping hand. This includes a one-time grant for $20,000 to help cover the cost to repair the roof on the old CN station, said Matt Soprovich, the new […]
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Staff The town has been asked to make a couple of changes to refuse and recycling collection, including discontinuing the practise of using back-alley laneways for pick-up. In a letter to council, Eldon Mose of Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. requested that in the future, both residential refuse and recycling […]
Duane Hicks It’s official–the name of the future development at the site of the former Rainy Lake Hotel will be called “Rainy Lake Square.” In a report from Travis Rob, secretary of the Rainy Lake Market Square Advisory Committee, he noted the space has been referred to as the “Rainy […]
Press Release Over the weekend, about 30 Unifor members at ParaMed Home Health Care in Dryden, Ear Falls, and Red Lake voted 100 percent in favour of taking strike action to achieve a new collective agreement. ParaMed Home Health Care is a private, for-profit company that provides health and home […]
Staff Water and sewer rates likely will be going up here in Fort Frances. Town council will vote tonight on whether to apply a 2.71 increase to all rates, which will generate an additional $152,279.33 in revenue compared to last year. If passed, the 2.71 hike for flat rate residential […]
Joey Payeur The girls will be watching while the boys will be working. Yesterday’s action in Dryden solved all the mysteries when it comes to the NorWOSSA playoffs next Friday (Feb. 17) at Fort High. Both the Muskie senior and junior girls’ volleyball teams earned automatic byes to the finals […]
Staff The road to the OFSAA curling championships will run through Fort Frances–twice. First, the NorWOSSA finals get underway Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club The Muskie girls’, boys’, and mixed rinks all have a bye in the opening draw before taking on the Atikokan Voyageurs […]
Joey Payeur Change is in the works for the local adult soccer circuit. The Borderland Soccer League will hold its annual general meeting this Sunday at 7 p.m. in the first-floor meeting room at La Place Rendez-Vous. A top priority at the meeting, which is open to the public, will […]
Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team clinched first place in NorWOSSA with a 3-1 win over the host Dryden Eagles last night. The black-and-gold, who sport an 11-0 record in league play, also earned home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs as they seek their 10th-straight NorWOSSA crown. Kendyn Faragher netted a […]
Staff New businesses, recently-expanded businesses, and some well-established ones–along with well-known individuals–all were in the spotlight last night during the 21st-annual Rainy River District Business Awards at the Copper River Inn. Carl’s Eatery, which first opened its doors on Scott Street in 2015 but moved to a larger location on […]
Staff In honour of Random Acts of Kindness Week (Feb. 12-18), Community Living Fort Frances and Good Impressions are challenging all business/service providers to complete their own “random acts of kindness.” Participants can send a brief description, along with photos, to Community Living Fort Frances at 340 Scott St. Submissions […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–New census data shows the population of Fort Frances fell below the national growth rate over the last five years. Statistics Canada released the first batch of numbers from the 2016 census yesterday and the population of Fort Frances decreased by 2.7 percent since the last census […]
