Duane Hicks Some local residents are asking the town for a new change room at the Memorial Sports Centre for families with special needs, handicapped, or young children. Parent Lindsay Strickland and respite caregiver Cathie Sinninghe appeared before town council Monday night to express the need for equal access to […]
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Duane Hicks Local residents will have ample opportunity to get rid of items cluttering up their properties during the “Fight the Blight” campaign in May. The town’s bylaw enforcement department has been working for the past of couple months to plan the community-wide clean-up project, with input from local resident […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Municipal Airport will be getting safe drinking water thanks to a new groundwater well. Town council awarded a tender to Fountain Drilling (operating as Mel’s Well Drilling) for $37,566.85 at its regular meeting last night. The work involves installing a six-inch diameter groundwater well on […]
Press Release In keeping with Ontario’s commitment to openness and transparency, the government has released the salaries of Ontario Public Service and broader public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2015. The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act requires most organizations that receive public funding from the province […]
Staff Town council will hear a presentation from two local residents regarding change rooms at the Memorial Sports Centre during its regular meeting tonight. Cathie Sinninghe and Lindsay Strickland are scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m. The committee of the whole will hold a budget meeting first starting at 5:30 […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will maintain its current level of financial commitment for local doctor recruitment in its 2016 budget. Council agreed during its budget meeting last Thursday to contribute $69,000 ($68,000 plus a $1,000 contingency fund), but it also want surrounding communities to pitch in. Back […]
Duane Hicks Town council is done with the capital side of this year’s municipal budget after adding a few more much-needed items at a meeting last Thursday. These included replacing a 1989 Bobcat with track, bucket, and landscaping equipment ($85,000), a dehumidifier for the ’52 Canadians Arena ($23,000), energy controls […]
Duane Hicks While the loonie briefly rallied to the 77-cent (U.S.) mark last week, financial experts are projecting the Canadian dollar will stay low in 2016—dipping as low as 65 cents. As a result, some residents have had to cut back on their cross-border shopping in the past year. But […]
Duane Hicks The next step is underway to get new tennis courts built here. The town has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a firm to design and build a fenced, four-court multi-use tennis facility at the St. Francis Sports Field. “We’re hoping to get as many contractors to […]
Staff Poor track conditions and delays in maintenance activities led to the derailment of a Canadian National train in Alberton Township back on May 23, 2014. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada released its investigation report yesterday stating the CN freight train was travelling from Winnipeg to Chicago, along the […]
Press Release The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary held its monthly executive meeting on March 1 in the hospital boardroom. President Susan Robertson reported on the joint spring conference, which will be held April 8-9 at La Place Rendez-Vous. Delegates will be attending the conference from across Northwestern Ontario. The auxiliary […]
Duane Hicks A recent online petition to put the “fort” back in Fort Frances is gaining traction. The petition was posted online at change.org last Thursday to gauge support for including the “fort” concept as a major part of plans for the future Rainy Lake Market Square and had garnered […]
