Duane Hicks A developer is looking to use riverfront property east of the Riverwalk Condominiums to build townhomes—but that doesn’t mean assisted living won’t ever happen here. Town council passed an agreement of purchase and sale with Thunder Bay-based Syncor for the Front Street property last month, and a billboard […]
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Heather Latter Most parents are not in a rush for their children to grow up, which is why those of Grades 6 and 7 students at J.W. Walker have concerns over their kids heading to high school this fall. The Rainy River District School Board last month approved the move […]
Staff Couchiching First Nation has elected a new chief. Brian Perrault defeated incumbent Sara Mainville, Louis “Smokey” Bruyere, and Scott McPherson in yesterday’s band election. Meanwhile, incumbent councillors David Bruyere, Lucille “Bugsy” Morrisseau, Patrick Morrisseau, and William “Bill” Perrault will be joined on council by newcomer Dean Bruyere. Brian Perrault […]
Duane Hicks Canada is celebrating its 150th birthday in 2017 and the Fort Frances Museum is recruiting people to help make it a year to remember. An inaugural meeting will be held there next Thursday (March 3) at 5:15 p.m. The museum is forming a committee to plan the exhibit, […]
Duane Hicks The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 has been working hard over the past 10 months to give the bar area a makeover and offer more to its patrons. Now the Legion is inviting past, current, and new patrons—Legion members or not—to come out this Saturday night for a […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board and Seven Generations Education Institute celebrated the grand-opening of a welding program facility, featuring 12 new welding booths, at Fort Frances High School last week. The project—made possible through a partnership between the two organizations—got underway just last summer. “So it was […]
Duane Hicks Safe Communities Rainy River District is seeking re-designation, and is looking for input from the public to set public safety priorities for the future. SCRRD chair Linda Plumridge said it’s been more than 20 years since Rainy River District first was designated a “Safe Community,” and it last […]
Duane Hicks The Rainy Lake Market Square project has taken a step forward after residents provided a wealth of input during a come-and-go open house last Tuesday. Scatliff + Miller + Murray now will take that input and come up with drawings, which will be presented publicly for comment this […]
Heather Latter Physician recruiter Todd Hamilton says years of hard work by the local Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee finally is paying off, with four new doctors recently signing on to practice here. “Riverside, the Town of Fort Frances, the local physician group, some local businesses from time to time […]
Staff Town reps will be speaking to provincial ministers during the annual Ontario Good Roads Association/Rural Ontario Municipal Association (OGRA/ROMA) conference this week in Toronto. Mayor Roy Avis, Couns. Wendy Brunetta and Ken Perry, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig will present nine briefs to ministers on topics ranging from […]
Staff Couchiching First Nation band members will go to the polls next Wednesday (Feb. 24). There will be a polling station at the Couchiching multi-use building on election day, which will be open from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Off-reserve and absentee ballots also will be available. The four individuals running for […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis would like any tax increases this year to be as low as possible. During a budget meeting yesterday afternoon, Mayor Avis said he’d like to see the residential tax hike limited to one percent, including any increases to property assessments from MPAC. “I […]
