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 […]
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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 […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances remains hopeful the mill here will restart and is open to working with any potential buyers. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, who gave a status update on the most recent strategic plan, entitled “Incredible Community, Boundless Opportunity,” told Monday night’s council meeting the […]
Duane Hicks Plans are moving forward to do a town-wide clean-up this spring. The town will launch its “Fight the Blight” campaign in May, Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said during an update on strategic plan initiatives at last night’s council meeting. The town clean-up was spurred by a letter […]
Staff Town council will get more information about the Shaw Go WiFi initiative at its regular meeting tonight. Ian Phillips, government relations manager for Shaw, sent a letter to the town back in January, noting Shaw would like to enter into a municipal WiFi agreement so Shaw can offer WiFi […]
Duane Hicks A new online petition has been launched to gauge support for putting the “fort” back in Fort Frances. Nathalie Donaldson, who came up with the idea for a fort theme for the future Rainy Lake Market Square, said she started the petition yesterday to get a better idea […]
Duane Hicks 2015 was a busy year for the Fort Frances Fire Department. Fire Chief Frank Sheppard told council at its regular meeting Monday night that firefighters responded to a total of 559 calls for service last year—301 in the first half and 258 in the second half. Not all […]
Duane Hicks After more than four decades of dedicated service, Doug McCaig has retired from the Fort Frances Power Corp. McCaig, who most recently was chair of the FFPC’s board of directors, said he stepped down due to recent health issues. “Last summer I had a bad stroke,” he told […]
