Staff The local Legion can expect to get tax relief from the town. In a report from town clerk Lisa Slomke, she noted that since 1927, the council of the Town of Fort Frances has granted an exemption under the Municipal Act from municipal taxes to the Royal Canadian Legion […]
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Press Release In response to the community’s renewed interest in the French Immersion program, the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre will be holding a four-week French-language “Storytime” on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. The program will begin March 24 and be led by Meghan Spooner, a French teacher at Crossroads […]
Press Release Easter Seals Ontario launched its annual “Paper Eggs” campaign in partnership with retailers throughout the province, including The Bargain Shop here in Fort Frances. This initiative is part of Easter Seals’ annual March is Easter Seals Month fundraising and awareness campaign, and helps support children with physical disabilities […]
Duane Hicks The local Voyageur Lions Club will host its third-annual “Jail or Bail” in May—and are looking for “convicts” to participate. The event will take place Saturday, May 23 in conjunction with the 2015 Community & Business Expo at the Memorial Sports Centre. Participants are given a pledge sheet […]
It will be mostly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of minus-two (28 F) and west winds at five-10 m.p.h. Scattered flurries are possible tomorrow afternoon, along with a high of two (36) and low around minus-14 (seven). Saturday will be sunny but colder, with a high of just minus-two […]
Staff While spring has sprung a little early this year, the Friends of the Museum is going ahead with its “Snoasis 3” family fun day this Saturday (March 21), unofficially renaming the event “Puddles of Paradise.” Kids are urged to wear their rain boots to the fun day, which will […]
Duane Hicks Bill Krag has big plans for the former White Pine Inn here. “I’ve been chasing a dream of owning a multiplex building in town,” said Krag, who took over ownership of the inn after buying it last month. Krag, who owns other rental properties, said he’s looked at […]
Duane Hicks Town council will keep $120,000 earmarked for new tennis courts in its 2015 budget. But during Monday’s budget meeting, Coun. Paul Ryan said the money will be set aside “on the condition that the committee raises the rest of the money.” He noted the tennis court committee’s estimate […]
Duane Hicks Young entrepreneurs was the theme of the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 19th-annual Tbaytel business awards gala here Thursday night and looking at some of the winners, it’s clear newcomers are making a splash on the local business scene. From the Grind Up, which young entrepreneur Ben Morelli […]
Duane Hicks Town council is close to finalizing its 2015 budget, with a possible residential tax increase of less than two percent. As of yesterday’s meeting, the combined operating and capital budgets requires a levy increase of $195,078. A significant part of this amount—$71,482—is due to the five percent levy […]
the OPP The Rainy River District detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have positively identified a body that had been located Saturday at a boat launch on McIrvine Road as that of 58 year-old Linda Kozik. Kozik had been last seen the afternoon of Jan. 15, 2015 leaving a […]
the OPP On Saturday afternoon, the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a body that had been located at a boat launch on McIrvine Road in Fort Frances. Officers attended the scene and determined that the body of a female had been pulled […]
