Duane Hicks The local OPP detachment continues to have a far above-average clearance rates for solving crimes. During the year-end police activities report for 2014 from OPP detachment commander Insp. Steve Shouldice during last night’s council meeting, he noted the clearance rate for violent crime in Fort Frances is 94.1 […]
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Staff Town council will vote tonight to approve an agreement to rent space at the airport maintenance garage to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Council approval will authorize the mayor and clerk to enter into a three-month licence agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment & Infrastructure […]
Staff Town residents who had frozen service lines last year are being urged to start running those taps. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said this morning the town recently began getting reports of frozen service lines—about a month later that last year. Nine frozen lines have reported since Wednesday, […]
Duane Hicks Calling all district businesses! Do you know what funding programs and services are available to you? Find out what’s available next Wednesday (March 4) during a business information forum at the Copper River Inn here. Running from 1-4 p.m., the forum will feature presenters from around the region […]
Staff Ryan McMahon will perform three free nights of comedy at From the Grind Up here next week. The Fort Frances native will take the stage nightly at 7:30 p.m. from Monday to Wednesday. From the Grind Up owner Ben Morelli said McMahon is preparing a brand new hour of […]
Duane Hicks Say good-bye to the wheel rutting along the stretch of King’s Highway from just east of York Avenue to Wright Avenue. The Town of Fort Frances has received $2 million towards road reconstruction, as well as upgrades to water, storm, and sanitary sewer systems, thanks to the Ontario […]
Duane Hicks ENGAGE, the local young professionals network, is inviting individuals aged 20-35 to go ice-fishing on Rainy Lake this Saturday. Rainy River Future Development Corp. intern Jamie Petrin said a group will be meeting at 2 p.m. at The Great Bear, located on Highway 11 east of Fort Frances. […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Little Theatre is back in action and putting together a production of the comedy, “Office Hours.” The comic romp will be performed as dinner theatre on April 23-25 at the Copper River Inn here. Director Cathy Richards said the production marks the company’s first in quite […]
Duane Hicks Jason Supinski was among the 200-plus local mill workers who lost their jobs back in February, 2013. But as the saying goes, when a door closes, a window opens and Supinski started his own business—opening Jay’s Auto Repair and Cool Air Mechanical in December of that year. Then […]
Heather Latter The “I Am Awesome! (And I Know It)” self-esteem retreat for young women is gearing up for its third year in 2015 and again is vying for some money to help make it happen. The idea was submitted last week to the “Tbaytel for Good” initiative, which is […]
Heather Latter The northwest corner of the field at Fort Frances High School will house a new structure this spring. The Ministry of Natural Resources will be installing a new weather station there that will benefit both parties. “We had a weather station at the school in Mine Centre so […]
Duane Hicks Community Living Fort Frances and District (CLFFD) has received $300,000 from the provincial government to promote inclusive employment as well as improve services and supports for people with developmental disabilities. The funding boon will allow the agency to implement a new training program for staff members on customized […]
