Duane Hicks Looking to build your résumé? The Town of Fort Frances has opportunities for you. With the new term of council set to begin Dec. 1, the town is looking for applicants for its various boards and committees. Not only is volunteering for such positions a way to effect […]
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Press Release The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is extremely frustrated by the recent breakdown in negotiations between Expera and Resolute regarding the purchase of the mill property in Fort Frances. Re-opening the mill operation will create a significant number of badly-needed jobs, estimated to be roughly 1,000 when direct, […]
Duane Hicks With winter coming and no current plans by Resolute Forest Products to heat its mill here, the Town of Fort Frances has laid out specifically what it would like to see the province do to help in the immediate future. In a letter sent yesterday to Natural Resources […]
Kiera Kowalski Members of Fort High’s student council returned from Winnipeg last week feeling inspired and motivated after attending the Manitoba leg of the 2014-15 “We Day” Empowerment Tour. “We Day” is an annual event put on by “Free the Children” that celebrates youth while encouraging them to participate in […]
Heather Latter Buckle up and get ready to take a ride through the evolution of technology. Through song and dance, the FFHS Music Department will showcase technology of different eras as part of its annual fall musical revue, entitled “Technology,” which runs tomorrow through Saturday at the Townshend Theatre here. […]
Heather Latter “Project Safe Hallowe’en,” in particular the inaugural “Trunk or Treat” event held here Friday as part of the initiative, was an overwhelming success. “It surpassed our expectations,” enthused local OPP Cst. Anne McCoy. The event saw 20 decorated vehicles—from businesses, organizations, agencies, and individuals—spread throughout the Fort Frances […]
Staff It was an eventful day at Queen’s Park yesterday. At a press conference in the media room there, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, along with Chiefs Sara Mainville and Patricia Big George, all made the case in front of the cameras to transfer the operation of the Crossroute Forest […]
Duane Hicks Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath pressed Premier Kathleen Wynne and Natural Resources and Forestry minister Bill Mauro during Question Period this morning to transform the management model for the Crossroute Forest to a modern structure that would see all communities and stakeholders participate in forest management timber allocation […]
Duane Hicks A delegation of local municipal and First Nations’ representatives will be starting a “David-and-Goliath” fight for the future of Rainy River District at Queen’s Park tomorrow. The Town of Fort Frances has chartered a Dash 8 jet, and will be taking as big a delegation as possible to […]
Staff The Town of Fort Frances is alarmed that talks between Resolute Forest Products, Expera, and the Province of Ontario, regarding the acquisition of the local kraft mill, have broken off. The town said Wisconsin-based Expera has indicated a strong interest in acquiring the facility from Resolute, which would have […]
Duane Hicks Do you know anyone who has made a difference in our community? The town’s “Citizen of the Year” selection committee is asking the public to nominate such individuals for the award, which is being given out for the 27th time this year. But those wanting to do so […]
Staff Expera Speciality Solutions is seeking support from FedNor and FedDev Ontario to offset some of the investment required to re-open the kraft mill here. According to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada, Toronto-based consulting firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP is registered to work for Expera Speciality […]
