Duane Hicks There’s hope yet that property on Front Street could be developed into condominiums. The town has been contacted by a Thunder Bay-based company called Northern Superior Structural Solutions. “We do have somebody that’s making a proposal to the committee at the present time,” said Mayor Roy Avis. “Council’s […]
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Staff Town council will receive the annual police services’ activity report from OPP detachment commander Inspector S. Shouldice at its regular meeting tonight. Council also could decide on water and sewer rates for 2014. A new rate scenario, based on input provided at a budget meeting last Tuesday, will be […]
Staff Local library board chair Joyce Cunningham recently won the prestigious James Bain Medallion. This annual province-wide award recognizes and honours the best contributions and efforts of board members who govern public libraries. It is for a “library board member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in governing a public library […]
Duane Hicks With the cold snap refusing to let up, the town continues to get more and more reports of residents’ water lines freezing. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said that as of yesterday afternoon, Public Works had gotten calls about 48 frozen service lines. A total of 39 […]
Duane Hicks A regional obesity activist is elated by a recent campaign by a U.S. teen girl’s to get Disney to create a “plus-size” princess. Paul Murphy, founder of Obesity Thunder Bay (www.obesitythunderbay.ning.com), applauded the efforts of Jewel Moore, a high school junior from Farmville, Va., who last week started […]
Press Release The Northwest Training and Adjustment Board will host a pair of Human Resources information forums on New Gold’s Rainy River Project here next Tuesday (Feb. 11). Facilitated by Mike Greaves of Squarepeg Solutions, the first will be held from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Métis Hall. The second will […]
Staff The town has all but finished its 2014 capital budget, which is being paid for without resorting to long-term debt financing. Council learned Tuesday that the $8-million budget will be paid for through federal and provincial grants, contributions from other sources/donations, federal gas tax funds, reserve funds, water and […]
Duane Hicks Town council contemplated water and sewer rates at a budget meeting yesterday, with most feeling residential rates should go up as little as possible this year. Council was told by Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown that it’s anticipated the mill will use up to 100,000 cubic metres […]
Staff The “Friends of the Fort Frances Museum” is asking residents to help it put the “fort” back in Fort Frances next month, with plans to build an ice fort at Lions Park here. The community project will be part of “Snoasis 2”—a family fun day scheduled for Saturday, March […]
Staff With only three days left for communities to be nominated, Fort Frances is putting together a serious run at the Kraft Hockeyville 2014 title. After taking a while to gather momentum, the community’s site at krafthockeyville.cbc.ca is up to 112 members and 194 story or video uploads. That tentatively […]
Duane Hicks As many Borderland residents complain about the seemingly never-ending cold and snow this winter, Fort Frances’ newest resident is loving it. After all, it reminds him of his homeland, Russia. Hailing from Yekaterinburg, but most recently having lived in Toronto, certified general accountant Ivan Goncharov is the newest […]
Duane Hicks The demolition of the old Rainy Lake Hotel and road reconstruction are among projects town council would like to see senior government help with. After being contacted last month by more than one government agency about possible funding for projects in light of the town’s dire economic situation, […]
