Lucas Punkari While a few items still need to be worked out, the new arena at Couchiching is drawing ever closer to being fully operational. “We probably have another month to go before everything is up and running officially,” construction site manager Mike Bruyere explained. “We’re still working on things […]
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Duane Hicks Fluorescent light bulbs contain chemicals like mercury that are harmful to environment. In fact, there’s supposedly enough mercury in one standard compact fluorescent bulb to poison about 1,000 gallons of water. This begs the question, what do you do with them when they burn out? Incandescent bulbs can […]
Duane Hicks In order to reduce recycling costs, the town will look into the possibility of having compactor bins replace the unmanned recycle bins located on Sixth Street West. Council received a report, entitled “Vol. No. 7—Northern Ontario: A Study of the Optimization of the Blue Box Material Processing System […]
Staff The Fort Frances Times has been fielding complaints lately from customers on RR1 routes in Alberton who have not been receiving their newspapers that are mailed to them each week via Canada Post. It seems the local post office has been having some mail delivery issues, especially in the […]
Duane Hicks Those with impaired vision need not let that be a reason to stop going to the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. The library has “adaptive technology” available that makes it much more easy for those with impaired vision or blindness to access information and enjoy the pleasures […]
Duane Hicks The time is coming for the federal government to find reconciliation with local Métis. That was the message delivered to the Sunset Country Métis community Sunday during a meeting to update the implications of recent court decisions regarding Métis rights. In an interview Monday, Métis rights lawyer Jason […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances won’t be withholding payment from the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC), but it will continue to work with other communities in the fight to consider a town’s economic status when determining property assessments. Dryden, Espanola, and Elk Lake, which along with Thunder Bay and other northern […]
Duane Hicks Tax bills will be on the way by mid-June after town council finalized the 2013 budget at its regular meeting last night. Mayor Roy Avis said this year’s budget process took longer than normal—more than six months—and was a lot of work. “At the beginning, I thought it […]
Staff Tyson Grinsell of Fort Frances is among nine exceptional youth who today received the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers—the highest honour a young person can achieve for their volunteerism contributions to the province. Grinsell started a math tutoring program for Grade 9 students in his high school, helping them […]
Staff Having all but finalized the 2013 budget during a meeting last week, the town publicly will present it at tonight’s regular council meeting. “The purpose of it is to explain how the town is financed, how the town’s tax dollars are applied,” treasurer Laurie Witherspoon said Friday afternoon. An […]
Staff Although it’s still very much winter outside, plans are underway for summer festivities in Fort Frances, such as the second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on July 1 and the “Pulling for Peace” international tug-of-war on July 2. But whether or not Canada Day events here will include a […]
Staff Donations are rolling in for the “Swap Till You Drop” clothing exchange to be held next Wednesday (April 24) at the Fort Frances Museum. But there’s still time to take part. The public can turn in gently-worn women’s and men’s clothes at the museum in exchange for tokens to […]
