Staff Town council approved an increase in taxi rates in Fort Frances at its regular meeting Monday night. The new rate will be $4.20 for the first .25 kilometres or part thereof, and 10 cents for each .043 km thereafter. This is an increase from $3.95 for the first-quarter kilometre, […]
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Duane Hicks Patrons of Boston Pizza were treated to dinner and a show last Thursday evening when the local restaurant hosted a “Go Local” spring fashion show. A group of 16 women, men, boys, and girls modelled clothes available at Betty’s, McTaggarts, and Taggs Source for Sports here as Dexter […]
Duane Hicks The ’52 Canadians Arena will be brightened up with more art created by local youth after town council gave the nod for a second mural to adorn one of its walls. Artist and art instructor Lindsay Hamilton spoke to council Monday night, explaining the mural, “Elemental,” was created […]
Duane Hicks A local artist and historian have teamed up to create a new banner to coincide with the Métis exhibit currently on display at the Fort Frances Museum. Over the past few months, Wayne Barron and Merv Ahrens have worked together on the project, which depicts York boats—once used […]
Heather Latter After locking up more than 20 “convicts” at Canadian Tire on Saturday, organizers of the “Jail or Bail” event deemed the fundraiser a success. Hosted by the Voyageur Lions Club, close to $9,000 was raised, which exceeded their goal of $6,000. “It went really well,” enthused club president […]
Duane Hicks Some north-end residents are against a proposed zoning amendment on York Avenue to allow the Fort Frances Native Urban Wahkaihganun Corp. to build a new six-unit apartment complex, next to the existing 10-unit one. Two of them, Amy Marchuk and George Bliss, spoke in opposition of the re-zoning […]
Duane Hicks The town has chosen to proceed with developing the “Huffman” residential subdivision on Williams Avenue this year. But in an effort to draw buyers, it has dropped the price for the lots and expanded the time frame in which a new house must be built. The matter was […]
Duane Hicks The Economic Development Advisory Committee is recommending the town pursue the purchase of the former Ontario Tourism Information Centre (OTIC) here once it becomes available, and enter into a private-public partnership to support the cost. The province has set a price of $390,000 for the building, but has […]
Duane Hicks A parade will be part of the Canada Day celebrations here after all, with the Rainy River Future Development Corp. taking over the reins. RRFDC regional economic developer Geoff Gillon told town council last night that the RRFDC has obtained Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. funds to hire […]
The location of a ceremony to honour 26 residents with Volunteer Service Awards this evening has been changed. The ceremony now will be held at 7 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous here. It originally was scheduled to be held at the Townshend Theatre.
Staff Since it’s been three weeks since their last meeting, town council has a lengthy agenda ahead of it tonight, including three presentations on various matters. Artist and art instructor Lindsay Hamilton will speak to council about the placement of a second mural at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The mural […]
Staff Fort Frances is hosting 64 residents of Attawapiskat First Nation, who had to evacuate their community due to flooding and sewer back-ups. The first plane of evacuees arrived at Fort Frances Airport at 3 p.m. on Saturday, with a second Dash 8 arriving at 5:20 p.m. that day. A […]
