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 […]
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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 […]
Staff The fifth-annual “A Cause for Paws” (CFP) was a success this past Saturday in International Falls, raising $14,000 for the Borderland Humane Society. Committee chair Kallie Kantos-Fritz was pleased with the event, noting it sold out a couple of days beforehand—a first. The fundraiser, which also was a celebration […]
Staff The public is invited to make pledges to the 50 Fort High students participating in the annual “30-hour famine” event here tomorrow. “If people come by the school anytime from 5-7 p.m., there will be someone there they can make a pledge to if they’d like to help,” noted […]
Lucas Punkari For those getting their facilities, leagues, or teams ready for the spring and summer months, the fact there’s still snow on the ground across the district in the middle of April is downright nightmarish. “It’s the total opposite to what we had here last year when everybody was […]
Duane Hicks An initiative is underway to replace all of the town’s more than 1,000 streetlights—an overhaul that will save the town an estimated $110,000 annually on an ongoing basis. Fort Frances Power Corp. crew haves been installing the lights for the past few weeks, switching out high-pressure sodium lights […]
Duane Hicks Linking technology and local history, the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre is creating a self-guided walking tour that would encourage tourists to explore the town and learn more about local establishments and their individual histories. The tour will be done through the use of Quick Response (QR) […]
Duane Hicks Thanks to a Museum and Technology Fund grant from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Fort Frances Museum has hired a co-ordinator to transfer its old database to new software, as well as digitize its 100-year-old newspaper collection. Jeremy Hughes, who recently worked part-time as a […]
Duane Hicks Following a public backlash over the prospect of having to put a bag tag of every garbage receptacle for weekly curbside pickup, town council instead opted Monday to institute a new environmental fee to boost revenues for its waste management system. Starting July 1, all water customers in […]
Duane Hicks With its 2013 budget all but wrapped up, town council is moving forward with a levy increase of 1.8 percent for residential taxpayers, which translates into an overall tax rate increase of 0.677 percent. What this will mean is that residential taxes will go up $12.65 per $100,000 […]
Duane Hicks Town residents will continue to be able put out one garbage receptacle each week without a bag tag after council elected yesterday to go with a new environmental fee to generate more revenue to pay for waste management. Starting July 1, all water customers in Fort Frances will […]
Staff Sheila Quesnel, eLearning/Homework Help facilitator for the Northwest Catholic District School Board, will receive the board’s “Recognition of Excellence” at its regular meeting tonight. She will be honoured for her exemplary commitment and dedication, as well as the excellent work she continues to do for both the staff and […]
