Duane Hicks For the 11th-straight year, the Town of Fort Frances will be receiving money from the Moffat Family Fund to hand out to local groups and service clubs with the aim of helping youth and families. As such, the local Moffat Family Fund committee is putting out the call […]
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Duane Hicks With the application deadline coming up this Thursday (Feb. 28), the Town of Fort Frances has seen serious interest from two individuals seeking appointment to council to fill the vacancy left by the late Sharon Tibbs. Clerk Glenn Treftlin confirmed this afternoon that two applications have been returned […]
Staff Nor-West Animal Clinic was named Business of the Year last night during the 17th-annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce business awards held at La Place Rendez-Vous. This award, sponsored by B93.1 The Border, was presented by Deborah Emes and Dave Bishop. The other nominees were: •Taggs Source for Sports; […]
Staff Town council has awarded Phase II of Tender 12-OF-12 (Second Street East and Mowat Avenue roadway reconstruction) to Makkinga Contracting at a cost of $1.28 million. The work will include upgrades to 277 metres of roadway infrastructure on Second Street East (between Mowat Avenue and Central Avenue) and Mowat […]
Duane Hicks It’s not going out on a wing to say a letter from Transport Canada regarding a proposed landfill site on Couchiching First Nation has caused quite a flap amongst town administration and council. Fort Frances Airport supervisor Tom Batiuk has gone on record opposing the proposed landfill site […]
Duane Hicks The community snow sculpture contest has returned for a second year. All that’s needed now is people to carve the white stuff. The contest is set to take place in the field between the East End Hall and former Huffman School, with the sculpting to begin Tuesday, March […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances has seen some interest from individuals seeking appointment to council, with one application having been returned so far. Several application form also have been picked up but not yet returned. With the application deadline coming up next Thursday (Feb. 28), Mayor Roy Avis […]
Duane Hicks The reassessment of the mill property here loomed over budget talks last week as town council decided, among other things, to hold off on demolishing the old Rainy Lake Hotel and developing a market square on the site. “I don’t think we can do anything with the Rainy […]
Duane Hicks With the town facing an operating shortfall of more than $2 million in the draft version of its budget, council will have to make some hard decisions in the near future. In a verbal report to council last night, town treasurer Laurie Witherspoon said the draft version of […]
Staff The cost of water and sewer likely will be going up again this year after council votes tonight to approve a report to establish 2013 rates and then a bylaw to impose them. If the new rates are passed, residential customers will pay a flat rate of $845.53 per […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances and Resolute Forest Products today reached a joint agreement to resolve outstanding assessment appeal complaints regarding the company’s mill here. The property assessment will be reduced by 25 percent for the subject years 2009-12. Resolute had been seeking reductions of about 58 percent. […]
Staff Children and adults in Fort Frances will have a few activities to look forward to on “Family Day” (Feb. 18). A family skate will be held Monday from 9:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m. at the Memorial Sports Centre while a family swim will take place there from 1:15-3:30 p.m. A parent […]
