Staff “Citizen of the Year” Ken Christiansen will be honoured at tonight’s town council meeting. After rescheduling the town’s annual appreciation dinner from Nov. 30 to next June, council opted not to wait until then to laud “Kenno,” who is best known as the assistant coach of the Muskie boys’ […]
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Staff Parents of students attending elementary schools within the Rainy River District School Board have just the weekend to arrange for child care for Monday. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced Friday morning that local public elementary teachers, occasional teachers, and education support personnel (ESPs) will stage a […]
Press Release Due to an increase in the number of confirmed cases of gastroenteritis at the Rainycrest Long-Term Care, visiting is being restricted to family members only until further notice. Family members are asked to restrict their visit to the resident’s room and refrain from visiting other residents while at […]
Press Release The Rainycrest Auxiliary hosted a fun Christmas party for the residents there Friday afternoon. It usually had been held in Mill Square, but we thought we would see how Hallett Hall would work this year. The auxiliary members sang their hearts out with familiar and well-loved Christmas carols. […]
Staff Setting the stage for the next two years, Mayor Roy Avis appointed councillors to the numerous town committees and district and regional boards at Monday night’s meeting. And reasoning that councillors have done such a good job, the mayor re-appointed each of them to the same committees and boards […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce has four new directors following its recent election. Marie Allan (BDO & Company LLP), Steve MacNeil (Rainy Lake Tribal Contracting), Paul Noonan (La Place Rendez-Vous), and Rick Smith (Canadian Tire) were elected by the Chamber membership, who submitted ballots by the Dec. 7 […]
Duane Hicks With Christmas less than two weeks away, preparations for the 25th-annual Community Christmas Dinner are well underway. But volunteers still are needed for the dinner, which is slated from noon-2 p.m. on Dec. 25 at Knox United Church. Lead organizer Karen Mitchell said all of the “Meals on […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances needs a water park. This was the wish conveyed by Robert Moore School Grade 5 students Jenna Mose and Destiny Morrisseau in their winning Local Government Week essays they read to town council Monday night. “Don’t you think kids in this town would greatly appreciate an […]
Duane Hicks Following last month announcement regarding layoffs at the mill here, council has been keeping the town’s economic future in sight and struck a subcommittee to focus on the issue. “I would like to reaffirm to the citizens of our community that we, as a council, are working very […]
Duane Hicks Former Fort Frances resident Trevor Torseth was seen by millions of television viewers last night, playing a role on the latest episode of the hit CBS drama, “NCIS.” “‘NCIS’ was a big win for me,” Torseth said in an e-mail from his L.A. home. He played the role […]
Duane Hicks It’s possible the town could see the formation of a Fort Frances Community Foundation to fund local projects in the future. The idea first was identified in council’s strategic plan. The town’s Economic Development Advisory Committee then reviewed the concept and recommended that the creation of such a […]
Duane Hicks The site of the former Huffman School property on Williams Avenue will become a residential subdivision after the majority of council voted in favour of amending the zoning bylaw at Monday night’s meeting. Council voted 6-1 in favour of amending Zoning By-Law 8/98, effectively changing the zoning and […]
