Staff Town executive committees have had a chance to review various submissions made during the strategic planning process last month, and now have issued several recommendations in response to some of those requests. Resident Stan Sockolotuk had asked council to lobby senior government for funds to reinstate a local bus […]
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Duane Hicks Prompted by a letter petitioning Ontario municipalities to help raise awareness of Lyme disease, Fort Frances Coun. John Albanese, who also chairs the Northwestern Health Unit’s board of health, said they already have made the tick-spread disease a priority. Town council received a letter from Corunna, Ont. resident […]
Duane Hicks A letter to the editor in last week’s Times, criticizing council for hiring a U.S.-owned company to do several construction jobs here this summer, prompted the town to explain its procurement policy and clarify that area subcontractors also are benefiting from the work. Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
Peggy Revell Construction has wrapped up on the new Rainy River District School Board offices. “It looks beautiful. We’re happy with the final product—it’s gone quite smoothly, actually,” said Raymond Roy, the board’s manager of plant and operations, referring to the transformation of the old Robert Moore School gymnasium and […]
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Stewardship Rangers
Stewardship Rangers
Hello again from your hard-working 2011 Stewardship Rangers! Last week, our skills and teamwork were pushed to the limits due to the extreme heat and humidity. We started out on July 18 with a physically demanding project. We worked on creating new sections for a community walking trail within the […]
Staff With 180 water meters having run their course and needing to be replaced, the majority of industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) customers in Fort Frances will be getting new ones this year. Town council agreed at last night’s regular meeting to enter into a contract with Elster Metering, of […]
Our housing sector can cause huge problems for our economy, but also traditionally it leads us out of recession. Residential investment, which is triggered, of course, by new housing starts, makes up a large chunk of the fluctuating part of the business cycle. Changes in residential investment have a tremendous […]
Staff Environment Canada is asking town council for permission to install two water monitoring gauges on the upper Rainy River near Pither’s Point. In a letter council will receive at tonight’s regular meeting, Water Survey of Canada (WSC), a division of Environment Canada, said the Rainy River Control Board has […]
Staff The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service was called to two fires at the lime kiln in the local mill over the weekend. Around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, firefighters responded to an incident involving components of the rooftop above the lime kiln. Firefighters remained on the scene until about […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre is inviting all kids aged three-12 to come on down and join “SPLASH,” our summer reading program! If you can read or listen to a book, come to the library and play our book report game each weekday from 9 a.m.-7 […]
Staff Fort Frances is readying itself should any of the thousands of evacuees fleeing forest fires to the north need to find haven here. The town has been on the list as a possible host communities for the four to five weeks since the crisis started, said Frank Sheppard, Fort […]
Zoey Duncan An explosive vocal duel between Charity Alverson and Brittany Hayes put the exclamation mark on an evening packed with musical artistry during the annual “Quest for the Best” singing competition last night. The pair captured first place in the “Novices” and “Veterans” sets, respectively, before they took on […]
