Staff The Economic Development Advisory Committee is recommending the town help out the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship this year. At Monday night’s meeting, council referred two resolutions passed April 4 by EDAC to the Administration and Finance executive committee for its recommendation. The first resolution recommends the town waive […]
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Duane Hicks The town is not in a position to build a new outdoor ice rink facility on the Robert Moore School property anytime soon. The public school board recently had asked the town whether it wanted to build a new rink there after it took down the old one […]
Staff With recent word the Fort Frances “Scott Street Show ’n Shine” will not take place this year, Jim Sheppard of the International Early Iron Car Club will speak to town council at tonight’s regular meeting. Sheppard wrote a letter to editor, which appeared in the March 30 edition of […]
Small investors often are portrayed as the “dumb money.” It has been said that in markets they are doomed to buy just before a crash. For example, many were fatally lured into buying fashionable securities, such as uranium mining companies in the 1950s, the conglomerates in the l960s, the high-tech […]
Peggy Revell Both the local Liberal and Conservative candidates have opted not to open a campaign office here—instead relying on social media and travels throughout the district to get their word out. “With the limitations on campaign spending, I have decided to forego formal rented facilities and instead will bring […]
Staff Although it became a tradition for some over the past 15-plus years, the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club will not be hosting a Good Friday breakfast this year. Kiwanian Dr. Robert Lidkea said the board of the directors decided not to hold it this year as some felt the event […]
Duane Hicks The annual spring blood donor clinic is coming up this Tuesday and Wednesday (April 12-13) at Fort Frances High School—and Canadian Blood Services wants people to know it’s not too late to make an appointment. CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said yesterday the first day is “pretty much filled […]
Duane Hicks One project in the 2011 budget that may have to be put on hold is upgrades to the Portage Avenue storm sewer pumping station given the town still is waiting for the go-ahead from CN. “I have written numerous letters to the powers that be at CN,” said […]
Duane Hicks Sign up by April 15 Think your business offers excellent customer service? How about letting the customers decide? That’s the idea behind the Rainy River Future Development Corp.’s 2011 customer service challenge, this year dubbed the 2011 Customer Service “People’s Choice” Online Challenge. The RRFDC has changed the […]
Peggy Revell With the province’s release of the annual “sunshine list” last week, it looks like education and health care salaries make the bulk of those earning $100,000 plus in the region. Education Principals and vice-principals across the Rainy River District School Board have hopped onto the list this past […]
Staff With news last week that the Town of Fort Frances is reducing the number of full-time firefighters from eight to six, Fort Frances Professional Fire Fighters Local 1012 is expressing concern for both the reduction of staff and comments made to residents with regards to level of service. “Many […]
Peggy Revell Outrage over the actions of the former Rainy River District School Board made for standing room only at last night’s meeting as members of the public came out to show support for trustee David Kircher, who had been found to have breached the trustee Code of Conduct. More […]
