Duane Hicks With the Couchiching toll booth at the forefront of many residents’ minds, Fort Frances council served up a slew of questions for OPP detachment commander Insp. John Kendrick at last night’s meeting. “Our highway’s been blockaded on the reserve since May 21,” said Coun. Ken Perry. “It’s an […]
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Duane Hicks Fort Frances will have to find an extra $100,000 in its budget next year to cover a change in the funding apportionment formula which determines how much municipalities pay to the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board. Coun. Sharon Tibbs, the town’s rep on the DSSAB, told […]
Peggy Revell The toll booth initiative undertaken by Couchiching First Nation is drawing support from beyond its immediate community, including a visit from Grand Council Treaty #3 Ogichidaakwe Diane Kelly yesterday. “I’m here to support Couchiching First Nation,” said Kelly, who took a turn in the booth collecting tolls from […]
Duane Hicks Next week is “Physician Appreciation Week” in the Town of Fort Frances and residents are invited to take part in the celebration by attending a community appreciation banquet on Thursday, June 3 at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. “We are encouraging everyone to come out. It is an […]
Peggy Revell A visit by the Camp Quality Puppet Program to local schools last week aimed to teach youths compassion and caring towards peers who are living with cancer. “The message to the children is to be compassionate when a child that’s had cancer or any serious illness has come […]
Staff North-end residents should be relieved to know the underpass is expected to re-open by this Saturday. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown told council last night the special storm sewer fittings that were ordered last week arrived at the site today, as scheduled. As previously reported, town records had […]
Staff As part of a national fundraising campaign, the Voyageur Lions and the Fort High Leo Club are planning their fifth “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” here this Sunday (May 30) at Pither’s Point Park. Intended to raise money for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides training facility in […]
Bryce Forbes It’s a concert a decade in the making. Since starting out as a simple newspaper ad 10 years ago, the Borderland Community Orchestra has wowed audience on both sides of the border as they’ve progressed from 33 members up to the current 54. And now they are about […]
Bryce Forbes Looking back at it, Judy Johanson admits it should have dawned on her that she had won the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop 2010 Writing Contest for her children’s story, “Picker’s Kid.” “I should have had a clue because I received a phone call from the NOWW to see […]
Staff Hydro One customers in parts of Rainy River District lost power late last night due to high winds and lightning. About 750 district customers saw their power go out around 11 p.m., with electricity being restored for most of them about three hours later, after Hydro One crews responded […]
Staff The local OPP has been monitoring the Couchiching First Nations’ toll booth area on Highway 11, just west of the Noden Causeway, since it first went up late Friday afternoon. “I am asking for the patience of the public, and for all involved parties and stakeholders to come together […]
Duane Hicks The Downtown BIA is looking to restructure its organization to better utilize its dollars—and is asking town council if it can assist them. In a letter council will receive from BIA chair Connie Cuthbertson at tonight’s regular meeting (delayed a day due to the Victoria Day holiday), Cuthbertson […]
