Press Release Master Ping Youlian and his assistant, Brian, will be in Fort Frances on Sunday, April 25 and Monday, April 26 to spread the word about Tai Chi—an enjoyable and healthy form of exercise. There will be an informal get-together at La Place Rendez-Vous at 8 p.m. on the […]
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Staff Confederation College and TBayTel announced a newly-formalized relationship yesterday morning at the Thunder Bay campus, which they say will improve post-secondary education delivery across Northern Ontario. “[TBayTel] has the capacity for telecommunications while we have the capacity for delivering education, and our partnership will enable us both to do […]
Staff With Chief Building Official Rick Hallam temporarily on sick leave, council has appointed an interim CBO for the Town of Fort Frances. Greg Gamble, who hails from the Dryden area and has been CBO for the Municipality of Machin, only will be working for the town part-time, so those […]
the OPP The OPP received a call from a Fort Frances resident shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday reporting he had spotted a young child outside his residence. The caller told police that because of the warmer weather, he had slept with his window open and woke up to what he […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—With the dry conditions not expected to improve in the near future, district residents are being asked to hold off on any open-air burning for a while yet. “The MNR is asking us to maintain the burning ban,” Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong, who also is […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—The new general manager at the AbitibiBowater mill here is Derrick Lindgren, who most recently managed the one in Iroquois Falls. Lindgren will start his new job here Monday. Lindgren’s position at the Iroquois Falls mill, meanwhile, will be taken over by Jean-François Guillot. Over the next […]
Staff Jonesing for java today? Starbucks Coffee, located at Safeway, is participating in Earth Month festivities by offering a free coffee (up to 20 fl. oz.) to any customer who brings in a reusable mug to be filled. The chain also is encouraging customers to make a permanent switch to […]
Staff Work on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre keeps moving ahead on schedule and on budget. Substantial completion is expected by the end of April, and landscaping done by the end of May—just in time for the grand-opening ceremony on June 21. Community Services manager George […]
Press Release The public is invited to Hallett Hall at Rainycrest Long-Term Care tomorrow (April 15) at 3 p.m. to meet the new chaplain, Rev. Wayne McIntosh. Rev. McIntosh is replacing long-time chaplain John Chornoby, who retired last fall. “John was very diligent in his duties as spiritual co-ordinator at […]
Staff Canadian Blood Services will be back in town next week for its annual spring donor clinic, and once again is looking for as many people as possible to share the “gift of life.” CBS spokesperson Harvey Heather said they will be back at Fort Frances High School on Wednesday, […]
Staff To answer a question some people have been asking Bill Gushulak recently: “No, world champion fiddle Scott Woods will be not be performing at Knox United Church this upcoming Mother’s Day.” After bringing the Scott Woods Old-Time Fiddling show here for the past four years, Gushulak said organizers didn’t […]
Press Release To protect tenants, Ontario is clarifying rules governing how the HST will affect above-guideline rent increases. Under current regulations, a landlord could apply for an above-guideline rent increase based on the HST on utility costs. A proposed change to the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) would prevent tenants from […]
