Duane Hicks With the municipal election coming up next fall, the Town of Fort Frances likely will be using a vote-by-mail method once again. In a report received by council Monday night, Clerk Glenn Treftlin said this method has been used in municipal elections here since 2000—and recommended doing so […]
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Heather Latter Given numbers released last week by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, it is evident there continues to be issues with drug use among teens, not only across the province but also locally. Hugh Dennis, co-ordinator of the Rainy River […]
Staff With the three-year term for their current rural agricultural co-ordinator up at the end of this year, the Rainy River Future Development Corp. is asking district municipalities to show their support for the continuation of the position. Regional economic developer Geoff Gillon said at Monday night’s council meeting that […]
Peggy Revell Local residents will be joining others from across Canada on Dec. 6 to observe the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women as well as mark the 20th year since a gunman killed 14 women at l’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. This year’s candlelight vigil is […]
Staff Town council referred a request from the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce for a reduction in arena rental fees to the Community Services executive committee for its recommendation at Monday night’s meeting. Chamber manager Anthony Mason wrote that the Chamber has an outstanding account with the town in the […]
Peggy Revell After almost two months of public input and deliberation, the Atikokan Crisis Centre finally has a new name: the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope. As first reported in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, the centre’s board of directors announced its decision Monday after collecting names and logo suggestions […]
Peggy Revell Aiming to promote healthy lifestyles and sobriety, dozens of people turned out to march last Thursday from Couchiching First Nation into Fort Frances to mark National Addictions Awareness Week. Covering a distance of roughly 6,300 footsteps, the march was held to encourage Mino-Bimaadiziiwin (Ojibwe for “Living the Good […]
Staff After almost two months of public input and deliberation, the Atikokan Crisis Centre finally has a new name: the Rainy River District Women’s Shelter of Hope. The centre’s board announced its decision yesterday after collecting name and logo suggestions from people across the district in September and October. Credit […]
Staff Work on Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project will be done for the year by the end of this week, with only a few finishing touches to go in the spring. Reconstruction of the refurbished lookout tower is now complete, with the final sections of railing put in […]
the OPP OPP officers and emergency crews responded to an accident involving a school bus and pickup truck around 3:40 p.m. yesterday. The pickup truck was southbound on Minnie Avenue when it failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection with Second Street East. The collision occurred as […]
Staff Town council will be treated to a trio of presentations by the winners of the essay contest held in conjunction with Local Government Week (Oct. 18-24). The winners include Grade 10 Civics class student Carly Pruys, and Grade 5 students Maddison Krikke (Robert Moore) and Emma Noga (St. Francis). […]
the OPP The OPP recently has received complaints of off-road motor vehicles being operated within the town limits of Fort Frances. Police would like to remind motorists pursuant to the Town of Fort Frances municipal bylaw 35/79, an “off-road” vehicle means any two-, three-, four-, or more wheeled vehicle designed […]
