Peggy Revell Work on the Portage Avenue underpass project has resumed, meaning residents will be facing road closures over the coming weeks, explained Operations and Facilities Manager, Doug Brown at Monday evening’s regular council meeting. “Traffic lights are up and running. There’s temporary rubber barriers where concrete barriers will be […]
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Staff Nine community organizations were presented cheques yesterday evening, as town council announced the recipients who would receive part of the $43,750 in funding allocated to town by the Moffat Family Fund. With the fund’s aim to benefit children, families and the less advantaged, the largest cheque presented last evening’s […]
the MNR The forest fire hazard is moderate to high across most areas of Northwestern Ontario, though, there is currently an extreme hazard in an area surrounding Thunder Bay. Strong winds and sunny weather have resulted in a rapid increase in the forest fire hazard. There were three confirmed new […]
Staff Successful applicants for a share of the town’s $43,750 allocation from the Moffat Family Fund will be handed cheques at tonight’s regular council meeting. A total of nine local groups, which won’t be revealed until tonight’s meeting, will get varying portions of the pot this year. Individuals and organizations […]
Staff As work on the Portage Avenue underpass resumes this week, the road will be completely closed to daytime traffic until Friday afternoon. From 9 a.m.-7 p.m. tomorrow through Thursday, and then from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, both lanes of the road will be closed. “This first road closure […]
Peggy Revell Free flowers caused a frenzy early Friday morning as people filled the parking lot at Pither’s Point Park to get their hands on the surplus flats being given out by the Town of Fort Frances’ Parks and Cemeteries department. “It was minutes,” said Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
Duane Hicks After 11 years as Chamber manager, Dawn Booth is leaving the post. Booth, who last day on the job was today, is starting a position with Service Ontario, located in the local Ministry of Natural Resources’ building, on Monday. Booth, who first started as Chamber manager back on […]
Elisabeth Heslop Alberton council has decided to put off making a decision on the application for a zoning bylaw amendment made by township resident Gayle Arpin until next month. Last night’s meeting was the earliest at which council could have made a decision on the controversial issue which drew roughly […]
Duane Hicks After being idled back on March 1 due to poor market conditions, the #6 paper machine at the AbitibiBowater mill here was re-started this week to run tests to see if it could be used to produce different types of paper and thus make its operation more viable […]
Staff Reconstruction of the Portage Avenue underpass will resume next week, starting what will be the final portion of work on the project that first began in 2007. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said late yesterday that JTJ Contracting Ltd. will start to set up temporary traffic control lights […]
Staff With the reconstruction of portions of Victoria Avenue (Front to Nelson), Nelson Street (Victoria to Portage), and Veterans Avenue nearing an end, Bay City Contracting Ltd. now will be proceeding to Phase II of the biomass roads project—Portage Avenue from Nelson Street to First Street East. Operations and Facilities […]
Staff The Parks and Cemeteries department will be giving away surplus flowers to residents free of charge tomorrow morning (July 10). From 8 a.m.-noon, flowers will be available for pick-up in the parking lot at Pither’s Point Park (between the “big chair” and office building). There will be a limit […]
