Duane Hicks Work on Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project has begun, with the aim to see Fort Frances sporting an enhanced waterfront before the end of November. Last week, crews with Tom Jones Construction put up fencing on either side of the Sorting Gap Marina—the future waterfront sites […]
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Peggy Revell He’s greeted students with a smile every school morning for the past 45 years, and last week Sonny Ferris was recognized with the Rainy River District School Board’s “School Bus Driver of the Year” award. “It’s difficult to pick a bus driver of the year,” Donna Lee, the […]
Peggy Revell A new project that will study the sturgeon population of Quetico Provincial Park is a go thanks to recently-announced provincial funding aimed at protecting “species at risk.” The funding was granted to the Quetico Foundation as part of the Ministry of Natural Resource’s “Species at Risk Stewardship Fund,” […]
Duane Hicks Open house slated tonight Council passed a bylaw last night to amend an agreement regarding the purchase and sale of Front Street property to developer Robert Zanette (1621623 Ontario Ltd.) for the proposed La Verendrye Parkway Village condominium project, giving him a few more weeks to get at […]
Elisabeth Heslop Fifteen people were recognized for their volunteer efforts by the La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary during its annual meeting here yesterday. Auxiliary president Davetta Sheppard said the volunteer certificates of appreciation were presented to people, mostly members, “who have gone out of their way to be very helpful […]
Staff The building of the new Robert Moore School here continues to roll along, with the Rainy River District School Board officially awarding the tender at a special meeting this morning. Manshield Construction Inc. was awarded the tender for the Robert Moore/Huffman Consolidation Capital Project in the amount of $11,830,000, […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is reminding all constituents, groups, and organizations in his riding that this Friday (June 12) is the deadline for applications to the federal government’s Community Adjustment Fund. The $1-billion fund, introduced in the last federal budget, is designed to “help mitigate the […]
Staff The entire 2009 budget will be explained at a public meeting tonight, after which time council will vote on bylaws to pass the 2009 budget estimates and accompanying tax rates to support the municipal levy. As previously reported, residential taxpayers will be looking at a 1.1 percent increase. During […]
Duane Hicks Six detainees at the Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here have been removed temporarily from the facility after a pair of staff members were assaulted there last Wednesday evening. An altercation took place in the recreation yard which resulted in five male youths assaulting two staff, Anne Smith, a spokesperson […]
Staff An Elliot Lake woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries yesterday after a single-vehicle accident on Highway 11 just east of Manion Lake Road. The 62-year-old driver had been travelling westbound at a high rate of speed in her 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser when she lost control of […]
Peggy Revell Residents who have a message for Premier Dalton McGuinty about the economy will have a chance to pass it along when the Ontario Federation of Labour’s “Drive to Work” (DRV2WRK) caravan passes through Fort Frances on Monday. “One of the things that we’re doing with the ‘Drive to […]
the OPP Fort Frances OPP officers were conducting a RIDE program during the afternoon of May 28. A male driver in a pickup truck drove up and stopped for police. During the stop, officers noticed a large covered package inside the vehicle and that the driver was uneasy with the […]
