Staff Road construction season is upon us, with the major project here this year now underway. Beginning yesterday, Victoria Avenue from Front Street to Nelson Street, as well as Nelson Street from Victoria Avenue to 50m west of Portage Avenue, are closed to vehicular access to facilitate construction, which is […]
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Duane Hicks In accordance with new provincial regulations, the Town of Fort Frances is updating its official plan and zoning bylaw, and expects to have revised versions of both ready for provincial approval by late fall or early winter. “Our official plan and zoning bylaw were approved in 1998,” municipal […]
Duane Hicks The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) will issue a draft siting process plan later this month to see if communities in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick are interested in being the site for a long-term nuclear waste disposal project in decades to come. The not-for-profit organization, which […]
Duane Hicks District firefighters went back to school last week for a 40-hour course at the Fort Frances Airport, marking a first for the new permanent fire training site there. Under the tutelage of five Ontario Fire College associate instructors from the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service, 28 students […]
Duane Hicks As the town waits to hear back whether it will get a “Building Canada Fund” grant for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre, council and the library board remain at an impasse as to what will happen if those extra dollars don’t come through. While […]
Staff Almost four years of labour peace may be on the horizon as the tentative agreements between the Rainy River District School Board and its regular and occasional elementary teachers are up for ratification at tonight’s board meeting. Details of the agreements, which already have been ratified by their respective […]
Elisabeth Heslop “Ice-out” has occurred on Rainy Lake, according to Mike Pawlikowski, a pilot with Rusty Myers Flying Service Ltd. here. “Yesterday it was all out except for one sheet,” he noted. “But today it is all clear.” Larry Wood, a former employee with the Ministry of Natural Resources, said […]
Duane Hicks Any decision as to whether a new library and technology centre will be built in Fort Frances this year likely will depend on whether the town’s successfully gets money from the “Building Canada” fund. The town has applied for $1.17 million in funding for the library project, and […]
The Canadian Press Border guards allowing criminals to enter country OTTAWA—Border guards have been breaking rules in allowing hundreds of serious criminals to come to Canada, an internal review says. The Canada Border Services Agency allowed 535 people convicted of serious crimes to enter the country last year for compassionate […]
The Canadian Press DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta.—Despite being forced to sleep outside on a board, limited communication with her family, and feelings of incredible loneliness, an Alberta woman kidnapped in Nigeria believes her abductors were—for the most part—kind to her. “The kidnappers were, mostly, kind at heart. Their job was purely […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY—Educators and human rights experts in Alberta are worried a proposed change to human rights legislation could make it tough to teach a number of controversial subjects. The change says parents should be notified when classes “include subject matter that deals explicitly with religion, sexuality, or sexual […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—Although no fires currently are burning in the West Fire Region, and the number of fires so far has been few, the Ministry of Natural Resources is reminding people to be wary when they’re outdoors this spring. “We have had a quiet spring in weather terms, but […]
