Staff While the Pither’s Point Park lease will expire at the end of this month, the Town of Fort Frances will continue to operate the park this year. “We want the public to know that an agreement has been reached in accordance with the wishes of the First Nations and […]
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Duane Hicks Hopes to build cheaper version Town council voted 5-2 against the contract to build the $4.7-million Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre on Monday night, with the majority of council agreeing the project is beyond this year’s budget. But Mayor Roy Avis said in an interview after […]
Peggy Revell Family and Children’s Services is hoping local youths will give them a helping hand and make a difference in the lives of children across the district by participating in their volunteer program. “There’s a lot of kids in the high school that are really good, helpful kids,” said […]
Duane Hicks With town council having voted down the proposed contract for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre on Monday night, library board members are left questioning if the project will ever happen at all. Library board chair Joyce Cunningham said Monday evening after the meeting she […]
Duane Hicks The town is getting ready to begin the $5.4-million Portage Avenue, Nelson Street, and Victoria Avenue truck route upgrade next month, which will see the town improve the roads, as well as sewer and water, in relation to AbitibiBowater’s biomass boiler project. Council approved Bay City Contractors of […]
Duane Hicks Town council deferred any decision on the proposed relocation and refurbishment of the Hallett and lookout tower pending further costing information from Tom Jones Construction. Community Services manager George Bell informed council he was hoping to have negotiated amounts for the tender ready for council at Monday’s meeting, […]
Staff Town council referred a financial request from the Rainy River Future Development Corp.—to help pay to put up new gateway banners on the Lap building—to the Administration and Finance executive committee for its recommendation at Monday night’s meeting. In a letter from RRFDC chair Russ Fortier, he noted that […]
Peggy Revell Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) will be installed in 16 schools across the district in the hope of saving the lives of students, staff, and community members in emergencies. The AEDs—meant to be used alongside CPR in the case of cardiac arrest—have been made possible through funding from the […]
Duane Hicks Falls, substance abuse, motor vehicle safety, and violence have been identified as the top injury prevention priorities for the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition over the next three-five years. The prioritization of injury prevention initiatives and subsequent follow-ups are the result of the safety coalition’s strategic planning session […]
Duane Hicks While district residents are encouraged to take all the medications they have cleaned out of their medicine cabinet back to their local pharmacy for safe and free disposal year round, this Friday (April 17) is the last day they do as part of the local seniors’ coalition’s fourth-annual […]
Staff Borderland received a record amount of snowfall this past winter but that alone will not result in flood conditions on Rainy Lake and Namakan, according to the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board. “While the potential for significant snowmelt run-off is […]
Peggy Revell Working together to revitalize the Ojibwe language was the clear message brought forward during a first-time conference held here last week. Entitled “Connecting Language, Communities and Classrooms,” the conference brought together more than 100 people—including educators, elders, and community members—from different school boards, provinces, and parts of the […]
